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Queens Community District 3

Queens Community District 3 covers Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and North Corona in north-central Queens, between the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on the west and Flushing Meadows Corona Park on the east, with Roosevelt Avenue on the south and LaGuardia Airport to the north. Housing mixes apartment buildings and attached houses: in PLUTO tax-lot data, about 35% of the roughly 54,000 residential units are in elevator buildings and about 42% are in one- to three-family houses. The elevated 7 runs over Roosevelt Avenue along the southern edge, and the Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av hub adds the E, F, M and R. Travers Park and the Louis Armstrong House Museum are here.

Queens Community District 3 has 44,764 open HPD housing violations, 8,355 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 13,187 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 4th most open violations of 14 community districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 23rd of 59 citywide, at 826.3 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

44,764

8,355 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

13,187

3,698 Class C · 1st in Queens

Residential units

54.2K

14,686 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

826.3

City median 760.9

Heat complaints this season

98 by this date last season

Average year built

1942

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

12.6K

507 buildings · 23% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C8,355 · 19%Class B20,129 · 45%Class A16,280 · 36%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

What residents report to 311

Housing-related 311 complaints, last 12 months

Heat / hot water4,831Heat / hot water: 4,831
Residential noise4,754Residential noise: 4,754
Unsanitary condition1,473Unsanitary condition: 1,473
Plumbing869Plumbing: 869
Paint / plaster751Paint / plaster: 751
Door / window555Door / window: 555
General repairs527General repairs: 527
Water leak481Water leak: 481
Building use450Building use: 450
Electric356Electric: 356

Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens community districts

Queens Community District 3 highlighted

CD 12929.9CD 12: 929.9
CD 3826.3CD 3: 826.3
CD 14806.6CD 14: 806.6
CD 9803.5CD 9: 803.5
CD 4698.7CD 4: 698.7
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 8417CD 8: 417
CD 2406.9CD 2: 406.9
CD 7305.8CD 7: 305.8
CD 6255.9CD 6: 255.9
CD 11143.4CD 11: 143.4

Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Good to know

Subway: 7 at 82 St-Jackson Hts, 90 St-Elmhurst Av and 111 St; other 7 stops and the E, F, M, R at Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av sit on the Roosevelt Av boundary
About 42% of residential units are in one- to three-family houses and 35% in elevator buildings (PLUTO 26v2)
Borders Flushing Meadows Corona Park and LaGuardia Airport
Louis Armstrong House Museum is in the district

Neighborhoods included

East Elmhurst · Jackson Heights · North Corona

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 profile. Subway stations placed by point-in-polygon test of MTA station coordinates against NYC Planning community district boundaries (data.cityofnewyork.us 5crt-au7u); 'on the edge' means within about 30 m of the boundary. Housing shares are PLUTO 26v2 residential units by building class (A/B and C0 = one- to three-family homes, other C = walk-up apartment buildings, D = elevator buildings, R = condos). Parks from NYC Parks Properties (data.cityofnewyork.us enfh-gkve). LaGuardia Airport is in a separate joint interest area (boundary code 480), not inside 403; Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av, 74 St-Broadway, Junction Blvd and 103 St-Corona Plaza stations fall within about 25 m of the Roosevelt Av boundary. Independently re-verified 2026-10-12: neighborhood lists match the NYC Planning Community Profiles app data; station placement re-run against MTA 39hk-dx4f and boundaries 5crt-au7u; PLUTO 26v2 unit shares and totals recomputed; park acreage and boards from enfh-gkve; NYCHA counts from evjd-dqpz. Fact-check 2026-10-12: Louis Armstrong House (34-56 107 St) confirmed cd 403; Travers Park listed under board 403.

Sources

Queens Community District 3 profile · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)

General information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Rules change; confirm with the agency or a professional before you act.

“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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.