35-16 34th Street, Queens

A 70-unit rental with 41 open violations and a recent transition to a massive corporate landlord.

The building changed hands in late 2025 as part of a portfolio sale to one of the city's largest pre-war operators. While new ownership brings corporate resources, they inherited a backlog of unresolved apartment-level issues and some active neighborhood noise. Four things to know:

A major residential landlord took over the building in late 2025. The building changed hands on November 25, 2025, in a $6.3 million transaction. The new operator is A&E Real Estate, one of the city's largest owners of pre-war rental apartments. While institutional management can mean more resources for building-wide systems, it also means a shift away from local, hands-on operators.

The building carries 41 open violations and recent apartment-level issues. A backlog of 41 open housing violations remains on the record. In June 2026, building-wide issues were reported, including unresolved apartment-level mold, plumbing leaks, and flooring defects. These items remain open and active on the building's file.

Three food establishment complaints on the surrounding blocks. Over the last year, neighbors filed three food establishment complaints on the surrounding blocks, with the most recent reported on May 12, 2026. Because smells and cooking vapors can migrate through shared ventilation shafts and riser lines, ground-floor retail or nearby restaurants can occasionally impact apartments.

The blocks around the building carry heavy commercial and residential noise. Within three blocks, there were 98 commercial noise complaints and 101 residential noise complaints over the last 12 months. Commercial noise is heavily driven by loud music and parties from local venues, with the most recent call on July 30, 2026. Residential complaints focus mostly on banging and pounding.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 103 illegal parking complaints within three blocks last year, mostly overnight commercial trucks and blocked hydrants
• 69 blocked driveway complaints on the surrounding blocks, with the most recent reported on July 31, 2026
• 9 rodent complaints on the surrounding blocks over the last year, with the most recent reported on July 21, 2026

35-16 34th Street is a 70-unit building in Queens, New York City (BBL 4006060029). This building is associated with 35-16 34th Street, LLC. Brix tracks 44 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1929, this elevator apartment building sits in Queens and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 836 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.

What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

• Heat/hot Water: 582 complaints
• Water Leak: 65 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 59 complaints
• Paint/plaster: 49 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed June 19, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER WINDOW SASH IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORT
• § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6th STORY, 1st APARTMEN
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 6A, 6th STORY, 1st
• HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017

The building last changed hands on November 25, 2025 for $61,492,235.83, according to recorded deeds.

Brix rating: Concerning (22/100). View the Building Report on Brix.

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