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Astoria (Central)

Central Astoria is the middle section of Astoria in western Queens, around 30th Avenue and Broadway. The area grew after the Queensboro Bridge (1909) and the elevated Astoria subway line (1917) opened. The N and W trains run on that elevated line above 31st Street, with stops at 30th Avenue, Broadway and 36th Avenue. Kaufman Astoria Studios and the Museum of the Moving Image are in this section. Athens Square, a 0.9-acre park on 30th Avenue, has bronze statues of Socrates and Athena, reflecting Astoria's long-standing Greek community.

Astoria (Central) has 15,058 open HPD housing violations, 2,683 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 4,273 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 10th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
15,058
2,683 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
4,273
1,145 Class C · 9th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C2,683 · 18%Class B6,523 · 43%Class A5,852 · 39%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

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

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous1,145
  • Class B · hazardous1,268
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,320

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

Good to know

  • N and W elevated stations at 30th Avenue, Broadway and 36th Avenue
  • The Astoria Line opened in 1917
  • Kaufman Astoria Studios and the Museum of the Moving Image
  • Athens Square has statues of Socrates and Athena

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Boundaries checked by testing MTA station coordinates and landmark points against the 2020 NTA polygon (NYC Open Data 9nt8-h7nd). 30 Av, Broadway and 36 Av fall inside; Astoria Blvd sits on the northern boundary. Kaufman Astoria Studios, Museum of the Moving Image and Athens Square points fall inside. Corrected the Athens Square statues: NYC Parks lists Socrates (1993) and Athena (1998), not Sophocles. Bridge (1909) and line (1917) dates and Greek community from Wikipedia (Astoria); line opened February 1, 1917 and W runs weekdays daytime only per Wikipedia (BMT Astoria Line); 30th Avenue station sits at 31st Street per its Wikipedia article. Athens Square 0.925 acres from the Parks Properties dataset.

Sources

  1. Astoria, Queens (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. BMT Astoria Line (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Athens Square history (NYC Parks) · NYC Parks (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Parks Properties (dataset) · NYC Department of Parks and Recreation via NYC Open Data (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. MTA Subway Stations (dataset) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority via data.ny.gov (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.