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Queens Community District 5

Queens Community District 5 covers Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth and Middle Village in west-central Queens, along the Brooklyn border. It is a district of low-rise homes: in PLUTO tax-lot data, about half of its roughly 67,000 homes are in one- and two-family houses and about 38% are in walk-up buildings, with only about 3% in elevator buildings. The M train runs on the elevated Myrtle Avenue line with stops at Seneca Av, Forest Av, Fresh Pond Rd and Middle Village-Metropolitan Av, and the L stops at Halsey St on the Brooklyn line. Juniper Valley Park, about 56 acres, is the largest park inside the district, and Forest Park and Highland Park lie on its edges.

Queens Community District 5 has 45,794 open HPD housing violations, 7,558 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 10,193 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 3rd most open violations of 14 community districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 36th of 59 citywide, at 682.4 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

45,794

7,558 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

10,193

2,143 Class C · 9th in Queens

Residential units

67.1K

31,483 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

682.4

City median 760.6

Heat complaints this season

47 by this date last season

Average year built

1934

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

9.5K

1,225 buildings · 14% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C7,558 · 17%Class B19,139 · 42%Class A19,097 · 42%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 noise4,448Residential noise: 4,448
Heat / hot water1,790Heat / hot water: 1,790
Unsanitary condition1,197Unsanitary condition: 1,197
Building use779Building use: 779
Plumbing592Plumbing: 592
Rodents529Rodents: 529
Door / window426Door / window: 426
Paint / plaster424Paint / plaster: 424
Water leak365Water leak: 365
Electric337Electric: 337

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens community districts

Queens Community District 5 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: M at Seneca Av, Forest Av, Fresh Pond Rd and Middle Village-Metropolitan Av; L at Halsey St
About 67,000 homes: roughly 50% in one- and two-family houses, 38% in walk-ups (PLUTO)
Juniper Valley Park is about 56 acres
Forest Park and Highland Park sit on the district's edges

Neighborhoods included

Glendale · Maspeth · Middle Village · Ridgewood

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. 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 5 · 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)

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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.