City Council district · Queens

City Council District 29

City Council District 29 is in central Queens, running from Rego Park, Forest Hills and Kew Gardens south through Richmond Hill and South Richmond Hill to parts of Ozone Park and South Ozone Park. In PLUTO tax-lot data, about 49% of its roughly 69,200 residential units are in elevator buildings, about 29% are in one- and two-family houses and about 11% are in walk-ups. Queens Boulevard trains stop at 67 Av (M, R), Forest Hills-71 Av (E, F, M, R), 75 Av, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke and Briarwood (E, F). The J stops at 104, 111 and 121 St, and the E at Jamaica-Van Wyck. Forest Park, about 507 acres, is shared with District 32.

City Council District 29 has 30,517 open HPD housing violations, 5,423 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 9,650 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 10th most open violations of 14 council districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 39th of 51 citywide, at 440.9 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

30,517

5,423 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

9,650

2,610 Class C · 8th in Queens

Residential units

69.2K

19,027 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

440.9

City median 778.9

Heat complaints this season

27 by this date last season

Average year built

1931

Lots with a known year

Homes in pre-1974, 6+ unit buildings

37.8K

Where rent stabilization is most common

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C5,423 · 18%Class B14,475 · 47%Class A10,619 · 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 noise5,490Residential noise: 5,490
Heat / hot water4,276Heat / hot water: 4,276
Unsanitary condition1,585Unsanitary condition: 1,585
Plumbing797Plumbing: 797
Building use787Building use: 787
Paint / plaster586Paint / plaster: 586
Door / window499Door / window: 499
Electric425Electric: 425
Water leak420Water leak: 420
General repairs352General repairs: 352

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

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens council districts

City Council District 29 highlighted

District 21977.4District 21: 977.4
District 28925.7District 28: 925.7
District 31866.8District 31: 866.8
District 27866.7District 27: 866.7
District 25624.8District 25: 624.8
District 32552.7District 32: 552.7
District 22539.7District 22: 539.7
District 30488.4District 30: 488.4
District 24463.9District 24: 463.9
District 29440.9District 29: 440.9
District 26399.6District 26: 399.6
District 20359.3District 20: 359.3
District 23200.9District 23: 200.9
District 19199.9District 19: 199.9

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

Good to know

Subway: E, F, M, R at Forest Hills-71 Av; E, F at Kew Gardens-Union Tpke; J at 104, 111 and 121 St
About 49% of residential units are in elevator buildings (PLUTO)
About 29% of residential units are in one- and two-family houses
Forest Park (about 507 acres) is shared with District 32 (NYC Parks)

Neighborhoods included

Rego Park · Forest Hills · Kew Gardens · Richmond Hill · South Richmond Hill · Ozone Park (North) · South Ozone 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.

More council districts in Queens

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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 29 · 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 12, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.