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Woodhaven

Woodhaven is in southwestern Queens, south of Forest Park and Park Lane South, west of Richmond Hill and north of Atlantic Avenue, next to the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn. Its housing is mostly older houses; many homes in the northern section are Victorian and Colonial in style and more than a century old. The J train runs on the elevated line above Jamaica Avenue, which opened in 1918, stopping at 75th Street–Elderts Lane, 85th Street–Forest Parkway and Woodhaven Boulevard; rush-hour Z trains also stop at 75th Street and Woodhaven Boulevard. Forest Park, along the northern edge, covers more than 500 acres, with a 110-acre golf course, the George Seuffert Sr. Bandshell, bridle paths and a historic carousel.

Woodhaven has 7,610 open HPD housing violations, 1,153 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 1,688 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 25th most open violations of 60 neighborhoods in Queens.

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Open HPD violations
7,610
1,153 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
1,688
332 Class C · 29th in Queens
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C1,153 · 15%Class B3,597 · 47%Class A2,860 · 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 hazardous332
  • Class B · hazardous554
  • Class A · non-hazardous420

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

Good to know

  • Jamaica Avenue el stations: 75 St–Elderts Ln (J/Z), 85 St–Forest Pkwy (J), Woodhaven Blvd (J/Z)
  • Forest Park (500+ acres) borders the neighborhood to the north
  • Forest Park Carousel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004
  • Wyckoff-Snediker Family Cemetery, behind All Saints Episcopal Church, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

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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. Station names and daytime routes from the MTA Subway Stations dataset: the stop is 75 St-Elderts Ln (J/Z), and 85 St-Forest Pkwy is served by the J only, so the earlier wording implying Z service at all three stops was corrected; all three fall in the Woodhaven NTA. Forest Park 500+ acres, 110-acre golf course, bandshell and bridle paths from NYC Parks. Boundaries, Victorian/Colonial housing, 1918 el opening and NRHP listings (carousel 2004) from Wikipedia.

Sources

  1. Forest Park · NYC Parks (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Woodhaven, Queens · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations (data.ny.gov) · 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.