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Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill is in southwestern Queens. Forest Park and Kew Gardens are to the north, Jamaica to the east, South Richmond Hill to the south and Woodhaven to the west. Edward Richmond laid it out after 1868, which makes it one of the earliest residential communities on Long Island. Many of its large Queen Anne Victorian frame houses still stand. Nine in ten homes date from before 1940. Two-family houses and walk-up apartment buildings are the most common types. Jamaica Avenue is the main commercial street, and the J train runs above it with stops at 104th Street, 111th Street and 121st Street. The LIRR Montauk Branch freight line cuts diagonally through the area.

Richmond Hill has 10,232 open HPD housing violations, 1,718 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 2,304 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 21st most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
10,232
1,718 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
2,304
486 Class C · 20th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C1,718 · 17%Class B4,848 · 47%Class A3,666 · 36%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 hazardous486
  • Class B · hazardous819
  • Class A · non-hazardous628

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

Good to know

  • J train on Jamaica Ave at 104 St, 111 St and 121 St (Z also at 104 and 121)
  • About 90% of homes date from before 1940 (PLUTO)
  • Known for preserved Queen Anne Victorian houses
  • Church of the Resurrection (1874) is on the National Register
  • Borders Forest Park to the north

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. Station routes come from the MTA dataset: 104 St and 121 St are J/Z, and 111 St is J. Forest Park is a separate NTA and is described as adjacent. The NYC Parks Rizzuto page also confirms that Richmond Hill was laid out by Edward Richmond for Albon P. Man starting in 1868. Re-checked 2026-10-12: J at 104, 111 and 121 St inside the polygon (MTA dataset). Edward Richmond / Albon P. Man 1868 layout and Queen Anne houses confirmed on the NYC Parks Rizzuto page. Church of the Resurrection (1874, National Register 2003) and the diagonal Montauk Branch freight line confirmed in the Wikipedia article. PLUTO recount: 90% pre-1940.

Sources

  1. Richmond Hill, Queens (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), release 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations · Metropolitan Transportation 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.