Is Woodside Safe? Queens Livability, Crime & Rent

By NYPD data, Woodside is rated "Much Safer Than Average", with a lower crime rate per resident than 85% of Queens neighborhoods. 1,796 crime incidents and 0 shooting incidents over the past 12 months. See the safety page for the full breakdown.

Rents in Woodside, Queens vary significantly by building and apartment type. Market pricing isn't aggregated for this neighborhood yet; use DwellCheck to research specific addresses for HPD registration, HPD violations, and other building-level records. DwellCheck doesn't show rent-stabilization status; request the apartment's rent history from DHCR for that.

Woodside has a commute score of 7.5/10. 5 subway stations serve the area: 65 St, Northern Blvd, 69 St.

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Woodside sits in Queens and ranks #5 of 27 Queens neighborhoods scored from NYC Open Data on DwellCheck's livability score (6.7/10). It's served by 5 subway stations (65 St, Northern Blvd, 69 St). Woodside scores 6.7 median—a practical, green neighborhood with strong local bones.

DwellCheck scores Woodside, Queens from NYC Open Data on practical (HPD housing violations per residential lot over the last 12 months (higher = fewer violations)), commute (subway stations and lines in the neighborhood), ART (tree density and 311 noise complaints per resident), outdoor (trees and park proximity). Woodside's composite is 6.7/10. Woodside scores 6.7 median—a practical, green neighborhood with strong local bones. For the block-by-block view, run any specific Woodside address through DwellCheck.

Woodside is in Queens, New York City. DwellCheck maps it to the Woodside Neighborhood Tabulation Area (QN0203), which falls in the Census tabulation area that approximates Queens Community District 2 (Long Island City-Sunnyside-Woodside). Its main ZIP code is 11377. Subway stations in the neighborhood include 65 St, Northern Blvd and 69 St.

Woodside is in ZIP code 11377 (100% of residential units). Shares are of the 18,631 residential units in the Woodside Neighborhood Tabulation Area (QN0203), from NYC PLUTO 26v2 tax-lot records. 2 other ZIP codes each hold under 5%.

Woodside is classified as "Much Safer Than Average" by NYPD complaint data. Over the past 12 months it recorded 0 shooting incidents and 1,796 total crime incidents. Walking at night carries the same risk profile as anywhere in NYC: stay on commercial corridors with foot traffic, avoid empty side streets after midnight, and prefer subway lines that run 24/7.

By NYPD data, Woodside is rated "Much Safer Than Average", with a lower crime rate per resident than 85% of Queens neighborhoods. 1,796 crime incidents over 12 months. Block-level risk varies; check the address-level safety score for any specific street or building.

NYPD complaint records carry approximate incident coordinates, but a neighborhood total can't tell you which blocks drive it, so we don't publish an "avoid this street" list. For a specific block, use DwellCheck's address-level safety score, which counts NYPD crime complaints within a 300m radius of the building over the latest 12 months of published data and compares that count with the borough average.

Woodside scores 6.7/10 for overall livability and has a lower crime rate per resident than 85% of Queens neighborhoods. Woodside scores 6.7 median—a practical, green neighborhood with strong local bones. Whether it's a good fit depends on what you weight: families, solo renters, and remote workers each prioritize different factors (noise, transit access, parks, building quality).

The composite score is 6.7. This reflects strength in Practical (8/10) and Commute (7.5/10), with Outdoor (6.4/10) above the borough median and ART/Livability (4.1/10) at it.

Safety is rated much safer than average (a lower crime rate per resident than 85% of Queens neighborhoods), with 1,796 total crimes in the past 12 months and a stable trend (-1.4%). Noise complaints (2,134) are low. Rodent complaints (75) are low.

Of 4,517 residential tax lots, 39% are two-family houses, 32% walk-up apartment buildings and 22% one-family houses — a neighborhood scaled for foot traffic and street-level engagement.

Moderately green: an average of 151 trees within 200 meters and a tree density of 4.1/10, plus five nearby parks (Doughboy Park, Lawrence Virgilio Playground, Big Bush Playground, General Hart Playground, and Nathan Weidenbaum Playground).