Pre-war buildings near the Q17 bus in Hillcrest

“Pre-war” is a building-age filter for structures built before 1947. It’s meant to help you narrow by building vintage so you can compare older building conditions and layouts more consistently.

It focuses the building results to those near the Q17 bus route in/around Hillcrest. Use it as a starting point, then confirm your closest stop and typical travel time for the times you’ll commute.

Openigloo provides building pages with renter-facing information and review/reputation signals, plus tenant Q&A where available. Use those details to draft a tight question list for the super/management before you commit.

Ask about elevator reliability, heating/hot-water performance, recent building maintenance, pest-control processes, and any building-wide rules that affect daily life. Get answers for your exact unit/lease, not just general policies.

Yes. Even when you find apartments that fit your budget, confirm the full monthly and move-in cost picture: broker fees where applicable, deposits, and what utilities are included versus billed separately.

Hunters Point with 2,110+ buildings; Ridgewood with 3,826+ buildings; Sunnyside with 1,960+ buildings; Ditmars-Steinway with 2,222+ buildings; Forest Hills with 1,363+ buildings.

Not automatically. It helps you shortlist buildings near the bus, but factors like transfer points, traffic, and walking distance to your stop still affect commute time. Verify the route you’ll take from your future unit location.