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City Council District 19

City Council District 19 covers northeast Queens along its north shore, from College Point and Whitestone east through Beechhurst, Bay Terrace, Fort Totten and Bayside to Douglaston and Little Neck, and south to Auburndale, Broadway-Flushing and part of Murray Hill. It is mostly houses: in PLUTO, about 63% of its roughly 63,000 homes are in one- and two-family buildings, with 19% in walk-ups and 11% in elevator buildings. No subway station lies inside the district; the LIRR Port Washington Branch stops at Broadway, Auburndale, Bayside, Douglaston and Little Neck. Waterfront and nature parks include Fort Totten Park, Little Bay Park, Powell's Cove Park and Udalls Park Preserve, and the district shares Alley Pond Park with District 23.

City Council District 19 has 12,689 open HPD housing violations, 1,601 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 3,099 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 13th most open violations of 14 council districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 48th of 51 citywide, at 199.9 open violations per 1,000 homes.

Check a building in Queens

Open HPD violations
12,689
1,601 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
3,099
535 Class C · 14th in Queens
Residential units
63.5K
36,464 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
199.9
City median 779.7
Heat complaints this season
9
33 by this date last season
Average year built
1949
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
3K
187 buildings · 5% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C1,601 · 13%Class B5,671 · 45%Class A5,417 · 43%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 noise3,093
  • Heat / hot water1,251
  • Building use1,035
  • Unsanitary condition389
  • Rodents243
  • Plumbing193
  • Paint / plaster171
  • Door / window125
  • Water leak121
  • Electric115

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens council districts
City Council District 19 highlighted

Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

  • No subway stations; LIRR Port Washington Branch at Broadway, Auburndale, Bayside, Douglaston and Little Neck
  • About 63% of residential units are in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Parks: Fort Totten Park, Little Bay Park, Powell's Cove Park, Crocheron Park, Udalls Park Preserve; Alley Pond Park is shared with District 23
  • Clearview Park Golf Course (about 111 acres) is a NYC Parks property in the district

Neighborhoods included

College Point · Whitestone · Beechhurst · Murray Hill · Broadway-Flushing · North Flushing · Auburndale · Bayside · Bay Terrace · Clearview · Fort Totten · Douglaston · Little Neck

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

Re-verified 2026-10-12 by roofy-research: neighborhood list matches the 'Neighborhoods' line on council.nyc.gov/district-19. Housing shares recomputed from PLUTO 26v2 (sum of unitsres grouped by council and bldgclass; A/B = one- and two-family, C = walk-up, D = elevator, R = condominium; NYCHA share = units on lots with owner name containing 'HOUSING AUTH'). Subway and rail stations re-placed by point-in-polygon test of MTA station coordinates (data.ny.gov 39hk-dx4f, wxmd-5cpm) against the City Council Districts boundary file (872g-cjhh); every station named matches. Park names, acreage and Flagship/Nature Area type checked in NYC Parks Properties (enfh-gkve, councildistrict field), including shared parks. No subway station falls inside the boundary.

Sources

  1. NYC Council District 19 page (neighborhoods and district map) · New York City Council (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Rail Stations (LIRR and Metro-North station list with coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)
  6. City Council Districts (boundary file) · 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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.