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Queens Community District 8

Queens Community District 8 covers Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica Hills, Kew Gardens Hills, Briarwood, Holliswood, Pomonok and Utopia in east-central Queens. Its roughly 58,000 homes are a mix: in PLUTO tax-lot data about 35% are in one- and two-family houses, 33% in elevator buildings and 25% in walk-up buildings. NYCHA's Pomonok Houses, with about 2,071 apartments, is one of the larger developments in Queens. Inside the district the F train stops at Parsons Blvd, and the E and F stop at Briarwood just over the line. Cunningham Park, a roughly 358-acre flagship park, is on the district's eastern side, and the Kissena Corridor Park runs through it.

Queens Community District 8 has 24,192 open HPD housing violations, 4,657 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 9,464 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 12th most open violations of 14 community districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 46th of 59 citywide, at 417.1 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

24,192

4,657 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

9,464

2,758 Class C · 7th in Queens

Residential units

58K

19,371 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

417.1

City median 760.6

Heat complaints this season

60 by this date last season

Average year built

1946

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

13.2K

242 buildings · 23% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C4,657 · 19%Class B12,003 · 50%Class A7,532 · 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 noise7,184Residential noise: 7,184
Heat / hot water3,585Heat / hot water: 3,585
Unsanitary condition1,589Unsanitary condition: 1,589
Plumbing792Plumbing: 792
Paint / plaster692Paint / plaster: 692
Door / window588Door / window: 588
Building use566Building use: 566
Water leak472Water leak: 472
Rodents396Rodents: 396
General repairs344General repairs: 344

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens community districts

Queens Community District 8 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: F at Parsons Blvd; Briarwood (E, F) is just outside the boundary
About 58,000 homes: roughly 35% one- and two-family, 33% elevator, 25% walk-up (PLUTO)
NYCHA Pomonok Houses: about 2,071 apartments
Cunningham Park is about 358 acres

Neighborhoods included

Briarwood · Fresh Meadows · Hillcrest · Holliswood · Jamaica · Jamaica Estates · Jamaica Hills · Kew Gardens Hills · Pomonok · Utopia

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 8 · 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.