Living in Richmond Hill: rent, commute and grades

Queens · Updated October 2026

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Rent in Richmond Hill

$1,309 a month

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

C+Overall

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

C+Walkability
The average home has 4.6 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 136 places to eat or shop.
CFood and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 35 places to eat, 13 kinds of cuisine, 1.8 large grocery stores and 79 open storefronts.
CParks and green space
64% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 400 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 426 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

C+Community
14% of households moved in since 2018, 6% are roommates sharing a home, 18% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 19 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
BNightlife
About 15 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

B-Safety
4.9 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (159 in all).
CQuiet
42 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.
C+Building upkeep
20.2 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 6.8 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 hourRichmond Hill

Richmond Hill was laid out as a middle-class suburb along the new Long Island Rail Road line. Between 1868 and 1874, 250 acres of farmland were divided into house lots, and streets, a school and a church were built. Source
In 1895 Richmond Hill merged with Morris Park and Clarenceville to form the Village of Richmond Hill, which became part of Greater New York City in 1898. Source
Richmond Hill Library, one of the city's Carnegie libraries, was built on Lefferts Boulevard in 1905. Source
Jamaica Avenue, under the elevated J and Z trains, and Atlantic Avenue are the two main commercial streets of Richmond Hill and neighboring Woodhaven. Source
Most residential blocks are one- and two-family houses. The city's 2012 rezoning of Richmond Hill and Woodhaven was written to keep that character and steer new apartment buildings to the main avenues near transit. Source
Forest Park borders Richmond Hill to the north. A city planning study described Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens as known for quiet tree-lined streets, a mix of large homes and 1930s apartment buildings, and their nearness to Forest Park. Source