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Vermin and pests violations in Queens.

19,988

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

What this means

Rodent and roach conditions are hazardous violations that require eradication and, in repeat cases, integrated pest management. Open items compound quickly across inspections.

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

Vermin and pests 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. October carries the most at 2,038. February carries the fewest at 1,309.

MonthViolations
January1,636
February1,309
March1,543
April1,584
May1,524
June1,510
July1,658
August1,924
September1,819
October2,038
November1,815
December1,627

By class

HPD sorts every vermin and pests 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 16,297 Class C vermin and pests violations, immediately hazardous, correct within 24 hours. It has issued 4,237 Class B, hazardous, correct within 30 days, and 0 Class A, not hazardous, correct within 90 days.

0Class A: not hazardous, correct within 90 days.
4,237Class B: hazardous, correct within 30 days.
16,297Class C: immediately hazardous, correct within 24 hours.

Class C is 79.4% of the 20,534 vermin and pests violations recorded in Queens.

The certification record

Of 16,297 Class C vermin and pests violations in Queens, 7,081 have ever been certified corrected, 43.4%. Correction took a median of 25 days and a 90th percentile of 34 days. 6,172 have sat open more than a year with no certification on file.

6.0% of vermin and pests 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 20,534 vermin and pests violations, 9.8% of the citywide total of 210,088. Here is every borough's total for the same category.

BoroughVermin and pests violations
Bronx89,251
Brooklyn61,441
Manhattan34,266
Queens20,534
Staten Island4,596

Where it concentrates

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

StreetOpen violations
37 Avenue141
Jamaica Avenue140
35 Avenue125
Seagirt Avenue122
34 Avenue115
Sanford Avenue94
153 Street93
Hillside Avenue92

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

The status breakdown

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

StatusViolations
Violation Dismissed5,707
Notice Of Issuance Sent To Tenant4,233
Violation Closed3,471
Nov Sent Out2,991
Not Complied With1,238
First No Access To Re- Inspect Violation1,079
Defect Letter Issued715
Invalid Certification338
Nov Certified Late275
Civ14 Mailed170
Violation Will Be Reinspected122
False Certification62
Certification Postponment Denied49
Violation Open30
Nov Certified On Time28
Certification Postponment Granted20
Second No Access To Re-Inspect Violation6

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 20,534 vermin and pests violation rows in Queens. Sources: NYC Open Data (HPD violations), cited not linked. The citywide record, this week’s docket, ViolationScout.