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City Council District 31

City Council District 31 covers the eastern Rockaway peninsula (Far Rockaway, Edgemere, Arverne) and, across Jamaica Bay, Rosedale, Brookville, Laurelton and parts of Springfield Gardens and Jamaica in southeast Queens. In PLUTO tax-lot data, about 58% of its roughly 55,900 residential units are in one- and two-family houses and about 27% are in elevator buildings. On the peninsula, the A train's Far Rockaway branch stops at Beach 67, 60, 44, 36 and 25 St and Far Rockaway-Mott Av; the Howard Beach-JFK Airport station also falls inside the district. The district holds part of the Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk, plus Rockaway Community Park, Idlewild Park, Brookville Park and Dubos Point Wildlife Sanctuary.

City Council District 31 has 48,516 open HPD housing violations, 8,029 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 10,791 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 2nd most open violations of 14 council districts in Queens. Per apartment it ranks 22nd of 51 citywide, at 868.0 open violations per 1,000 homes.

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Open HPD violations

48,516

8,029 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

10,791

2,831 Class C · 5th in Queens

Residential units

55.9K

26,690 tax lots

Open violations per 1,000 homes

868.0

City median 779.9

Heat complaints this season

82 by this date last season

Average year built

1953

Lots with a known year

Rent-stabilized units (2024)

8.8K

95 buildings · 16% of homes

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C8,029 · 17%Class B26,021 · 54%Class A14,466 · 30%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

What residents report to 311

Housing-related 311 complaints, last 12 months

Residential noise5,616Residential noise: 5,616
Heat / hot water3,160Heat / hot water: 3,160
Unsanitary condition1,925Unsanitary condition: 1,925
Plumbing1,249Plumbing: 1,249
Paint / plaster799Paint / plaster: 799
Door / window702Door / window: 702
Electric561Electric: 561
Water leak553Water leak: 553
Appliance443Appliance: 443
Building use412Building use: 412

Source: NYC 311 Service Requests · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Open violations per 1,000 homes: Queens council districts

City Council District 31 highlighted

District 21977.7District 21: 977.7
District 28926.3District 28: 926.3
District 31868District 31: 868
District 27867.4District 27: 867.4
District 25625.8District 25: 625.8
District 32553.3District 32: 553.3
District 22540.7District 22: 540.7
District 30489District 30: 489
District 24464.2District 24: 464.2
District 29441.1District 29: 441.1
District 26400.5District 26: 400.5
District 20360District 20: 360
District 23201.6District 23: 201.6
District 19198.8District 19: 198.8

Source: NYC HPD violations and DCP PLUTO · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Good to know

Subway: A at Far Rockaway-Mott Av and Beach 25, 36, 44, 60 and 67 St; A at Howard Beach-JFK Airport
About 58% of residential units are in one- and two-family houses (PLUTO)
About 27% of residential units are in elevator buildings
Parks include Rockaway Community Park (about 255 acres) and Idlewild Park (about 181 acres)
Brookville Park and Dubos Point Wildlife Sanctuary are also in the district

Neighborhoods included

Arverne · Brookville · Edgemere · Jamaica · Far Rockaway · Laurelton · Rosedale · Springfield Gardens

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 31 · 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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.