City Council district · Queens

City Council District 23

City Council District 23 runs along eastern Queens near the Nassau County line, covering Queens Village, Bellerose, Glen Oaks, Floral Park, New Hyde Park, Oakland Gardens, Hollis Hills, Holliswood and Jamaica Estates, with parts of Fresh Meadows, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Hollis and Jamaica. Houses dominate: in PLUTO, about 54% of its roughly 60,000 homes are in one- and two-family buildings, 29% in walk-ups and 12% in elevator buildings. The only subway station inside the district is Jamaica-179 St, the F train's eastern terminal. Cunningham Park, a 358-acre NYC Parks flagship park, is here, along with the Queens Farm Park property and Douglaston Park Golf Course; Alley Pond Park is shared with District 19.

City Council District 23 has 12,017 open HPD housing violations, 1,857 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 3,222 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 14th most open violations of 14 council districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 46th of 51 citywide, at 201.6 open violations per 1,000 homes.

Check a building in Queens

Open HPD violations

12,017

1,857 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

3,222

743 Class C · 13th in Queens

Residential units

59.6K

29,523 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

201.6

City median 779.7

Heat complaints this season

23 by this date last season

Average year built

1944

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

6.8K

87 buildings · 11% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C1,857 · 15%Class B6,437 · 54%Class A3,723 · 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 noise3,037Residential noise: 3,037
Heat / hot water1,589Heat / hot water: 1,589
Building use809Building use: 809
Unsanitary condition629Unsanitary condition: 629
Plumbing323Plumbing: 323
Paint / plaster218Paint / plaster: 218
Door / window206Door / window: 206
Electric188Electric: 188
Water leak172Water leak: 172
Rodents151Rodents: 151

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens council districts

City Council District 23 highlighted

District 21977.8District 21: 977.8
District 28926.2District 28: 926.2
District 31867.6District 31: 867.6
District 27867.5District 27: 867.5
District 25624.9District 25: 624.9
District 32553.1District 32: 553.1
District 22540.5District 22: 540.5
District 30488.9District 30: 488.9
District 24464.2District 24: 464.2
District 29440.9District 29: 440.9
District 26400.7District 26: 400.7
District 20359.3District 20: 359.3
District 23201.6District 23: 201.6
District 19199.9District 19: 199.9

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

Good to know

Subway: F terminal at Jamaica-179 St is the only station inside the district
About 54% of residential units are in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)
Cunningham Park (about 358 acres) is a NYC Parks flagship park
Queens Farm Park (about 47 acres) and Douglaston Park Golf Course (about 105 acres); Alley Pond Park is shared with District 19

Neighborhoods included

Fresh Meadows · Jamaica Estates · Holliswood · Bayside · Douglaston · Little Neck · Oakland Gardens · Hollis Hills · Jamaica · Hollis · Glen Oaks · Floral Park · New Hyde Park · Bellerose · Queens Village

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.

More council districts in Queens

City Council District 19 City Council District 20 City Council District 21 City Council District 22 City Council District 24 City Council District 25 City Council District 26 City Council District 27 City Council District 28 City Council District 29 City Council District 30 City Council District 31 City Council District 32

Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Re-verified 2026-10-12 by roofy-research: neighborhood list matches the 'Neighborhoods' line on council.nyc.gov/district-23. 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. Jamaica-179 St is the only subway station inside the boundary; no LIRR station falls inside.

Sources

NYC Council District 23 page (neighborhoods and district map) · New York City Council (accessed October 12, 2026)
Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)
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.