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South Richmond Hill

South Richmond Hill is the part of Richmond Hill south of Atlantic Avenue in southwestern Queens. Richmond Hill is to the north, South Ozone Park to the south, Ozone Park to the west and Jamaica to the east. Its streets are lined mostly with two-family houses, plus one-family homes and small walk-up apartment buildings. About four in five homes date from before 1940. The A train runs along Liberty Avenue just south of the area, stopping at 111th Street and Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard. Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park, opened in 1938 as Smokey Oval Park, is the main local park.

South Richmond Hill has 7,066 open HPD housing violations, 1,085 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,238 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 29th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
7,066
1,085 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,238
259 Class C · 31st in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C1,085 · 15%Class B3,178 · 45%Class A2,803 · 40%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 hazardous259
  • Class B · hazardous363
  • Class A · non-hazardous330

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

Good to know

  • About half of homes are in two-family houses (PLUTO)
  • About 81% of homes date from before 1940 (PLUTO)
  • A train stops at 111 St and Lefferts Blvd just south of the area
  • Phil Rizzuto Park, opened 1938 as Smokey Oval Park, was renamed in 2008
  • Atlantic Avenue forms its northern edge

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. NYC Parks gives the 2008 renaming year for Rizzuto Park, while Wikipedia says 2019; this profile uses NYC Parks. The 111 St and Lefferts Blvd stations sit about 165-205 m outside the NTA boundary (MTA dataset). Re-checked 2026-10-12: the NYC Parks page confirms Rizzuto Park opened in 1938 as Smokey Oval Park and was renamed in 2008. The 111 St and Lefferts Blvd stations are 165-205 m outside (MTA dataset). PLUTO recount: two-family 49%, 81% pre-1940.

Sources

  1. South Richmond Hill, Queens (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park: history · NYC Parks (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), release 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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.