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Queens Community District 9

Queens Community District 9 covers Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and part of Ozone Park in south-central Queens, just south of Forest Park. It is mainly a district of houses: in PLUTO tax-lot data about 51% of its roughly 47,000 homes are in one- and two-family houses, 21% in walk-up buildings and 19% in elevator buildings. The elevated J line runs above Jamaica Avenue with stops at 75 St-Elderts Ln, 85 St-Forest Pkwy, Woodhaven Blvd, 104 St, 111 St and 121 St (Z trains also stop at some). The E and F stop at Briarwood, the E at Jamaica-Van Wyck, and the Long Island Rail Road at Kew Gardens. Forest Park borders the district to the north.

Queens Community District 9 has 37,732 open HPD housing violations, 5,930 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 8,346 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 7th most open violations of 14 community districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 26th of 59 citywide, at 803.6 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

37,732

5,930 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

8,346

1,836 Class C · 10th in Queens

Residential units

47K

20,402 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

803.6

City median 760.6

Heat complaints this season

40 by this date last season

Average year built

1926

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

6.1K

236 buildings · 13% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C5,930 · 16%Class B17,524 · 46%Class A14,278 · 38%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 noise6,360Residential noise: 6,360
Heat / hot water2,543Heat / hot water: 2,543
Unsanitary condition1,204Unsanitary condition: 1,204
Building use922Building use: 922
Plumbing703Plumbing: 703
Paint / plaster433Paint / plaster: 433
Door / window413Door / window: 413
Electric379Electric: 379
Water leak316Water leak: 316
General repairs268General repairs: 268

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens community districts

Queens Community District 9 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: J along Jamaica Av from 75 St-Elderts Ln to 121 St; E and F at Briarwood; E at Jamaica-Van Wyck
LIRR station: Kew Gardens
About 47,000 homes: roughly 51% in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO)
Forest Park forms the district's northern edge

Neighborhoods included

Kew Gardens · Ozone Park · Richmond Hill · Woodhaven

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 9 · 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.