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Long Island City & Hunters Point

This area covers the waterfront and Court Square sections of Long Island City in western Queens, along the East River across from Midtown Manhattan. It is now dominated by towers: about 93% of its roughly 30,000 homes are in elevator apartment or condo buildings, and PLUTO lists 79 residential lots of 10 or more floors. The 50-story One Court Square, finished in 1989, was Queens' tallest building until 2019. Older housing survives in the Hunters Point Historic District, a row of late-19th-century townhouses on 45th Avenue designated in 1968. Subway service includes the 7, E, F, G, N, W and R, and the LIRR stops at Long Island City and Hunterspoint Av. Hunter's Point South Park, about 23 acres, lines the river.

Long Island City & Hunters Point has 2,572 open HPD housing violations, 446 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 718 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 49th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
2,572
446 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
718
204 Class C · 40th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C446 · 17%Class B1,148 · 45%Class A978 · 38%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 hazardous204
  • Class B · hazardous176
  • Class A · non-hazardous251

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

Good to know

  • Subway: 7 at Vernon Blvd, Hunters Point Av, Court Sq and Queensboro Plaza; G at Court Sq and 21 St; E, F at Court Sq–23 St; N, W at Queensboro Plaza; E, F, R at Queens Plaza on the edge
  • LIRR stations: Long Island City and Hunterspoint Av
  • About 93% of residential units are in elevator apartment or condo buildings (PLUTO 26v2)
  • Hunters Point Historic District (1968) on 45th Avenue
  • Hunter's Point South Park (about 23 acres) on the waterfront

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

Fixed: One Court Square height (658 ft is outdated; Wikipedia now gives 673 ft, so the page uses its 50 stories instead); 'elevator rentals' wording (PLUTO class D includes co-ops). Verified: tallest in Queens from 1989 until 2019; Hunters Point Historic District on 45th Ave between 21st and 23rd Sts, LPC 1968, late-19th-century townhouses. PLUTO 26v2: 93.1% of 30,053 units in elevator (D) or condo (R) buildings; 79 residential lots of 10+ floors. Listed stations inside except Queens Plaza (about 15 m outside). LIRR Long Island City and Hunterspoint Av inside. Hunter's Point South Park (22.8-ac parcel, about half within 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. Long Island City (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)
  4. One Court Square (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (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.