Queensbridge, Queens: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Queensbridge, Queens, has 527 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 27, 2026. By grade: 307 A, 53 B, 69 C, 55 D and 43 F. The median building has 0 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 0 across Queens. 4,539 of its 18,435 residential units (25%) 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 (365), unsanitary condition (174), and plumbing (91).

Queensbridge by the numbers

1,196 residential buildings (18,435 units) on record. 4,593 open HPD violations (835 class C, immediately hazardous). 792 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 115 executed evictions in 3 years, 37 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 107 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Queensbridge

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. 34-30 28th Street: 210 open violations per 10 units (126 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: OLYMBIANS LLC
  2. 35-49 Crescent Street: 125 open violations per 10 units (75 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: C&D 103 LLC
  3. 36-30 31st Street: 117.5 open violations per 10 units (94 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: ARD LEGACY LLC
  4. 33-11 9th Street: 113.3 open violations per 10 units (68 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: 3311 9 STREET LLC
  5. 36-27 30th Street: 96.7 open violations per 10 units (58 open, 6 units), grade D, owner: Individual owner

Best five in Queensbridge

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.

No rental building with 6 or more units, a current registration and 5 years of record.

Largest landlords in Queensbridge

By units in Queensbridge, 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. JONATHAN DURST (head officer on HPD registrations): 958 units in 1 building
  2. EFSTAHIOS VALIOTIS (head officer on HPD registrations): 405 units in 1 building
  3. JOSEPH G CIAMPA (head officer on HPD registrations): 396 units in 4 buildings
  4. YITZCHOK KATZ (head officer on HPD registrations): 193 units in 2 buildings
  5. DANIEL HOCHBERG (head officer on HPD registrations): 186 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.