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Mold violations in Queens.

13,812

mold violations cited in Queens in the trailing 3 years, read from the city’s open-data API at this deploy.

What this means

Mold conditions trigger correction requirements under the housing maintenance code and, at scale, Local Law 55 obligations. The record tracks each cited condition until certified.

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.

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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

Mold 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. March carries the most at 1,364. July carries the fewest at 1,019.

MonthViolations
January1,238
February1,050
March1,364
April1,267
May1,125
June1,053
July1,019
August1,139
September1,140
October1,232
November1,111
December1,138

By class

HPD sorts every mold 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 1,105 Class C mold violations, immediately hazardous, correct within 24 hours. It has issued 6,523 Class B, hazardous, correct within 30 days, and 6,465 Class A, not hazardous, correct within 90 days.

6,465Class A: not hazardous, correct within 90 days.
6,523Class B: hazardous, correct within 30 days.
1,105Class C: immediately hazardous, correct within 24 hours.

Class C is 7.8% of the 14,093 mold violations recorded in Queens.

The certification record

Of 1,105 Class C mold violations in Queens, 141 have ever been certified corrected, 12.8%. Correction took a median of 34 days and a 90th percentile of 164 days. 740 have sat open more than a year with no certification on file.

2.3% of mold 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 14,093 mold violations, 10.9% of the citywide total of 128,715. Here is every borough's total for the same category.

BoroughMold violations
Bronx52,922
Brooklyn39,450
Manhattan19,289
Queens14,093
Staten Island2,961

Where it concentrates

The streets carrying the most open mold violations in Queens, aggregated by street, never by building or owner:

StreetOpen violations
72 Road88
153 Street72
41 Avenue71
34 Avenue67
37 Avenue67
35 Avenue60
Sanford Avenue57
75 Avenue55

Open means the current status is neither Violation Dismissed nor Violation Closed.

The status breakdown

Every current status HPD has recorded against a mold violation in Queens, most common first. Each status name links to its own page in the glossary where one exists.

StatusViolations
Violation Closed6,420
First No Access To Re- Inspect Violation2,447
Violation Dismissed1,968
Notice Of Issuance Sent To Tenant1,253
Defect Letter Issued1,189
Not Complied With331
Nov Sent Out148
Violation Will Be Reinspected142
Civ14 Mailed81
Nov Certified Late36
Invalid Certification29
Violation Open14
Certification Postponment Denied14
Second No Access To Re-Inspect Violation13
Certification Postponment Granted4
Nov Certified On Time3
Violation Reopen1

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 14,093 mold violation rows in Queens. Sources: NYC Open Data (HPD violations), cited not linked. The citywide record, this week’s docket, ViolationScout.