Living in Kew Gardens Hills: rent, commute and grades

Queens · Updated October 2026

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Rent in Kew Gardens Hills

$1,375 a month

Type of homeA room in a 2-bedroom, shared by two

COverall

Grades compare NYC neighborhoods with each other. How the grades work.

DWalkability
The average home has 2.9 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 62 places to eat or shop.
DFood and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 15 places to eat, 8 kinds of cuisine, 2 large grocery stores and 36 open storefronts.
B-Parks and green space
91% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 407 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 414 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

C-Community
19% of households moved in since 2018, 4% are roommates sharing a home, 18% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 5 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
C-Nightlife
About 5 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

ASafety
2.4 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (86 in all).
A+Quiet
17 noise complaints to 311 per 1,000 residents in 2025, not counting helicopter complaints, and counting each address at most 12 days a year. That measures how often people complain, not how loud it is.
DBuilding upkeep
35.2 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 12.3 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourKew Gardens Hills

Residents: The nearest subway station is not within walking distance, so residents take a bus or drive to it. Resident, Nov 2025

Kew Gardens Hills has an Orthodox Jewish community with numerous houses of worship, a 2019 city report notes, alongside religious and public schools. Source
Main Street is the neighborhood's shopping corridor and main north-south road, with banks, grocery stores, restaurants, a movie theater, pharmacies and a post office. Source
Most of Kew Gardens Hills is detached, semi-detached and attached one-family houses from the mid-20th century, with a stretch of multi-family garden apartments among them. Source
The Wolosoff Brothers began building Kew Gardens Hills in 1937, after finishing developments in Forest Hills. The low, marshy area east of Flushing Meadows had gone by earlier names including Head of the Vleigh, East Forest Hills and Queens Valley. Source
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park lies just west of Kew Gardens Hills, and the neighborhood has smaller parks including Judge Moses Weinstein Playground, Mauro Playground, Freedom Square Playground and Queens Valley Playground. Source
The Q44 Select Bus Service runs along Main Street through the neighborhood, connecting College Point and Jamaica. Source
The Kew Gardens Hills Library at 72-33 Vleigh Place reopened in 2017 after an $8.1 million renovation that expanded it to 11,660 square feet, with large windows, a green roof and LEED Silver certification. Source