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Queensbridge, Ravenswood & Dutch Kills

This Long Island City area stretches along the East River from Queensbridge north to Ravenswood and east to Dutch Kills near Queens Plaza. It includes the Queens end of the Queensboro Bridge. NYCHA's Queensbridge Houses, with 96 buildings and 3,142 apartments, are the largest public housing development in North America. The Ravenswood Houses are just to the north. Elsewhere there are newer high-rises near Queens Plaza and older walk-ups. Elevator buildings hold nearly two-thirds of all homes. The Ravenswood Generating Station sits on the waterfront. Queensbridge Park, Rainey Park and Socrates Sculpture Park line the shore. On weekdays, subway stops include 21 St–Queensbridge (M), Queens Plaza (E, F, R) and 39 Av–Dutch Kills (N, W).

Queensbridge, Ravenswood & Dutch Kills has 4,799 open HPD housing violations, 887 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,224 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 35th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
4,799
887 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,224
386 Class C · 25th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C887 · 18%Class B2,134 · 44%Class A1,778 · 37%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 hazardous386
  • Class B · hazardous341
  • Class A · non-hazardous346

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

Good to know

  • Queensbridge Houses: 96 buildings, 3,142 apartments (NYCHA)
  • Weekdays: 21 St–Queensbridge (M), Queens Plaza (E F R), 39 Av (N W)
  • Ravenswood Generating Station sits on the East River
  • Queensbridge Park covers 20.9 acres under the Queensboro Bridge
  • Elevator buildings hold about 63% of homes (PLUTO)

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

Location checked against the 2020 NTA boundaries (NYC Open Data 9nt8-h7nd). Housing mix = share of residential units by PLUTO building class for the 2020 census tracts in this NTA (tract-to-NTA equivalency hm78-6dwm); PLUTO year-built values for older buildings are often estimates. Queensbridge North and South and Ravenswood Houses were confirmed inside the polygon (NYCHA dataset). Station routes are the daytime routes in the MTA Subway Stations dataset, which reflect the F/M routing as published. Socrates Sculpture Park, the generating station and the Queensboro Bridge landing were point-checked inside the NTA. Park acreage comes from NYC Parks Properties. Re-checked 2026-10-12: 96 buildings and 3,142 units confirmed in the Queensbridge Houses article. Since the December 8, 2025 F/M swap, weekday M trains serve 21 St-Queensbridge and F trains serve Queens Plaza (F uses 63 St at other times), so transit is labeled weekdays. Queensbridge North/South and Ravenswood confirmed in the NYCHA dataset. PLUTO recount: elevator buildings 63%.

Sources

  1. Queensbridge Houses (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. MTA Subway Stations · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. NYCHA Public Housing Developments · New York City Housing 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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.