Lost a loved one?
Probate Law Group
Verified Florida partner for probate and estate matters.
(813) 600-9717
- 2.3M Residents
- $110B County GDP
- $48,289 GDP per Capita
Queens County
Queens County
Queens County is coextensive with the New York City Borough of Queens, the most ethnically diverse urban area in the United States. The economy mixes JFK and LaGuardia airports (largest aviation employment cluster in NYC), healthcare (NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, Northwell Long Island Jewish), CUNY Queens College and York College, manufacturing in Long Island City, media (Citi Field, USTA / US Open, Silvercup Studios), and a deep small-business and immigrant economy across Flushing, Jackson Heights, Astoria, and Ridgewood. The County Clerk (Audrey I. Pheffer) is the recording officer and Clerk of the Supreme Court; ACRIS (NYC DOF) holds land records.
Property in Queens
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Queens.
Queens is one of NYC's most affordable homeowner boroughs (relative to Manhattan/Brooklyn) with a strong 1-4 family stock.
- STAR / Enhanced STAR, senior (SCHE), disabled (DHE), and veteran exemptions apply via NYC DOF.
- Property tax billed quarterly by NYC DOF (Tax Class 1 for most 1-3 family homes; Class 2 for condos/co-ops).
- NYC assessment caps under RPTL § 1805 limit annual assessed-value growth on Class 1 and small Class 2.
- Foreclosure surplus rights under RPAPL § 1361.
- Watch for LPC historic district approvals (Sunnyside Gardens, Jackson Heights), rent stabilization, and tax-foreclosure / lien-sale risk under NYC Charter.
Investing in Queens.
Queens is one of NYC's largest 1-4 family rental markets and a leading investor borough.
- Judicial foreclosure auctions held at the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard.
- NYC tax lien sale (when active) administered by NYC DOF; in rem foreclosure under NYC Charter.
- Land records via ACRIS (a836-acris.nyc.gov).
- NYC DOF property tax / parcel lookup.
- NYSCEF case search for lis pendens.
- Watch for LPC historic districts, rent stabilization, JFK/LGA flight-noise overlays, and Long Island City / Flushing rezoning risk/upside.
After a Queens foreclosure or tax deed sale.
Queens uses New York's judicial foreclosure process under RPAPL Article 13.
- Mortgage foreclosures filed in Supreme Court, 11th Judicial District.
- Auctions held at the Queens County Supreme Court, 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica; conducted by court-appointed Referee under RPAPL § 1351.
- Surplus money proceedings filed under RPAPL § 1361 in the original action.
- NYC tax enforcement: NYC Department of Finance handles real-property tax via in rem foreclosure (NYC Charter § 1519); historical third-party lien sale program currently paused / under reform.
- Post-Tyler v. Hennepin (2023) requires return of tax-foreclosure surplus to former owner.
- Notices published in the New York Law Journal and via NYC DOF.
Courts and records in Queens.
- Queens County Supreme Court — 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11435 — 11th Judicial District
- Queens Criminal Courts Building — 125-01 Queens Boulevard, Kew Gardens
- NYC Civil Court (Queens) — 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica
- Queens Housing Court — 89-17 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica
- Family Court — 151-20 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica
- Surrogate's Court — 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica
- 11th Judicial District (Queens)
- Appellate Division, 2nd Department — 45 Monroe Place, Brooklyn
- County Clerk — Audrey I. Pheffer — 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard — (718) 298-0601
- NYC Department of Finance (ACRIS / property tax) — 144-06 94th Avenue, Jamaica
- Sheriff (NYC) — (718) 802-3700
- Public Administrator — 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard