Rockaway Beach, Queens: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Rockaway Beach, Queens, has 395 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 140 A, 42 B, 68 C, 78 D and 67 F. The median building has 6.7 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 0 across Queens. 719 of its 16,039 residential units (4%) 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 (815), unsanitary condition (604), and plumbing (476).

Rockaway Beach by the numbers

3,387 residential buildings (16,039 units) on record. 14,274 open HPD violations (2,289 class C, immediately hazardous). 2,555 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 431 executed evictions in 3 years, 95 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 13 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Rockaway Beach

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. 99-10 Rockaway Beach Blvd: 118.3 open violations per 10 units (71 open, 6 units), grade F
  2. 151 Beach 91st Street: 42.9 open violations per 10 units (30 open, 7 units), grade D, owner: JEN PROPERTIES 2015, LLC
  3. 2-23 Beach 101st Street: 23.8 open violations per 10 units (76 open, 32 units), grade F, owner: 2-23 BEACH ST LLC
  4. 319 Beach 44th Street: 23.3 open violations per 10 units (14 open, 6 units), grade F, owner: Flower Hill Capital LLC
  5. 96-18 Rockaway Beach Blvd: 20 open violations per 10 units (12 open, 6 units), grade D, owner: CHARTERED HOLDINGS LLC

Best five in Rockaway Beach

Fewest open HPD violations per 10 units, then highest score and most units. The same rule as the worst five, recently active buildings only. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 51-19 Beach Channel Drive: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 237 units), grade A, owner: EC B1 PARCEL LP (City program owner (HDFC))
  2. 6804 Tides Road: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 88 units), grade A, owner: BENJAMIN BEECHWOOD TIDES 2 LLC
  3. 97-20 Rockaway Beach Blvd: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 12 units), grade A, owner: B98TH ROCKAWAY BEACH LLC.
  4. Beach Channel Drive: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 122 units), grade A, owner: 6014 B LLC
  5. 93-06 Shore Front Parkway: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 78 units), grade A, owner: CASTLE HILL EQUITIES LLC

Largest landlords in Rockaway Beach

By units in Rockaway Beach, 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. FREDERICK CAMERATA (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,395 units in 2 buildings
  2. HERMINIO TORRES (head officer on HPD registrations): 1,218 units in 2 buildings
  3. MICHAEL B BENNER (head officer on HPD registrations): 237 units in 1 building
  4. ILSOO KIM (head officer on HPD registrations): 194 units in 1 building
  5. ZEV MAYER (head officer on HPD registrations): 122 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.