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Queens Community District 12

Queens Community District 12 covers Jamaica, Jamaica Center, South Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, Rochdale and North Springfield Gardens in southeast Queens. In PLUTO tax-lot data about 57% of its roughly 85,000 homes are in one- and two-family houses and 27% in elevator buildings. NYCHA developments include South Jamaica I and II and Baisley Park Houses. Jamaica is a major transit hub: the E, J and Z stop at Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer and Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, the F at Sutphin Blvd, 169 St and Jamaica-179 St, and the Long Island Rail Road at Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans and Locust Manor. Baisley Pond Park (about 110 acres) and Roy Wilkins Recreation Center (about 57 acres) are the largest parks.

Queens Community District 12 has 78,979 open HPD housing violations, 12,280 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 13,894 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 1st most open violations of 14 community districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 22nd of 59 citywide, at 929.9 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

78,979

12,280 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

13,894

3,275 Class C · 2nd in Queens

Residential units

84.9K

41,420 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

929.9

City median 760.6

Heat complaints this season

63 by this date last season

Average year built

1940

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

14.9K

234 buildings · 18% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C12,280 · 16%Class B42,305 · 54%Class A24,394 · 31%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

What residents report to 311

Housing-related 311 complaints, last 12 months

Residential noise8,370Residential noise: 8,370
Heat / hot water5,495Heat / hot water: 5,495
Unsanitary condition2,875Unsanitary condition: 2,875
Plumbing1,628Plumbing: 1,628
Building use1,207Building use: 1,207
Paint / plaster1,018Paint / plaster: 1,018
Electric878Electric: 878
Door / window835Door / window: 835
Water leak771Water leak: 771
General repairs660General repairs: 660

Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens community districts

Queens Community District 12 highlighted

CD 12929.9CD 12: 929.9
CD 3826.3CD 3: 826.3
CD 14805.8CD 14: 805.8
CD 9803.6CD 9: 803.6
CD 4697.9CD 4: 697.9
CD 5682.4CD 5: 682.4
CD 10618.8CD 10: 618.8
CD 1503.4CD 1: 503.4
CD 13471.2CD 13: 471.2
CD 8417.1CD 8: 417.1
CD 2407CD 2: 407
CD 7305.4CD 7: 305.4
CD 6255.4CD 6: 255.4
CD 11144.9CD 11: 144.9

Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

Subway: E, J and Z at Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer and Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport; F at Sutphin Blvd, 169 St and Jamaica-179 St
LIRR stations: Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, Locust Manor
About 85,000 homes: roughly 57% one- and two-family (PLUTO)
NYCHA: South Jamaica I and II, Baisley Park Houses
Baisley Pond Park is about 110 acres

Neighborhoods included

Hollis · Jamaica · Jamaica Center · North Springfield Gardens · Rochdale · South Jamaica · St. Albans

Before you rent or buy here

Check the buildingLook up any address for violations, complaints and owner.Read the violation classesWhat A, B and C mean and how fast owners must fix them.Work out your budgetThe 40× income rule most NYC landlords use.

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Neighborhood list from the NYC Planning Community Profiles app (neighborhood names are not official boundaries and some span districts). Housing mix = share of residential units by PLUTO building class (A/B one- and two-family, C walk-up incl. three-family and garden apartments, D elevator, R condo), queried by cd. Subway/SIR stations placed by point-in-polygon of MTA station coordinates (data.ny.gov 39hk-dx4f) against NYC Community Districts boundaries (data.cityofnewyork.us 5crt-au7u); LIRR stations from the MTA LIRR GTFS stops file. Park names and acreage from NYC Parks Properties (enfh-gkve) communityboard field; NYCHA development names and apartment counts from the NYCHA Development Data Book (data.cityofnewyork.us evjd-dqpz, data as of 1/1/2025). Re-verified 2026-10-12 by independent fact-check: neighborhood list matches the NYC Planning Community Profiles app exactly; PLUTO residential-unit totals and building-class shares re-queried by cd (64uk-42ks) and rounded to whole percent; subway/SIR stations re-placed by point-in-polygon against 5crt-au7u and LIRR stations against the MTA LIRR GTFS feed; park names, acreage and community-board assignments re-queried from enfh-gkve; NYCHA names and counts re-queried from evjd-dqpz where cited; max building height from PLUTO numfloors where cited.

Sources

NYC Community District Profiles: Queens Community District 12 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
MTA Subway Stations (stations, routes and coordinates; includes Staten Island Railway) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)

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“Open” counts every HPD violation not yet recorded as corrected, including old ones owners never certified, so totals can exceed the number of apartments. Statistics: NYC Open Data (HPD violations, 311 service requests, DCP PLUTO) and rent-stabilized counts from DOF tax bills (via JustFix), updated Oct 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.