Queens holds a wide range of homes. A detached house with a driveway in Bayside, an attached brick house in Ridgewood, a co-op in a garden apartment building in Jackson Heights, a high-rise apartment with a view of the river in Long Island City, a house a few blocks from the beach in the Rockaways. A deep cleaning service in Queens has to fit the home in front of it, so a good request starts by describing that home well.
Deep Cleaning Company NYC is an independent referral service, not a cleaning company. When you send the form, your request goes to an independent New York City cleaning company that scopes the job, quotes it and does any work.
Queens has about 2.36 million people (Census Bureau 2025 estimate) and 14 community boards on the city’s list. This page covers what a deep clean usually includes, what changes between Queens homes, the neighborhoods requests come from, and what to sort out before the day.
What a deep clean covers
A deep clean works top to bottom and room by room, reaching what a weekly clean leaves behind. The list is a starting point to agree in writing with the cleaning company, not a promise; each company sets its own scope.
| Area | What most people ask for | Worth asking about |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen | Cabinet fronts, backsplash, range hood, stovetop and grates, sink, inside the microwave, floor to the edges | Inside the oven and fridge, inside cabinets |
| Bathrooms | Tile and grout, tub or shower and glass, fixtures, toilet and its base, floor | Inside the vanity, the exhaust fan cover |
| Living areas and bedrooms | High and low dusting, baseboards, door frames, switches, radiators, vents, under and behind movable furniture, floors | Closets and drawers inside |
| Windows | Sills and tracks, inside glass within safe reach | Blinds and shades |
| Houses | Stairs, banisters and landings inside the home | Finished basements, enclosed porches |
For every line on the list, see the deep cleaning checklist.
Tell us about your Queens home and the rooms that need the most work, then send the form to reach an independent cleaning company.
Queens homes and what they need
Attached and detached houses
A house means more floors, stairs and often a finished basement. Kitchens in family homes see heavy use, so grease on the hood and cabinet fronts is common. Tell the company the number of floors, bathrooms, and whether the basement should be included.
Co-ops and garden apartment buildings
Many Queens apartments are in co-op buildings, and co-ops often have rules for workers: hours, notice to the management office, use of the service entrance. Check with your management or super before you book. Older buildings often have radiators and original tile that need patient work.
New apartment towers
Newer buildings in places like Long Island City bring floor-to-ceiling windows, stone counters and front desks that register visitors. Book the service elevator if your building asks, and tell the company about surfaces that need particular care.
Queens neighborhoods
Requests come from across the borough. Some of the neighborhoods on the community board list:
- Board 1: Astoria, Long Island City, Ditmars, Steinway and Woodside. Board 2: Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside.
- Board 3: Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and North Corona. Board 4: Corona and Elmhurst.
- Board 5: Ridgewood, Glendale, Middle Village and Maspeth. Board 6: Forest Hills and Rego Park.
- Board 7: Flushing, Bay Terrace, College Point, Whitestone and Beechhurst. Board 8: Fresh Meadows, Jamaica Estates, Kew Gardens Hills and Briarwood.
- Board 9: Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Ozone Park and Kew Gardens. Board 10: Howard Beach and South Ozone Park.
- Board 11: Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck and Oakland Gardens. Board 12: Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans and Springfield Gardens.
- Board 13: Queens Village, Glen Oaks, Bellerose, Cambria Heights, Laurelton and Rosedale. Board 14: Breezy Point, Belle Harbor, Broad Channel, Arverne, Rockaway Park and Far Rockaway.
Which clean to ask for
- An apartment or one floor. Apartment deep cleaning explains the room by room detail.
- A home that has gone a long while without a proper clean. Ask for heavy duty cleaning.
- After a renovation. See post construction cleaning in NYC for how renovation dust is handled.
- Mostly the kitchen. Use the kitchen deep cleaning guide.
How to describe the job
- The kind of home: house, co-op or condo apartment, rental apartment.
- Bedrooms, bathrooms, floors and a basement if there is one.
- When it last had a proper clean, and the hardest rooms.
- Extras: inside the oven, fridge, cabinets, closets, window tracks.
- Access: stairs, elevator, building rules, parking near a house if it matters.
- Anyone in the home with asthma or allergies, and any pets.
Plain words are best. Nobody judges the state of a home; the details simply let the company plan the time and the people. If the home is between tenants or owners, say whether it is empty, whether the utilities are on, and when you need it ready, so the company can tell you whether that works.
Before the cleaners come
A little preparation lets the visit go to cleaning rather than moving things around. None of it needs to be perfect.
- Clear counters, tables and the floor of loose items so every surface can be reached.
- Put away valuables, documents, medication and anything fragile.
- Empty the fridge and the oven if you asked for them to be cleaned inside.
- Make sure radiators are cool and windows open easily.
- Tell the building who is coming and when, if it asks for that.
- Walk through the rooms with the cleaners at the start, if you can, and point out what matters most.
Agree the scope in writing before the day, room by room, including the extras. That way you and the company both know what the visit covers, and nothing on your list is a surprise when they arrive.
Products and fresh air
A deep clean uses more product than a weekly clean. The EPA notes concentrations of many organic compounds are “consistently higher indoors (up to ten times higher) than outdoors” and advises: “Increase ventilation when using products that emit VOCs.” Both the EPA and the CDC say never to mix products. Ask the company what it uses, open the windows you can, and if you clear out old strong cleaners along the way, DSNY takes them at its SAFE Disposal events held in each borough, or see nyc.gov/safedisposal.
What a deep clean is not
- Pest control. Local Law 55 of 2018 requires owners of buildings with three or more apartments to keep apartments free of mold and pests, using Integrated Pest Management. Cleaning can follow the pest work; it does not replace it.
- Mold remediation. Surface mildew on tile comes off in a clean. Mold on walls or ceilings needs the leak fixed; NYC Health says areas over 10 square feet in buildings with 10 or more apartments need workers licensed by the New York State Department of Labor.
- Paint work in older homes. HPD says lead paint is often found in buildings built before 1960. Peeling paint is a repair, not a cleaning job; in a rental, a tenant can file a complaint online or call 311 if it is not fixed safely.
Good to know
Homeowners in older Queens houses planning renovation should know the EPA recommends a lead-safe certified contractor for work that disturbs paint in a pre-1978 home. Book the deep clean after that work is finished.
Deep cleaning in the other boroughs: deep cleaning services in Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island.
Describe your Queens home in the form and an independent NYC cleaning company can get back to you about the visit.
Questions people ask
Which parts of Queens are covered?
Requests are welcome from every Queens neighborhood, from Astoria and Long Island City to Flushing, Jamaica and the Rockaways. Put your neighborhood in the form.
My co-op has rules for workers. What should I do?
Check them with your management office or super before you book, and tell the cleaning company the hours, the entrance and any notice the building needs.
Can a deep clean include the basement?
Many companies will clean a finished basement if you ask. Say so in the form and describe what is down there.
Does a deep cleaning service handle mold or pests?
No. It cleans surfaces. In buildings with three or more apartments the owner must keep apartments free of mold and pests; report problems to the landlord and call 311 if they are not fixed.
Can I ask for just the kitchen and bathrooms?
Yes. Many people ask for those rooms only. Say which rooms you want in the form, and list any extras such as the inside of the oven.
Who does the cleaning?
An independent cleaning company that works in Queens. Deep Cleaning Company NYC is a referral service and does no cleaning itself.