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City Council District 24

City Council District 24 is in central Queens, covering Kew Gardens Hills, Pomonok, Electchester, Hillcrest, Utopia, Jamaica Hills and Briarwood, with parts of Rego Park, Forest Hills, Fresh Meadows, Jamaica Estates and Jamaica. It also takes in Mount Hebron and Cedar Grove cemeteries and part of Flushing Meadows Corona Park. In PLUTO, about 39% of its roughly 61,000 homes are in elevator buildings, 31% in one- and two-family houses and 20% in walk-ups. NYCHA's Pomonok Houses has 2,071 apartments. Subway stations inside the district are on the F line at Parsons Blvd and Sutphin Blvd, near the Jamaica end of the line. Smaller parks include Captain Tilly Park and Pomonok Playground.

City Council District 24 has 28,543 open HPD housing violations, 5,589 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 10,169 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 11th most open violations of 14 council districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 38th of 51 citywide, at 464.2 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
28,543
5,589 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
10,169
3,019 Class C · 3rd in Queens
Residential units
61.5K
18,408 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
464.2
City median 779.7
Heat complaints this season
59
73 by this date last season
Average year built
1945
Lots with a known year
Rent-stabilized units (2024)
13.7K
297 buildings · 22% of homes
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C5,589 · 20%Class B14,167 · 50%Class A8,787 · 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 noise7,579
  • Heat / hot water4,190
  • Unsanitary condition1,742
  • Plumbing896
  • Paint / plaster750
  • Door / window631
  • Building use563
  • Water leak516
  • Rodents424
  • General repairs404

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens council districts
City Council District 24 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • Subway: F at Parsons Blvd and Sutphin Blvd
  • About 39% of residential units are in elevator buildings and 31% in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)
  • NYCHA Pomonok Houses has 2,071 apartments
  • Includes Mount Hebron and Cedar Grove cemeteries and part of Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Neighborhoods included

Rego Park · Forest Hills · Kew Gardens Hills · Pomonok · Electchester · Hillcrest · Fresh Meadows · Utopia · Jamaica Estates · Holliswood · Jamaica Hills · Briarwood · Jamaica · 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-24. 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. Pomonok Houses (2,071) matches the Data Book; cemeteries listed on the council page.

Sources

  1. NYC Council District 24 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. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. NYCHA Development Data Book (data as of 2025-01-01) · New York City Housing Authority (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.