176 recorded events, 1968–2025, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 75 HPD complaints, 28 DOB violations, 22 HPD housing violations.
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A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 85% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 13.3. In ZIP 11421, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 22 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 12 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2002-03-05. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
No 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
$19,850 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (1 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1925) |
| No | Six or more residential units (1) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $682,000 | $40,920 |
| 2026 | $721,000 | $43,260 |
| 2027 | $742,000 | $44,520 |
The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tajadas Bakery Restaurant | Latin American | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Woodhaven Blvd — J Z · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Jamaica Av / 98 St — Q56 · 200 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 254 - The Rosa Parks School Middle: J.H.S. 210 Elizabeth Blackwell. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
97-05 Jamaica Avenue
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $249,000 on 2000-09-12 (lender: Professional Mortgage Bankers Corp). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-23 | M&CON $14,726 — from BALLENA, BENIGNO SAMUEL; BALLENA, JOSE to M&T BANK | $14,726 | |
| 2000-09-12 | Mortgage $249,000 — from BALLENA, BENIGNO SAMUEL; BALLENA, JOSE to PROFESSIONAL MORTGAGE BANKERS CORP | $249,000 | |
| 1999-02-05 | Mortgage $50,444 — from MOY, TUNG SANG to CHINATOWN FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | $50,444 | |
| 1989-04-12 | Mortgage $160,000 — from MOY, TONG TAI; MOY, TUNG SANG to CHINATOWN FED SAVS BANK | $160,000 | |
| 1988-04-22 | Mortgage $70,000 — from MAK, CHUN WA; MAK, NGAN LING TSANG to ABACUS FED SAVS BANK | $70,000 | |
| 1983-03-11 | Mortgage $27,000 — from CHAN, YUNG SIU; CHAN, LEE SANG to FEBBRARO, PAUL A.JR; FEBBRARO, PETER; FEBBRARO, PAUL A.SR. | $27,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Every one of the 176 recorded events, 1968–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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