How many § 53 violations are open in Queens?

405 § 53 violations are open in Queens as of Aug 7, 2026, and 353 of them are already past the deadline on the notice.

How long does it take to fix a § 53 violation in Queens?

Measured across 404 § 53 violations in Queens that reached "violation closed", the median took 671 days from the notice date, against a citywide median of 450 days.

§ 53 violations in Queens

NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 53 · Queens · written Feb 27, 1990 – Aug 4, 2026

1,161 violations have been issued under NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 53 in Queens, 7.8% of the section's citywide record. 405 are open right now, 353 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now

405

Open past deadline

353

Closed

756

All time in Queens

1,161

Class C (immediately hazardous)

Queens against the citywide record

The median repair in Queens took 671 days against a median legal deadline of 95 days; the citywide median is 450 days.
78 notices (6.7%) sit at not complied with: HPD re-inspected and found the condition unrepaired. Citywide, that rate is 5.5%.
Queens accounts for 7.8% of every § 53 violation on record citywide.

Queens buildings with the most open § 53 violations

41-29 53 STREET · 16 open
43-39 158 STREET · 15 open
41-15 46 STREET · 14 open
86-05 FOREST PARKWAY · 7 open
30-70 34 STREET · 7 open
39-06 114 STREET · 6 open
60-49 67 AVENUE · 5 open
74-19 WOODSIDE AVENUE · 5 open
28-08 35 STREET · 5 open
41-15 60 STREET · 5 open

The law behind these numbers

These are the Queens rows of the citywide record for NYS Multiple Dwelling Law § 53. The section page carries the statute text, the full enforcement record, and the standard orders HPD writes under it.

§ 53 citywide · Browse open § 53 records in Queens in the live feed · All violation codes

Other boroughs: The Bronx (1,283 open) · Brooklyn (1,494 open) · Manhattan (828 open)

Counted from HPD’s Housing Maintenance Code Violations dataset, Queens rows only. Figures recomputed Aug 7, 2026.