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Whitestone & Beechhurst

Whitestone and Beechhurst sit on the north shore of Queens along the East River, east of College Point and north of Flushing. The area is residential. Beechhurst, the northeastern section, lies north of the Cross Island Parkway between the approaches to the Bronx–Whitestone and Throgs Neck bridges; its waterfront Arthur and Dorothy Dalton Hammerstein House is a city landmark. No subway serves the area; local buses such as the Q15, Q16 and Q20 connect to the 7 train at Flushing–Main Street, and express buses run to Manhattan. The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge, completed in 1939, carries I-678 to the Bronx. Francis Lewis Park, on 3rd Avenue, has two overlooks with views of the bridge and the East River, and the lower one gives beach access.

Whitestone & Beechhurst has 1,646 open HPD housing violations, 192 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 345 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 54th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
1,646
192 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
345
54 Class C · 55th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C192 · 12%Class B825 · 50%Class A629 · 38%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 hazardous54
  • Class B · hazardous80
  • Class A · non-hazardous99

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

Good to know

  • No subway; buses connect to the 7 train at Flushing–Main Street
  • Bronx–Whitestone Bridge (1939) lands here and carries I-678
  • Arthur and Dorothy Dalton Hammerstein House, 168-11 Powells Cove Boulevard, became a city landmark in 1982
  • Francis Lewis Park has two overlooks and beach access on the East River

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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. Removed Malba: a point between 138th St and the Whitestone Expressway falls in the College Point NTA, not Whitestone-Beechhurst. Beechhurst boundaries from Wikipedia; Hammerstein House landmark (designated 7/27/1982, QN0702) from LPC Individual Landmark Sites dataset. Bus routes, no subway, 1939 bridge and I-678 from Wikipedia Whitestone. Francis Lewis Park address (3 Ave bet. Parsons Blvd and 147 St), two overlooks and beach access from NYC Parks.

Sources

  1. Francis Lewis Park history · NYC Parks (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Whitestone, Queens · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Beechhurst, Queens · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Individual Landmark Sites (NYC Open Data) · NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. 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.