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Parker Towers

104-20 Queens Boulevard, NY 113754.6 ★ (817 reviews)
Rental complex with 3 buildings
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Summary

Parker Towers offers large Forest Hills apartments, 24-hour attended lobbies and private lawns across three towers. Residents consistently praise the doormen and individual maintenance staff. Construction noise, common-area upkeep and pest complaints are recurring tradeoffs, while in-unit laundry is limited to selected apartments.

1,327 unitsBuilt 1960Managed by Beam Living

Reviews

Doormen and individual repair staff receive repeated praise, including from residents unhappy with the wider experience. Complaints focus on construction, pests and uneven upkeep.

Google
4.6
817 reviews
Openigloo
2.7
8 reviews
ApartmentRatings
2.8
275 reviews
Yelp
3.1
35 reviews

What residents praise

Staff who know residents

Long-term residents value familiar doormen, porters and handymen who help with packages and apartment repairs.

Larger rooms and community space

Apartment size, the lawns and the sense of an established community are recurring reasons residents stay.

What residents complain about

Construction can dominate the day

Long-running drilling and renovation work recur across resident accounts. The work affecting the exact tower matters more than the general improvement plan.

Upkeep is uneven

Residents describe pests, dirty common areas and unreliable laundry machines, with management responses less consistently praised than front-line staff.

Amenities

Parker Towers is a three-tower Forest Hills complex with 24-hour doormen, a large Great Lawn with playgrounds and a dog run, and an on-site garage. Laundry rooms serve every tower, while in-unit washer/dryers, dishwashers and modern finishes are limited to renovated apartments.

In the apartment
In-unit laundry
Some apartments
Air conditioning
Dishwasher
Some apartments
In the building
24-hour doorman
Elevator
Fitness center*
Pool
Not available
Shared outdoor space
On-site parking*
Package service
Resident storage
Shared laundry

* Fees apply to marked amenities. See Costs in the Availability tab.

Also here: Bike storage · Parker Pantry 24/7 shop and rentals · Parker Play indoor playground · Event rooms and resident lounge · On-site café · URBN concierge services

Location

Parker Towers is located at 104-20 Queens Boulevard, New York, NY 11375. Queens Boulevard gives access to Forest Hills shopping and transit. Apartments facing the boulevard can hear traffic and sirens despite the quieter private lawn inside the community.

TransitSupermarketsParks
  • 6 min
    Forest Hills-71 AvEFMR
  • 10 min
    67 AvMR

Building records

The housing-complaint rate is close to that of comparable buildings, with noise and heating the largest categories. Open rodent, roach and plumbing violations make pest control and repair follow-through worth checking.

Reported housing complaintsPast 3 years

Reported housing complaints
Housing-related reports submitted to NYC 311 by residents or the public. A report describes a reported issue, not a confirmed violation.

29.8 reports per 100 apartments, versus 28.7 for other comparable apartment buildings in New York.

CategoryReportsLatest
158
Apr 2026
90
Mar 2026
19
Aug 2026

HPD housing-code violationsPast 3 years

HPD housing-code violations
Housing-code violations issued by NYC’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development after an inspection. Routine administrative filings and notices are excluded.
ConditionCitationsStatus
14
9 open
9
7 open
8
6 open

Rent history

Apartment size is a major part of the offer, with one-bedrooms around 840 square feet in recent rental history. Compare the finish and shared-service costs as well as the asking rent.

Typical rents

Typical rents
Final asking rents from listings that ended in the past year.
Studio
$2,799median / mo
$2,406–$3,410578 sq ft median
1 bed
$3,396median / mo
$2,956–$3,986841 sq ft median
2 beds
$4,140median / mo
$3,445–$5,1071,022 sq ft median
3 beds
$5,190median / mo
$4,361–$9,0411,327 sq ft median
4 beds
$6,803median / mo
$6,587–$7,2011,720 sq ft median

Concessions

Historical concessions
Free-rent offers on listings that ended in the past year, including listings with no offer.

No free-rent offers appeared in the past year’s listings.

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