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St. Albans

St. Albans is a residential neighborhood in southeast Queens, east of Jamaica. Its housing is mostly detached one- and two-family homes, and Linden Boulevard is the main shopping street. The Addisleigh Park Historic District, centered on Murdock Avenue, has about 422 buildings, mostly houses built between the 1910s and 1930s in Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival and Arts and Crafts styles, many on large landscaped lots. There is no subway station; the LIRR St. Albans station and buses such as the Q4 and Q5 link the area to Jamaica. Archie Spigner Park (formerly St. Albans Park) is split by Merrick Boulevard, and Roy Wilkins Recreation Center is on Merrick Boulevard between 115th Avenue and Baisley Boulevard.

St. Albans has 14,951 open HPD housing violations, 2,050 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,937 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 11th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
14,951
2,050 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,937
354 Class C · 28th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C2,050 · 14%Class B8,436 · 56%Class A4,465 · 30%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 hazardous354
  • Class B · hazardous716
  • Class A · non-hazardous296

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

Good to know

  • Addisleigh Park Historic District: about 422 buildings, designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on February 1, 2011
  • LIRR St. Albans station; no subway stop in the neighborhood
  • Archie Spigner Park (formerly St. Albans Park), renamed in 2022, has basketball, handball and tennis courts
  • Roy Wilkins Recreation Center has an indoor pool, a 425-seat theater and a four-acre vegetable garden

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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

Re-checked 2026-10-12. Addisleigh Park: LPC LP-2405 says 'approximately 422 primary buildings' (attached and freestanding houses), not 422 houses; corrected. Designation date Feb 1, 2011, styles and landscaped lots confirmed. Park rename (2022), Merrick Blvd split and courts confirmed on NYC Parks history page (old st-albans-park URL now redirects to archie-spigner-park). Roy Wilkins location corrected to Merrick Blvd between 115 Ave and Baisley Blvd; pool, 425-seat theater and 4-acre garden confirmed on NYC Parks. Housing type, Linden Blvd shopping, LIRR station and Q4/Q5 from Wikipedia. LIRR station, both parks confirmed inside the St. Albans NTA polygon.

Sources

  1. Addisleigh Park Historic District Designation Report (LP-2405) · NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Archie Spigner Park history · NYC Parks (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Roy Wilkins Recreation Center · NYC Parks (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. St. Albans, Queens · 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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.