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Far Rockaway & Bayswater

Far Rockaway and Bayswater sit at the eastern end of the Rockaway Peninsula, between Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, next to the Nassau County line. The A train ends at Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue and also stops at Beach 25 and Beach 36 streets, and the LIRR Far Rockaway Branch ends at Far Rockaway station. Apartment buildings are common: about 43% of its roughly 21,600 homes are in elevator buildings and 13% in condominiums, while one- and two-family houses hold about 32%. The tallest reach 26 stories. Parks include Bayswater Point State Park and Michaelis-Bayswater Park.

Far Rockaway & Bayswater has 21,369 open HPD housing violations, 3,889 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 5,480 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 4th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
21,369
3,889 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
5,480
1,544 Class C · 7th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C3,889 · 18%Class B11,148 · 52%Class A6,332 · 30%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 hazardous1,544
  • Class B · hazardous2,292
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,123

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

Good to know

  • Subway: Far Rockaway–Mott Av (A terminal), Beach 25 St, Beach 36 St
  • LIRR: Far Rockaway Branch terminal
  • About 43% of homes are in elevator buildings
  • Bayswater Point State Park (12 acres) and Michaelis-Bayswater 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.

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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. A train terminal and LIRR Far Rockaway Branch terminal confirmed (MTA list, LIRR GTFS). Bayswater Point State Park is 12 acres per NYS Parks and inside the NTA; Michaelis-Bayswater Park (Parks Properties name "Bayswater Park", 40.16 acres) inside the NTA.

Sources

  1. Far Rockaway, 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. Bayswater Point State Park · New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. 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.