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Queens Community District 6

Queens Community District 6 covers Forest Hills, Forest Hills Gardens and Rego Park in central Queens, between Flushing Meadows Corona Park and Forest Park. Most homes are apartments: in PLUTO tax-lot data, about 64% of its roughly 58,000 homes are in elevator buildings and another 12% are condo units, while about 18% are in one- and two-family houses. Queens Boulevard is the transit spine, with the E, F, M and R at Forest Hills-71 Av, M and R at 63 Dr-Rego Park and 67 Av, and E and F at 75 Av and Kew Gardens-Union Tpke. The Long Island Rail Road stops at Forest Hills.

Queens Community District 6 has 14,913 open HPD housing violations, 2,975 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 5,611 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 13th most open violations of 14 community districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 52nd of 59 citywide, at 255.4 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

14,913

2,975 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

5,611

1,783 Class C · 11th in Queens

Residential units

58.4K

10,322 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

255.4

City median 760.6

Heat complaints this season

72 by this date last season

Average year built

1939

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

13K

331 buildings · 22% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C2,975 · 20%Class B7,345 · 49%Class A4,593 · 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

Heat / hot water4,000Heat / hot water: 4,000
Residential noise3,421Residential noise: 3,421
Unsanitary condition1,133Unsanitary condition: 1,133
Plumbing475Plumbing: 475
Paint / plaster427Paint / plaster: 427
Door / window327Door / window: 327
Water leak299Water leak: 299
Rodents297Rodents: 297
General repairs256General repairs: 256
Electric213Electric: 213

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens community districts

Queens Community District 6 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, F, M and R at Forest Hills-71 Av; M and R at 63 Dr-Rego Park and 67 Av; E and F at 75 Av and Kew Gardens-Union Tpke
LIRR station: Forest Hills
About 58,000 homes: roughly 64% in elevator buildings and 12% condo units (PLUTO)
Borders both Flushing Meadows Corona Park and Forest Park

Neighborhoods included

Forest Hills · Forest Hills Gardens · Rego Park

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 6 · 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.