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City Council District 21

City Council District 21 is in north-central Queens, built around Corona, North Corona and East Elmhurst, with parts of Jackson Heights, Elmhurst and Rego Park. It also takes in Willets Point, part of LaGuardia Airport and part of Flushing Meadows Corona Park, which it shares with Districts 20 and 24. In PLUTO, about 40% of its roughly 45,000 homes are in walk-ups, 26% in elevator buildings and 24% in one- and two-family houses. The 7 train runs above Roosevelt Avenue with stops at 90 St-Elmhurst Av, Junction Blvd, 103 St-Corona Plaza, 111 St and Mets-Willets Point, and the LIRR Port Washington Branch stops at Mets-Willets Point. Smaller neighborhood parks include Park of the Americas and Hinton Park.

City Council District 21 has 44,118 open HPD housing violations, 7,419 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 11,245 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 4th most open violations of 14 council districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 15th of 51 citywide, at 977.4 open violations per 1,000 homes.

Check a building in Queens

Open HPD violations
44,118
7,419 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
11,245
2,752 Class C · 6th in Queens
Residential units
45.1K
12,861 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
977.4
City median 778.9
Heat complaints this season
24
14 by this date last season
Average year built
1944
Lots with a known year
Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings
14.9K
Where rent stabilization is most common
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C7,419 · 17%Class B18,253 · 41%Class A18,446 · 42%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 12, 2026

What residents report to 311
Housing-related 311 complaints, last 12 months
  • Residential noise6,100
  • Heat / hot water3,053
  • Unsanitary condition1,178
  • Plumbing684
  • Paint / plaster495
  • Door / window420
  • Water leak341
  • Building use322
  • General repairs297
  • Electric285

Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 12, 2026

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens council districts
City Council District 21 highlighted

Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 12, 2026

Good to know

  • Subway: 7 at 90 St-Elmhurst Av, Junction Blvd, 103 St-Corona Plaza, 111 St and Mets-Willets Point
  • LIRR Port Washington Branch at Mets-Willets Point
  • About 40% of residential units are in walk-ups and 24% in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Includes Willets Point, part of LaGuardia Airport and part of Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Neighborhoods included

East Elmhurst · North Corona · Corona · Jackson Heights · Elmhurst · Rego Park · Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway · Flushing-Willets Point · LaGuardia Airport · Flushing Meadows-Corona 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

Re-verified 2026-10-12 by roofy-research: neighborhood list matches the 'Neighborhoods' line on council.nyc.gov/district-21. 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. LaGuardia Airport and Willets Point placement confirmed against the boundary.

Sources

  1. NYC Council District 21 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 Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. MTA Rail Stations (LIRR and Metro-North station list with 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 12, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.