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Jamaica Hills & Briarwood

Jamaica Hills and Briarwood are in central Queens just northwest of downtown Jamaica, roughly between the Van Wyck Expressway on the west, Union Turnpike on the north and Hillside Avenue on the south, on the glacial moraine that runs along Long Island. Housing is mixed: in PLUTO data most residential lots hold one- or two-family houses, but about half of the roughly 13,700 homes are in elevator apartment buildings. Briarwood's development started in earnest in the 1920s. The E and F stop at Briarwood station on the western edge, and the F also stops along Hillside Avenue at Sutphin Blvd, Parsons Blvd and 169 St on the southern edge. Captain Tilly Park, about 9 acres, and Hoover–Manton Playgrounds are the largest parks.

Jamaica Hills & Briarwood has 7,638 open HPD housing violations, 1,526 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 2,741 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 24th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
7,638
1,526 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
2,741
851 Class C · 13th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C1,526 · 20%Class B3,636 · 48%Class A2,476 · 32%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 hazardous851
  • Class B · hazardous1,018
  • Class A · non-hazardous672

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

Good to know

  • Subway: E, F at Briarwood; F at Sutphin Blvd, Parsons Blvd and 169 St on Hillside Ave
  • About 52% of residential units are in elevator buildings (PLUTO 26v2)
  • About 81% of residential lots are one- or two-family houses
  • Captain Tilly Park (about 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: Van Wyck/Union Turnpike/Hillside bounds (Briarwood), terminal moraine (Jamaica Hills), Briarwood development began in earnest in the 1920s. PLUTO 26v2: 52.1% of 13,681 units in elevator buildings; 81% of lots one- or two-family. Briarwood, 169 St, Parsons Blvd and Sutphin Blvd all within about 90 m of the NTA edge (MTA lists E and F at Briarwood). Captain Tilly Park 9.2 ac and Hoover–Manton Playgrounds 5.2 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. Briarwood, Queens (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Jamaica Hills, 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 14, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.