The most common category among the open records here is lead paint.
Questions about this building
Does 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens have open violations?
Yes. 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens had 8 open violations on September 27, 2026: 6 from HPD and 2 from OATH/ECB. 3 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 4 years, since April 22, 2022.
Is 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens getting better or worse?
Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 3 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days. That window ends September 27, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.
When were certifications filed on Class C violations at 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens?
Since September 29, 2023, certifications were filed on 5 Class C violations, all 5 by the original certify-by date. A certification is the filing, dated when it was made, not HPD's acceptance of it. It is compared with the original certify-by date on the notice. A granted postponement moves that date and the city's data keeps only the first, so a certification counted after it may still have met a postponed date.
Does 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens have an OATH hearing coming up?
Yes. A hearing on a DOB summons is set for November 24, 2026. DOB summonses are heard at OATH, the city's hearings office, and OATH can move a hearing to a later date. When nobody shows up, the summons is decided by default, the costliest way one ends.
Does 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens have active DOB violations?
Yes. 4 active DOB violations, most of them for elevators. The newest was issued October 16, 2024. The Department of Buildings writes these separately from HPD's housing violations, for things like boilers, elevators, facades, construction and energy filings. Each one stays active until DOB resolves or dismisses it.
Has DOB received complaints about 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens?
Yes. 7 DOB complaints, 2 of them conversion complaints, in the 12 months to September 25, 2026. The newest was filed January 3, 2026. Anyone can complain to DOB about a building or the work going on in it, and DOB then inspects and decides whether there is a violation. A conversion complaint says an apartment may have been added or changed without approval. It is a complaint, not a finding.
What is the ENERGY STAR score for 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens?
ENERGY STAR score 50 for 2024, against a median of 67 for Multifamily Housing that year. Buildings over 25,000 square feet report their energy use to the city every year under Local Law 84. The ENERGY STAR score runs from 1 to 100 and compares a building with similar ones nationwide; 50 is the national median. The score is the one the city publishes, and this page never estimates a Local Law 97 emissions penalty. A lot that reported several properties in one year is not scored here.
When did 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens last file its bedbug report?
On January 7, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.
Is 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens covered by Local Law 97?
Yes. It is on DOB's Local Law 97 covered buildings list. Covered under Article 321, the path for certain affordable housing and houses of worship (DOB's list, March 1, 2026). Local Law 97 sets greenhouse gas limits for most New York City buildings over 25,000 square feet, and DOB's covered buildings list says which path each building is on. The list reflects DOB's records, which owners can ask DOB to correct. This page never estimates a penalty or says whether a building complies.
Is 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens rent stabilized?
The building has rent-stabilized apartments on its 2024 registration. That comes from the Rent Guidelines Board's list of buildings with at least one stabilized apartment registered that year. Buildings that registered late are left off, and a 421-a or J-51 building can leave stabilization when its tax benefit ends. A particular apartment's status is for NYS HCR to say.
When was 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens built?
The city's record gives 1916 as the year 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as an elevator apartment building with 6 floors.
How many apartments does 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens have?
The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 55 residential units at 42-60 Bowne Street, Queens. The count is for the whole tax lot.
Where do these numbers come from?
From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on OATH hearing dates, DOB violations, DOB complaints, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, Local Law 84 energy reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports, DOB's Local Law 97 covered buildings list and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through September 27, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.
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ViolationScout, 42-60 Bowne St, Queens: 3 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/42-60-bowne-street-queens
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