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Neighborhood · Queens

Jamaica

Jamaica is the commercial and civic center of southeast Queens, centered on Jamaica Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard. It has county and federal offices, including Queens Civil Court, Queens Family Court and the Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building. About half of the roughly 24,000 homes are in elevator buildings, while two-family houses are the most common building type on residential lots. Transit is heavy: the F stops at 169 St, Parsons Blvd, Sutphin Blvd and Jamaica–179 St; the E, J and Z stop at Jamaica Center and Sutphin Blvd–Archer Av; and the LIRR's Jamaica station is a major transfer hub. Rufus King Park, about 11.5 acres, holds King Manor, the home of Constitution signer Rufus King.

Jamaica has 17,172 open HPD housing violations, 3,438 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 5,555 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 6th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
17,172
3,438 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
5,555
1,714 Class C · 4th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C3,438 · 20%Class B8,460 · 49%Class A5,274 · 31%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 hazardous1,714
  • Class B · hazardous2,071
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,332

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

Good to know

  • Subway: F at 169 St, Parsons Blvd, Sutphin Blvd, Jamaica–179 St; E, J, Z at Jamaica Center and Sutphin Blvd–Archer Av
  • LIRR Jamaica station is inside the area
  • About 51% of residential units are in elevator buildings (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Rufus King Park (about 11.5 acres) and King Manor
  • Queens Civil Court and Family Court are here

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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: Queens Civil Court, Queens County Family Court and Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building; Rufus King, a Constitution signer, moved to Jamaica in 1805 (King Manor). All three court/federal addresses geocode inside the NTA. PLUTO 26v2: 51.0% of 24,391 units in elevator buildings; two-family (41.6%) most common lot type. Stations listed are all inside; LIRR Jamaica inside; Jamaica–Van Wyck (E) about 35 m outside. Rufus King Park 11.5 ac (NYC Parks). 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. Jamaica, 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 Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.