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Springfield Gardens (North) & Rochdale Village

This southeastern Queens area includes Rochdale Village and the northern part of Springfield Gardens, with Baisley Park to the west, St. Albans to the north and Laurelton to the east. Rochdale Village, completed in 1963 on the site of the former Jamaica Race Course, is a cooperative of 20 high-rise apartment buildings. Elevator buildings hold about 55% of the area's homes, and most of the rest are two-family and one-family houses. The Locust Manor LIRR station serves the area. There is no subway. Gwen Ifill Park, at 16.4 acres, and Rochdale Park, at 8.8 acres, are the main parks.

Springfield Gardens (North) & Rochdale Village has 7,099 open HPD housing violations, 977 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,033 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 28th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
7,099
977 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,033
220 Class C · 39th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C977 · 14%Class B4,056 · 57%Class A2,066 · 29%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 hazardous220
  • Class B · hazardous377
  • Class A · non-hazardous201

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

Good to know

  • Rochdale Village co-op: 20 apartment buildings, completed 1963
  • Built on the former Jamaica Race Course site
  • LIRR Locust Manor station; no subway
  • Elevator apartment buildings hold about 55% of homes (PLUTO)
  • Gwen Ifill Park (16.4 acres) and Rochdale Park (8.8 acres)

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. Rochdale Village and the Locust Manor LIRR station were confirmed inside the polygon. NYC Parks and Wikipedia give different building heights (14 vs 13 stories), so height is omitted. Park acreage comes from NYC Parks Properties. Re-checked 2026-10-12: the NYC Parks Rochdale Park page confirms 20 buildings, completed 1963 on the Jamaica Racetrack site, as cooperatives. Neighbors corrected to match the 2020 NTA adjacency: South Jamaica does not border this NTA. Locust Manor LIRR station inside. Gwen Ifill Park 16.4 ac, Rochdale Park 8.8 ac (Parks Properties). PLUTO recount: elevator buildings 55%.

Sources

  1. Rochdale Village, Queens (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Rochdale Park: history · NYC Parks (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Rail Stations (LIRR and Metro-North) · 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.