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City Council District 26

City Council District 26 covers western Queens from the East River waterfront at Long Island City and Hunters Point through Queensbridge, Ravenswood, Dutch Kills, Sunnyside and Woodside plus parts of Astoria and Maspeth, Sunnyside Yards and Calvary Cemetery. Of its roughly 89,000 homes in PLUTO, about 50% are in elevator buildings, 22% in walk-ups and 17% in condominiums. NYCHA's Queensbridge North and South, Ravenswood and Woodside Houses are here. Transit is dense: the 7 makes ten stops from Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av to 69 St, with the E, F, G, M, N, R and W at other stations, and the LIRR stops at Long Island City, Hunterspoint Av and Woodside. Waterfront parks include Hunter's Point South Park and Queensbridge Park.

City Council District 26 has 35,614 open HPD housing violations, 7,164 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 10,420 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 7th most open violations of 14 council districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 40th of 51 citywide, at 399.6 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations
35,614
7,164 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
10,420
3,093 Class C · 2nd in Queens
Residential units
89.1K
12,156 tax lots
Open violations per 1,000 homes
399.6
City median 778.9
Heat complaints this season
74
45 by this date last season
Average year built
1942
Lots with a known year
Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings
36.3K
Where rent stabilization is most common
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C7,164 · 20%Class B15,956 · 45%Class A12,494 · 35%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 noise6,861
  • Heat / hot water4,546
  • Unsanitary condition1,360
  • Plumbing696
  • Paint / plaster678
  • Door / window470
  • Water leak466
  • General repairs435
  • Rodents369
  • Electric340

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens council districts
City Council District 26 highlighted

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

Good to know

  • Subway: 7 at ten stations from Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av to 69 St; E, F, G, M, N, R and W also stop in the district
  • LIRR stations: Long Island City, Hunterspoint Av and Woodside
  • About 50% of residential units are in elevator buildings and 17% are condominiums (PLUTO 26v2)
  • NYCHA developments include Ravenswood (2,166 apartments), Queensbridge South (1,604), Queensbridge North (1,543) and Woodside (1,357)
  • Waterfront parks: Hunter's Point South Park (about 23 acres) and Queensbridge Park (about 21 acres)

Neighborhoods included

Long Island City · Hunters Point · Queensbridge · Ravenswood · Dutch Kills · Sunnyside · Woodside · Astoria (Central) · Astoria (East) · Jackson Heights · Elmhurst · Maspeth

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-26. 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. NYCHA counts (Ravenswood 2,166, Queensbridge South 1,604, Queensbridge North 1,543, Woodside 1,357) match the Data Book; Sunnyside Yards and Calvary Cemetery are listed on the council page.

Sources

  1. NYC Council District 26 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. NYCHA Development Data Book (data as of 2025-01-01) · New York City Housing Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  7. 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.