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Jamaica Estates & Holliswood

Jamaica Estates and Holliswood sit on the hilly glacial moraine of east-central Queens, bounded roughly by Union Turnpike and the Grand Central Parkway on the north and Hillside Avenue on the south. They are mostly detached houses: about 87% of residential lots in PLUTO data are one-family homes, many in Tudor, Craftsman, Cape Cod or Mediterranean styles. Jamaica Estates was laid out from 1907 by the Jamaica Estates Corporation on 503 acres, keeping many of the existing trees; Holliswood was developed after Frederick W. Dunton bought farmland in 1884. Midland Parkway, with landscaped center malls, is the main road. The F train runs under Hillside Avenue, stopping at 169 St and Jamaica–179 St on the area's southern edge.

Jamaica Estates & Holliswood has 2,902 open HPD housing violations, 622 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,204 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 47th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
2,902
622 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,204
352 Class C · 27th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C622 · 21%Class B1,347 · 46%Class A933 · 32%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous352
  • Class B · hazardous457
  • Class A · non-hazardous243

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Good to know

  • About 87% of residential lots are one-family houses (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Jamaica Estates was laid out from 1907 on 503 acres
  • F train at 169 St and Jamaica–179 St along the southern edge
  • Midland Parkway with landscaped center malls

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

Verified in Wikipedia: Union Turnpike/Hillside Avenue bounds, Tudor/Craftsman/Cape Cod/Mediterranean styles, 1907 Jamaica Estates Corporation on 503 acres of the terminal moraine keeping trees, Dunton's 1884 farmland purchase for Holliswood, Midland Parkway as main road. PLUTO 26v2: 87.2% one-family lots. Jamaica–179 St inside on the southern edge; 169 St about 55 m outside. Midland Malls (1.8 ac) in NYC Parks Properties. 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 Estates, Queens (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Holliswood, Queens (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (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 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.