City Council district · Queens

City Council District 27

City Council District 27 is in southeast Queens, taking in Jamaica, South Jamaica, St. Albans, Hollis, Queens Village, Cambria Heights, Laurelton and part of Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village. Most homes are in small buildings: in the city's PLUTO tax-lot data, about 62% of the district's roughly 56,600 residential units are in one- and two-family houses, and about 22% are in elevator apartment buildings. The E, J and Z trains stop at Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer and Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport, and the F stops at Parsons Blvd and 169 St. Parks include the 57-acre Roy Wilkins Recreation Center, Rufus King Park, Archie Spigner Park and Gwen Ifill Park.

City Council District 27 has 49,090 open HPD housing violations, 7,682 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 9,156 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 1st most open violations of 14 council districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 23rd of 51 citywide, at 867.5 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

49,090

7,682 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

9,156

2,302 Class C · 9th in Queens

Residential units

56.6K

31,934 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

867.5

City median 779.7

Heat complaints this season

51 by this date last season

Average year built

1939

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

12.4K

181 buildings · 22% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C7,682 · 16%Class B26,698 · 54%Class A14,710 · 30%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 noise5,640Residential noise: 5,640
Heat / hot water4,095Heat / hot water: 4,095
Unsanitary condition2,013Unsanitary condition: 2,013
Plumbing1,141Plumbing: 1,141
Paint / plaster741Paint / plaster: 741
Building use684Building use: 684
Door / window619Door / window: 619
Electric615Electric: 615
General repairs527General repairs: 527
Water leak499Water leak: 499

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens council districts

City Council District 27 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: E, J, Z at Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer and Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport; F at Parsons Blvd and 169 St
About 62% of residential units are in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO)
About 22% of residential units are in elevator apartment buildings
Roy Wilkins Recreation Center covers about 57 acres (NYC Parks)
Other parks: Rufus King Park, Archie Spigner Park, Gwen Ifill Park

Neighborhoods included

Jamaica · South Jamaica · Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village · St. Albans · Hollis · Queens Village · Cambria Heights · Laurelton

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 independent fact-check. Neighborhood list matches the neighborhoods block on the council.nyc.gov district page. Housing shares re-queried from PLUTO (Socrata 64uk-42ks, rows updated 2026-08-24): sum(unitsres) grouped by council and first letter of bldgclass (A/B one- and two-family, C walk-up, D elevator, R condo lots); totals and shares match. Subway stations re-checked by point-in-polygon of MTA Subway Stations (data.ny.gov 39hk-dx4f) against the NYC Planning NYC_City_Council_Districts feature service boundary. Park names, acreages and councildistrict values re-checked in NYC Parks Properties (enfh-gkve, updated 2026-09-16). No crime, safety or demographic claims; no council member named.

Sources

City Council District 27 · New York City Council (accessed October 12, 2026)
Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) · 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 & Recreation (accessed October 12, 2026)

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“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.