Oakland Gardens, Queens: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Oakland Gardens, Queens, has 119 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 28, 2026. By grade: 104 A, 5 B, 7 C, 3 D and 0 F. The median building has 0 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 0 across Queens. 903 of its 10,330 residential units (9%) are rent-stabilized on the latest Department of Finance tax bills on file. The most common housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months were heat and hot water (133), unsanitary condition (68), and plumbing (29).

Oakland Gardens by the numbers

3,053 residential buildings (10,330 units) on record. 933 open HPD violations (158 class C, immediately hazardous). 276 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 27 executed evictions in 3 years, 12 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 23 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Oakland Gardens

Most open HPD violations per 10 units. Graded rental buildings with 6 or more units; co-ops, condos and NYCHA are left out. Only buildings with an HPD violation issued in the last 24 months or a 311 housing complaint in the last 12 are listed.

  1. 61-53 Springfield Blvd: 0.3 open violations per 10 units (3 open, 96 units), grade A, owner: MID QUEENS LP
  2. 224-65 64th Avenue: 0.1 open violations per 10 units (2 open, 176 units), grade A

Best five in Oakland Gardens

Rental buildings graded A or B with 6 or more units and a current HPD registration, ordered by the housing-code violations HPD issued per 10 units in the last 3 years, then 311 housing complaints per 10 units in the last 12 months, then class C (immediately hazardous) violations issued in 3 years, then the median days HPD took to close a violation in the last 12 months. Size is never a tie-breaker. Co-ops, condos and public housing (NYCHA) are left out. At least 5 years of record. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 223-01 65th Avenue: 0.2 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.1 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (180 units, built 1949), grade A, owner: MID QUEENS LP
  2. 224-01 69th Avenue: 0.5 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.3 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (224 units, built 1949), grade A, owner: MID QUEENS LP
  3. 61-53 Springfield Blvd: 2.6 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.6 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (96 units, built 1949), grade A, owner: MID QUEENS LP

Largest landlords in Oakland Gardens

By units in Oakland Gardens, among portfolios of 3 or more buildings and 50 or more units citywide. Names are as filed on HPD registrations. How totals are counted. Report an error.

  1. BRIAN SOKOLOFF (head officer on HPD registrations): 798 units in 3 buildings
  2. ABRAHAM BILLER (head officer on HPD registrations): 500 units in 3 buildings
  3. IRA SEEMAN (head officer on HPD registrations): 4 units in 2 buildings
  4. SHARON HAKMON (head officer on HPD registrations): 1 units in 1 building

Nearby neighborhoods

Sources: NYC HPD housing maintenance code violations, HPD property registrations and housing litigation, 311 service requests, DOB violations, NYC Marshals evictions, and HPD bedbug filings from NYC Open Data, plus rent-stabilized unit counts from NYC Department of Finance tax bills. How grades work.