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Queens Building Violation Profile

Measured from HPD violations and 311 complaints filed in the 12 months to September 2026, matched to this area's buildings. Use it to set expectations before you sign or hire.

Most common HPD issues in Queens

01Heat and hot water

02Unsanitary conditions and pests

03Plumbing

CONTEXT

HPD issued 19.4 violations per 100 apartments in Queens over the 12 months to September 2026, below the citywide 30.1. Immediately hazardous Class C conditions ran 5.4 per 100 apartments against 9.2 citywide, and 55.9% of buildings recorded none.

FOR RENTERS

Area figures describe 41,443 buildings holding 529,205 apartments, so check the specific address before you sign: one building's record can sit far from its neighborhood's average.

Check Your Queens AddressThese are neighborhood averages. Your specific building might differ. Check it.

What the Records Show in Queens

Buildings in Queens averaged 19.4 HPD violations per 100 apartments over the 12 months to September 2026, below the citywide 30.1. Immediately hazardous Class C conditions ran 5.4 per 100 apartments against 9.2 citywide, and 55.9% of buildings recorded none at all.

Measure	Queens	Citywide
Apartment buildings	41,443	172,071
Apartments	529,205	2,846,490
HPD violations per 100 apartments	19.4	30.1
Class C (immediately hazardous) per 100	5.4	9.2
Buildings with no violations	55.9%	45.3%
Apartments in pre-1940 buildings	30.3%	45.8%
Apartments in buildings of 5 floors or fewer	43.4%	37.1%
Median year built	1940	n/a

Figures cover buildings with three or more apartments in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Astoria (Central), Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Long Island City-Hunters Point, Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, North Corona, Elmhurst, Corona, Maspeth, Ridgewood, Glendale, Middle Village, Rego Park, Forest Hills, College Point, Whitestone-Beechhurst, Bay Terrace-Clearview, Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, East Flushing, Queensboro Hill, Flushing-Willets Point, Kew Gardens Hills, Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, South Richmond Hill, Ozone Park (North), Woodhaven, South Ozone Park, Ozone Park, Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Auburndale, Bayside, Douglaston-Little Neck, Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills, Jamaica, South Jamaica, Baisley Park, Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village, St. Albans, Hollis, Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Bellerose, Queens Village, Cambria Heights, Laurelton, Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville, Rosedale, Far Rockaway-Bayswater, Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, using HPD violations inspected in the 12 months to September 2026 and city lot records. Citywide figures use the same method. Search a specific address for that building’s own record.

Building Grades in Queens

41,490 apartment buildings in Queens were scored on October 8, 2026. 11% graded D or F, below the citywide 19.8%, and 79.2% graded A against 65.8% citywide. The average score was 89 out of 100.

A 79.2%B 6.7%C 3.2%D 2.6%F 8.3%

Lowest-Scoring Buildings in Queens

Lowest-scoring apartment buildings in Queens
#	Building	Grade	Open Class C	Open Class B	Open HPD cases	Flags
1	116-10 14 Road11356 · 6 apartments · built 1926	F	100	242	2	AEP7 heat complaints
2	1819 George Street11385 · 6 apartments · built 1927	F	140	91	1	185 heat complaints
3	11-21 47 Road11101 · 6 apartments · built 1931	F	94	214	0	10 heat complaints
4	13-62 Gipson Street11691 · 6 apartments · built 1931	F	75	247	0	Vacate order
5	87-01 51 Avenue11373 · 6 apartments · built 1998	F	66	164	0	AEP8 heat complaints
6	42-04 111 Street11368 · 6 apartments · built 1931	F	76	85	0	AEP
7	1717 Putnam Avenue11385 · 6 apartments · built 1930	F	74	79	0	AEP
8	45-34 40 Street11104 · 6 apartments · built 1926	F	59	127	0	11 heat complaints
9	108-20 48 Avenue11368 · 6 apartments · built 1931	F	55	85	1	AEP
10	34-20 31 Avenue11106 · 6 apartments · built 1923	F	38	140	3	18 heat complaints

Rent-Stabilized Apartments in Queens

7,219 buildings here were billed the rent-stabilization fee for 177,121 apartments on the 2024 property tax bill. Among buildings billed in both years, the count fell 1.7% from 2018 to 2024. Check whether a specific building is on the list with the rent-stabilization checker.

Buildings in Queens that lost the most stabilized units, 2018 to 2024
Building	Stabilized units 2018	Stabilized units 2024	Change
58-25 Queens Boulevard11377	77	9	-68
260-01 Langston Avenue11004	179	129	-50
11-39 49 Avenue11101	108	59	-49
103-19 68 Road11375	82	33	-49
73-12 35 Avenue11372	112	69	-43

Scores use the formula on the methodology page, applied to every lot with three or more apartments; the table ranks buildings with six or more. Stabilized unit counts are building totals from the DOF tax bill, compiled by nycdb, and say nothing about any individual apartment. See the most distressed buildings in the borough.

Services in Queens

Each service page is tailored to Queens’s building stock and common violation patterns.

Violation-Linked Repairs

For when Queens buildings already have open violations

Pre-Lease & Investigation

Audit a Queens building before you commit

Move-In Essentials

For after you’ve checked the building

Building Stock & Character

BUILDING TYPES

Single-family homes, garden apartments, co-ops, new high-rise developments

CHARACTER

Residential, diverse, more space for the money, strong ethnic enclaves

// TRANSIT

Limited subway coverage; buses and LIRR supplement. Better near subway lines.

CHALLENGES

Transit deserts away from subway, longer commutes to Manhattan

Queens Renter FAQs

What building problems are most reported in Queens?

Tenants in Queens filed about 10,930 housing complaints to 311 in the 12 months to September 2026. Heat and hot water accounted for 48.3% of them, ahead of unsanitary conditions and pests at 15.7%. HPD issued 19.4 violations per 100 apartments in Queens over the 12 months to September 2026, below the citywide 30.1. Immediately hazardous Class C conditions ran 5.4 per 100 apartments against 9.2 citywide, and 55.9% of buildings recorded none.

How common are rodent complaints in Queens?

Rodent complaints ran 3.6 per 1,000 apartments, below the citywide 8.8. Tenants in Queens filed about 10,930 housing complaints to 311 in the 12 months to September 2026. Heat and hot water accounted for 48.3% of them, ahead of unsanitary conditions and pests at 15.7%.

What should renters check before signing a lease in Queens?

Area figures describe 41,443 buildings holding 529,205 apartments, so check the specific address before you sign: one building's record can sit far from its neighborhood's average.

How old are the buildings in Queens?

The median Queens apartment building went up in 1940, 30.3% of apartments sit in buildings from before 1940 (citywide 45.8%), and 43.4% are in buildings of five floors or fewer (citywide 37.1%).

How common are heat complaints in Queens?

Heat and hot water complaints in Queens ran 55.1 per 1,000 apartments over that year, below the citywide 125.7. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31, when an owner must keep apartments at 68F by day when it is below 55F outside, and 62F overnight.