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Sunnyside

Sunnyside is in western Queens, between Long Island City and Woodside, with Sunnyside Yard and the LIRR Main Line along its northern edge and Queens Boulevard running through the middle. Most buildings date from roughly 1917 to 1941, including apartment buildings and complexes and the attached brick houses of Sunnyside Gardens. Sunnyside Gardens, built in 1924 to 1928 by the City Housing Corporation, groups row houses and small apartment buildings around shared landscaped courts and is a city historic district. The 7 train runs on an elevated line with local stops at 33rd Street–Rawson Street, 40th Street–Lowery Street and 46th Street–Bliss Street, plus 52nd Street at the eastern edge. Sunnyside Yard, opened in 1910, is owned by Amtrak.

Sunnyside has 16,034 open HPD housing violations, 3,554 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 5,888 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 9th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
16,034
3,554 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
5,888
1,834 Class C · 3rd in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C3,554 · 22%Class B7,635 · 48%Class A4,845 · 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 hazardous1,834
  • Class B · hazardous2,335
  • Class A · non-hazardous1,362

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

Good to know

  • 7 train local stations: 33 St–Rawson St, 40 St–Lowery St, 46 St–Bliss St and 52 St
  • Sunnyside Gardens Historic District (designated June 26, 2007): twelve courts and more than 600 buildings on parts of 16 blocks
  • Phipps Garden Apartments (1931–32 and 1935) are inside the historic district
  • Sunnyside Yard rail complex (opened 1910) forms the 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

Re-checked 2026-10-12. LPC LP-2258: built 1924-28 by City Housing Corporation, twelve courts, more than 600 buildings on part of 16 blocks, Phipps Garden Apartments 1931-32 and 1935, designated June 26, 2007. Interwar building era (1917-1941), boundaries, Sunnyside Yard (1910, Amtrak) from Wikipedia. Station coordinates from the MTA Subway Stations dataset placed in the 2020 NTA polygons: 33 St, 40 St, 46 St and 52 St (7) all fall in the Sunnyside NTA, so 52 St was added.

Sources

  1. Sunnyside Gardens Historic District Designation Report (LP-2258) · NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Sunnyside, Queens · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations (data.ny.gov) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NYC Open Data) · 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.