Is 12-61 Central Ave rent stabilized?
12-61 Central Ave is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens (11691). It has about 180 apartments, built in 1961.
Also written as 12-61 Central Avenue — or 12-61 Central Ave, Queens, NY 11691.
How this building compares
With about 180 apartments it is larger than 92% of the 151 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Far Rockaway-Bayswater. It went up in 1961, 40 years before the 2001 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 128 open violations here, about 0.7 per apartment — matching the median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 570 violations on record at the address, 96 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 1,212 HPD complaints at the address, 4 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Queens |
| Neighborhood | Far Rockaway-Bayswater |
| ZIP | 11691 |
| Year built | 1961 |
| Apartments | 180 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 4155410017 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 1261 REALTY LLC 485 WEST 187TH STREET · NEW YORK, NY 10033 |
| Managing agent | 1261 REALTY CO. LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 128 open / 570 total · 4 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 1212 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 3, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 12-61 Central Ave rent stabilized?
12-61 Central Ave in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Queens is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files. Registration is recorded for the building, not for each apartment in it, so an individual unit here can still have been deregulated — ask the landlord or DHCR for that apartment's rent history before relying on it.
How many apartments are at 12-61 Central Ave?
12-61 Central Ave (BBL 4155410017) has about 180 residential apartments and was built in 1961, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized, and the DHCR files this site is built on register the building rather than its individual apartments.
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