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Hollis

Hollis is in southeast Queens between Jamaica to the west and Queens Village to the east, south of Hillside Avenue. It is mostly houses: about 64% of residential lots in PLUTO data are one-family homes and another 27% are two-family homes, and most were built before 1940. The area was farmland until 1885, when developers turned 136 acres into house lots. The LIRR's Hollis station is inside the neighborhood, and the F train's Jamaica–179 St terminal is a short walk to the northwest. Haggerty Park, about 3.9 acres, is the largest park, and Woodhull Avenue is named for Revolutionary War general Nathaniel Woodhull, who was captured nearby during the Battle of Long Island.

Hollis has 6,204 open HPD housing violations, 981 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,182 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 31st most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
6,204
981 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,182
306 Class C · 30th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C981 · 16%Class B3,318 · 53%Class A1,905 · 31%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 14, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous306
  • Class B · hazardous405
  • Class A · non-hazardous260

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 14, 2026

Good to know

  • About 64% of residential lots are one-family and 27% two-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)
  • LIRR Hollis station is inside the area
  • F train terminal at Jamaica–179 St is just outside
  • Haggerty Park (about 3.9 acres) is the largest park

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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

Verified in Wikipedia: Hillside Avenue north boundary, between Jamaica and Queens Village, 1885 development of 136 acres, Woodhull captured at a tavern on what is now Jamaica Avenue and Woodhull Avenue named for him, LIRR Hollis station at 193rd St and Woodhull Ave. PLUTO 26v2: 63.6% one-family and 26.8% two-family lots; 83% of dated residential lots built before 1940 (PLUTO years are often estimates). Jamaica–179 St (F) about 590 m outside. Haggerty Park (3.87 ac) is the largest NYC Parks property in the NTA. Re-checked 2026-10-12: housing shares recomputed from PLUTO 26v2 (version confirmed via the API) by point-in-polygon against the 2020 NTA boundary (9nt8-h7nd); subway/LIRR stations re-placed from MTA station coordinates (39hk-dx4f, wxmd-5cpm); park names and acreage re-checked in NYC Parks Properties (enfh-gkve); history and boundary statements re-read in the cited Wikipedia articles; landmark addresses geocoded with NYC Planning GeoSearch.

Sources

  1. Hollis, Queens (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Rail Stations (LIRR and Metro-North station list with coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (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 14, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.