870 42 St

PestsApt 11 class C · closed · HPD violation

PestsApt 11 class C · closed · HPD violation

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed · HPD violation

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed · HPD violation

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · HPD violation

PestsApt 11 class C · HPD violation

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2012 Aug

PestsApt 4 class B · never closed · HPD violation

Fire and safety

Older records on file

What has happened here

Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

2025 May

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Fire safety class B · closed · HPD violation

2024 Nov

Lead-based paint class C · paperwork · HPD violation

Lead-based paint class C · paperwork · HPD violation

2018 May

Fire safety class B · HPD violation

2017 Jun

Fire safety class B · HPD violation

Lead-based paintApt 16 class C · never closed · HPD violation

Lead-based paintApt 16 class C · never closed · HPD violation

Lead-based paintApt 16 class C · never closed · HPD violation

Electrical

Older records on file

What has happened here

ElectricalApt 16 class B · never closed · HPD violation

Flooding

No issues on record

FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20

What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Moderate storm, 2050 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Moderate storm, today's sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Limited storm, today's sea levels: Not loaded (file format unreadable)

NYC Stormwater Flood Maps, as of 2024-07-03

What this counts

Mapped ponding touching the building footprint

BasementWhole tax lot

Below grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

Rent and tenancy

On the state list

Rent stabilization

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations)

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30

What this counts

The list doesn't say which apartments are stabilized, and being listed isn't proof of current status. For a specific apartment, request its rent history from HCR

General condition and all records

HPD violations

11 open: 8 about building conditions — fire safety (2), walls, floors and stairs (2), doors and windows (1), other conditions (1); 1 immediately hazardous (class C), 3 about paperwork or notices. Also 61 older records from 1988–2016 never closed. 21 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 244 violations on record in all, 1988–2026 — the 93 most recent are listed here

Other conditions class A

Heat or hot water class C · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

Other conditions class B · closed

PestsApt 11 class C · closed

PestsApt 11 class C · closed

2025 May

Heat or hot water class B · closed

2025 May

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Doors and windows class C · closed

Fire safety class B · closed

2024 Nov

Doors and windows class B · closed

Doors and windows class B · closed

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed

Rubbish and cleanliness class B · closed

Other conditions class B · closed

Lead-based paint class C · paperwork

Lead-based paint class C · paperwork

Rubbish and cleanliness class B

Walls, floors and stairsApt 1 class B

PestsApt 11 class C

2019 Oct

2019 Aug

Other conditionsApt 10 class C · paperwork

2018 May

Walls, floors and stairs class A

2018 May

Doors and windows class B

Doors and windowsApt 11 class A · never closed

2015 Nov

Walls, floors and stairsApt 12 class A · never closed

2014 Apr

Smoke or CO detectorsApt 15 class B · never closed

2012 Aug

PestsApt 4 class B · never closed

2012 Aug

Walls, floors and stairsApt 4 class B · never closed

Lead-based paintApt 16 class C · never closed

Lead-based paintApt 16 class C · never closed

Lead-based paintApt 16 class C · never closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class A · never closed

Doors and windowsApt 16 class A · never closed

Doors and windowsApt 16 class A · never closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class A · never closed

Walls, floors and stairsApt 16 class A · never closed

ElectricalApt 16 class B · never closed

and 26 more at the source

Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at HPD Online →

What this counts

Open HPD violations inspected in the last 10 years; class C = immediately hazardous. Paperwork = failure to file, notify or certify

DOB violations

3 open: 3 about building conditions

2026 Aug

Construction class - 2

Unknown class - 2

Construction class - 2

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at DOB →

What this counts

Open DOB, ECB and DOB NOW Safety violations, any date, one per violation. ECB class 1 = hazardous, class 2 = major

Resident complaints to the city

9 heat or hot water

Heat or hot waterApt 11

Show 8 more

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →

What this counts

HPD complaints received in the last 2 years; the list below is every complaint on record for the last three years

Permit history

5 permits since 1990

General construction permit

2014 Sep

Plumbing permit, Fuel burning permit

2009 Sep

Fuel burning permit, Boiler permit

and 2 more at the source

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-19 · See every permit at DOB →

What this counts

DOB permits issued (DOB NOW and legacy BIS), one per job and work type; excludes sheds

Everything else on record

Unknown class - 2 · DOB violation

Other conditions class A · HPD violation

Other conditions class B · closed · HPD violation