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East Flushing

East Flushing covers the residential blocks east of downtown Flushing in north-central Queens. Its housing is mixed but mostly low-rise: one- and two-family houses hold about 53% of its roughly 11,200 homes and fill about 86% of residential lots, elevator buildings hold about 22%, and walk-up buildings about 19%. The tallest residential buildings reach 19 stories. There is no subway station inside the area; Flushing–Main Street, the terminal of the 7 train, is about half a mile from its edge. The Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground, a 3.5-acre city park, is the largest park property inside the area.

East Flushing has 3,749 open HPD housing violations, 608 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,371 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 42nd most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
3,749
608 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,371
376 Class C · 26th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C608 · 16%Class B1,720 · 46%Class A1,421 · 38%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous376
  • Class B · hazardous403
  • Class A · non-hazardous419

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

  • About 11,200 homes; about 53% in one- or two-family houses
  • Nearest subway: Flushing–Main St (7), about 0.5 mile
  • Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground: about 3.5 acres
  • Tallest residential buildings: 19 stories

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 recompute: PLUTO 26v2 Queens residential lots (unitsres>0) point-in-polygon against the 2020 NTA boundaries (9nt8-h7nd); unit shares by building class (A/B one- and two-family, C walk-up, D elevator, R condo), share of residential lots that are one- or two-family, and max numfloors all matched the stated rounded figures. Subway stations re-matched by point-in-polygon on MTA Subway Stations (39hk-dx4f); LIRR stations checked against the LIRR GTFS stops file; park acreage and location re-checked in Parks Properties (enfh-gkve). Wikipedia facts re-read on the cited articles. No Wikipedia article for this NTA; location described from the NTA name and boundary. Flushing-Main St is 0.5 mile from the edge. Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground (3.474 acres) is the largest Parks property in the NTA.

Sources

  1. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), release 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (NYC Open Data) (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. MTA Subway Stations · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (data.ny.gov) (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Parks Properties · NYC Department of Parks & Recreation (NYC Open Data) (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs) · NYC Department of City Planning (NYC Open Data) (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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.