Queens · Neighborhood Tabulation Area, as drawn by NYC City Planning (2020) — a statistical area, not an official neighborhood boundary.
1,520 graded residential buildings. The local median is 0 penalty points per 10 units over three years (how grades work).
A1,250 B89 C121 D54 F6
| Building | Units | Grade | Penalty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 116-16 Audley Street | 18 | D | 413 |
| 84-50 127 Street | 3 | F | 409 |
| 84-26 129 Street | 3 | F | 347 |
| 83-21 Lefferts Boulevard | 4 | F | 322 |
| 119-21 Metropolitan Avenue | 60 | C | 301 |
| 83-14 Lefferts Boulevard | 37 | C | 295 |
| 118-65 Metropolitan Avenue | 55 | C | 286 |
| 83-34 Lefferts Boulevard | 37 | C | 286 |
| 83-55 Austin Street | 43 | C | 276 |
| 84-46 127 Street | 2 | F | 274 |
Homes: 35 sales, median $1,095,000 (half of sales fell between $850,000 and $1,459,000); median $574 per square foot.
Apartments: 147 sales, median $305,000 (half of sales fell between $242,000 and $414,000).
Recorded sales, 2025-09-30 to 2026-09-30, NYC Department of Finance. Excludes transfers under $10,000 and suspected package sales (the same price on the same day for several properties on one block).
Median gross rent: $1,975 a month.
Approximate median monthly gross rent (rent plus utilities) among households paying cash rent, derived from 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (our calculation from the published rent ranges). Includes rent-stabilized and long-time tenants; asking rents for vacant apartments are usually higher.
| Agent | Buildings here | Units here | Grades here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harlington Realty Co LLC | 8 | 14 | A7 B1 |
| Brg Management LLC | 6 | 529 | A3 B2 C1 |
| Firstservice Residential | 5 | 913 | A4 C1 |
| David Eisenstein Real Estate | 4 | 265 | A1 B3 |
| Orsid NY | 3 | 195 | A3 |
| Aras Properties INC | 3 | 187 | A3 |
| Venture NY Property Management LLC | 3 | 160 | A3 |
| Bronstein Properties LLC | 3 | 136 | A2 B1 |
| Murray Hill Management | 3 | 129 | C3 |
| Polaris Property Group | 3 | 114 | A3 |
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83% of the 1,520 graded buildings in this neighborhood have a subway or Staten Island Railway station within about a 10-minute walk (straight-line estimate, transit data of 2026-09-24).
| Nearest station (within a mile) | Routes | Buildings |
|---|---|---|
| 121 St | J Z | 673 |
| Kew Gardens-Union Tpke | E F | 442 |
| Briarwood | E F | 272 |
| Jamaica-Van Wyck | E | 133 |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes.
45 restaurants in Kew Gardens have a DOHMH inspection on record: A 37 · B 4 · C 1 · Grade Pending 1 · Not yet graded 2. 15 (33%) have inspector-recorded evidence of mice.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade card | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tous LES Jours | Bakery Products/Desserts | C | — |
| Kew Gardens Chicken | Chicken | Grade Pending | Mice evidence |
| Dunkin' | Donuts | B | Mice evidence |
| Halal Munchies | Middle Eastern | B | — |
| La Casa Del Mariachi | Mexican | B | Mice evidence |
| Paul Michael's Brick Oven Cafe | Pizza | B | Mice evidence |
| 99 Cent Supreme Pizza | Pizza | A | — |
| Ateaz Organic Coffee & Tea | Coffee/Tea | A | Mice evidence |
| Austin's Ale House | American | A | — |
| Baker's Dozen Bagel | Bagels/Pretzels | A | Mice evidence |
| Burger King | Hamburgers | A | — |
| Cookies and Cream Pastry Shop | Bakery Products/Desserts | A | Mice evidence |
| Dani Pizza and Restaurant | Pizza | A | — |
| Dunkin | Donuts | A | — |
| Dunkin | Donuts | A | — |
| El Rinconcito De Los Sabores | Mexican | A | — |
| El Rinconcito Paisa | Latin American | A | — |
| Fresh Tortillas | Tex-Mex | A | Mice evidence |
| Golden Fountain | Chinese | A | — |
| Golden Fountain Chinese Kitchen | Chinese | A | — |
showing up to 20, worst first · 2 more establishments in Kew Gardens are registered but not yet inspected · the full list lives on the ZIP page: ZIP 11415, ZIP 11418
Graded buildings in this neighborhood by ZIP code: 11415 (77%), 11418 (23%).
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