The record, live: Queens
Electrical violations in Queens.
electrical violations cited in Queens in the trailing 3 years, read from the city’s open-data API at this deploy.
What this means
Defective electrical conditions are life-safety items. Correction typically requires licensed work and certification before the record clears.
In the verified feed
436 case files in Queens right now, 240 carrying ten or more open Class C hazards, median 18 per file. Stamped August 25, 2026, refreshed nightly.
If you own or manage this building, correct the violation and file the certification directly with HPD. This page only tracks the public record. How to read it, and check your own building.
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How a violation reaches this record
Most rows here start with a tenant's call to 311. HPD schedules an inspection, and if an inspector confirms the condition, HPD issues a violation and mails the owner a Notice of Violation. From that point the violation is searchable on HPD Online by address. It stays on the public record used throughout this site until the agency accepts a correction or the agency closes the case another way. See how HPD, DOB, and OATH/ECB fit together.
The monthly pattern
Electrical violations HPD has cited in Queens, by calendar month, over the last 36 complete months so every month is counted across the same three years. January carries the most at 561. September carries the fewest at 434.
| Month | Violations |
|---|---|
| January | 561 |
| February | 480 |
| March | 559 |
| April | 451 |
| May | 534 |
| June | 547 |
| July | 514 |
| August | 446 |
| September | 434 |
| October | 518 |
| November | 506 |
| December | 511 |
By class
HPD sorts every electrical violation into one of three classes, and the class sets the correction window and how urgently an owner must act. In Queens, HPD has issued 1,656 Class C electrical violations, immediately hazardous, correct within 24 hours. It has issued 3,804 Class B, hazardous, correct within 30 days, and 768 Class A, not hazardous, correct within 90 days.
Class C is 26.6% of the 6,228 electrical violations recorded in Queens.
The certification record
Of 1,656 Class C electrical violations in Queens, 282 have ever been certified corrected, 17.0%. Correction took a median of 11 days and a 90th percentile of 21 days. 875 have sat open more than a year with no certification on file.
1.7% of electrical violations in Queens are currently marked Not Complied With, HPD's status once the certify-by date passes without an accepted certification.
After a certification is filed
Filing a certification does not automatically close a case. If HPD reviews the paperwork and finds it insufficient, the case moves to Defect Letter Issued and the owner must refile. If a reinspection later finds the condition still uncorrected despite a certification on file, the case moves to Invalid Certification. A certification accepted after the certify-by date is marked NOV Certified Late rather than on time; one accepted before it is marked NOV Certified On Time. Each of these statuses carries its own page in the status glossary, decoded in plain language.
Against the citywide figure
Queens has recorded 6,228 electrical violations, 11.1% of the citywide total of 56,333. Here is every borough's total for the same category.
| Borough | Electrical violations |
|---|---|
| Bronx | 19,503 |
| Brooklyn | 19,147 |
| Manhattan | 9,426 |
| Queens | 6,228 |
| Staten Island | 2,029 |
Where it concentrates
The streets carrying the most open electrical violations in Queens, aggregated by street, never by building or owner:
| Street | Open violations |
|---|---|
| Jamaica Avenue | 45 |
| Denman Street | 39 |
| Sutphin Boulevard | 38 |
| Sanford Avenue | 35 |
| 75 Avenue | 33 |
| 47 Road | 32 |
| 99 Street | 31 |
| 35 Avenue | 28 |
Open means the current status is neither Violation Dismissed nor Violation Closed.
The status breakdown
Every current status HPD has recorded against an electrical violation in Queens, most common first. Each status name links to its own page in the glossary where one exists.
| Status | Violations |
|---|---|
| Nov Sent Out | 2,695 |
| Violation Closed | 1,658 |
| Violation Dismissed | 1,303 |
| First No Access To Re- Inspect Violation | 192 |
| Not Complied With | 107 |
| Invalid Certification | 99 |
| Nov Certified Late | 57 |
| Civ14 Mailed | 36 |
| Violation Will Be Reinspected | 23 |
| Certification Postponment Denied | 22 |
| Nov Certified On Time | 20 |
| Certification Postponment Granted | 6 |
| Violation Open | 6 |
| False Certification | 3 |
| Second No Access To Re-Inspect Violation | 1 |
Aggregates only; no building or owner is named here. The monthly, class, certification, street, and status figures above are queried from HPD's own violation record, pulled August 27, 2026, based on 6,228 electrical violation rows in Queens. Sources: NYC Open Data (HPD violations), cited not linked. The citywide record, this week’s docket, ViolationScout.