96-08 57th Avenue, Queens

A sprawling Queens rental complex under stable, multi-decade ownership, facing typical street-level density.

Held under the same partnership name for nearly three decades, this massive elevator building has a highly consistent administrative footprint. While the long-term management runs steady, the local block carries some active noise and ventilation friction. Three things to know:

The building has 13 open violations. For a complex of this size, the volume is relatively low, which points to a steady maintenance routine. However, there are unresolved tenant complaints, specifically targeting plumbing issues in bathtubs on June 23, 2026, and a pest report from the same week. These immediate tasks are still pending.

Air quality and restaurant complaints suggest possible riser bleed nearby. The surrounding three-block corridor logged nine indoor air quality complaints and three restaurant-related complaints over the last year. These types of odors are standard for spaces sitting near street-level dining or venting tracks, but they are impossible to catch during a quick daytime tour.

Residential sound travels easily across this dense block. The surrounding three-block corridor logged 377 residential noise complaints over the last year. Banging and pounding made up 183 of those calls, and loud talking accounted for another 117, meaning household noise routinely filters through the nearby walls.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• One open construction-lead-dust report from the common areas on July 7, 2026
• 12 vendor enforcement complaints logged in the surrounding three blocks over the last year
• 6 encampment complaints nearby over the past year, with the last seen May 15, 2026
• Typical neighborhood activity—street-level vendors and active block sounds are part of the daily environment.

96-08 57th Avenue is a 232-unit building in Queens, New York City (BBL 4019180055). This building is associated with Copenhagen Leasing Limited Partnership. Brix tracks 7 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1962, 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 386 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: 190 complaints
• Unsanitary Condition: 66 complaints
• Plumbing: 31 complaints
• Paint/plaster: 28 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed June 23, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2017
• § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AROUND WINDOW AT NORTH WALL IN THE 2nd BATHROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT AP
• § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AROUND WINDOW AT NORTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 17
• § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT WEST WALL (LABELED AS 9TH FLOOR) AT PUBLIC HALL, 8th STORY

The building last changed hands on May 13, 1998, according to recorded deeds.

Brix rating: Take a closer look (69/100). View the Building Report on Brix.

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