A regulated 159-unit Flushing rental facing active class-C housing citations and heavy residential block noise.
This 159-unit Flushing rental building operates under affordable housing covenants under Selfhelp Realty Group management. Active housing-code citations and heavy surrounding block noise shape the lived experience here. Three things to know:
Five immediately hazardous class-C violations landed during an August 2026 inspection. Inspectors issued five immediately hazardous class-C citations in August 2026, including active roach infestation in 11F, mice in 11A, disabled self-closing doors at the boiler room, and discarded refrigerators with doors intact in the cellar hallway. All five remain open.
Air quality and food establishment odor calls surface within three blocks. Seven calls were logged within three blocks over the last year for food establishment venting and indoor air quality issues, pointing to odor or fume migration from nearby commercial spaces. Exhaust or riser bleed can travel straight into specific apartment stacks.
The surrounding three blocks carry a dense residential noise pattern dominated by banging. 1,540 residential noise complaints were filed within three blocks over the last year, with 1,189 specifically detailing banging and pounding. That is an extremely concentrated volume compared to city averages, making internal position critical.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
138-52 Elder Avenue is a 159-unit building in Queens, New York City (BBL 4051450049). This building is associated with Selfhelp (kiv) Associates LP. Brix tracks 19 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1988, 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 22 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:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed April 8, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on March 17, 2022 for $21,700,000, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 53/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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Unit 3K at 138-52 Elder Avenue has 5 open violations.
Unit 11A at 138-52 Elder Avenue has 1 open violation.
Unit 11D at 138-52 Elder Avenue has 1 open violation.
Unit 6D at 138-52 Elder Avenue has 1 open violation.
Unit 14H at 138-52 Elder Avenue has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 11J at 138-52 Elder Avenue has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 9N at 138-52 Elder Avenue has no open violations (2 past violations).
Unit 6A at 138-52 Elder Avenue has no open violations (3 past violations).
Unit 4J at 138-52 Elder Avenue has no open violations (2 past violations).
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