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Elmhurst

Elmhurst is in central Queens, bounded by Roosevelt Avenue on the north, the Long Island Expressway on the south, Junction Boulevard on the east and the New York Connecting Railroad on the west. Settled in 1652 as Middleburgh, it was later known as Newtown. It is mostly apartments: of its roughly 34,500 homes, about 39% are in elevator buildings, 30% in walk-ups, 16% in one- and two-family houses and 12% in condominiums. Subway access is strong, with the E, F, M, R and 7 at Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74 Street and M and R stops at Elmhurst Avenue, Grand Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard. Elmhurst Park opened in 2011 on a former gas-tank site.

Elmhurst has 21,812 open HPD housing violations, 4,390 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 8,046 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 3rd most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
21,812
4,390 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
8,046
2,302 Class C · 2nd in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C4,390 · 20%Class B9,145 · 42%Class A8,277 · 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 hazardous2,302
  • Class B · hazardous2,705
  • Class A · non-hazardous2,223

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

Good to know

  • Subway: E, F, M, R, 7 at Jackson Hts–Roosevelt Av/74 St
  • About 34,500 homes; about 39% in elevator buildings
  • Elmhurst Park opened in 2011 on a former gas-tank site
  • First settled in 1652 as Middleburgh

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. Boundaries, 1652 Middleburgh/Newtown history and Elmhurst Park (opened 2011 on the gas-tank site) confirmed in the article. Stations inside the NTA: Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av, 74 St-Broadway, Elmhurst Av, Grand Av-Newtown, Woodhaven Blvd, Junction Blvd.

Sources

  1. Elmhurst, Queens (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), release 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (NYC Open Data) (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (data.ny.gov) (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.