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135-12 Jamaica Avenue

180Records
14City systems
8Open violations
20Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11418 · Neighborhood: Richmond Hill
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180 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 64 311 service requests, 31 HPD complaints, 30 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughQueens 11418
Built1931
Floors3
Res. units2
ClassS2
Owner (PLUTO)135 JAMAICA AVENUE, LLC
BBL4093420019
BIN4196416

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GRADE C

A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% 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 20. In ZIP 11418, 79% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations8 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 4 class B, 2 class A. Oldest open since 2002-02-11.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

4 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (2) · Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Dirty Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1931)
NoSix or more residential units (2)
No421-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).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)ZHI LIN
Last registered2024-10-09

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$948,000 $56,880
2026$1,048,000 $62,880
2027$1,137,000 $68,220

The city's market estimate has risen 20% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Geo's PizzeriaPizzaA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

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.

5 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2013 (0 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwayJamaica-Van Wyck — E · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Sutphin Blvd — F · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Jamaica Av / Van Wyck Expwy — Q54 Q56 · 100 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 054 Hillside
Middle: J.H.S. 217 Robert A. Van Wyck. 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.

Report a problem to 311

135-12 Jamaica Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

4 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $378,296 on 2017-11-17 (lender: Amerasia Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2024-08-14Agreement $695,595 — from LIN, ZHI to AMERASIA BANK $695,595
2017-11-17AL&R $800,000 — from LIN, ZHI to AMERASIA BANK $800,000
2017-11-17Agreement $800,000 — from LIN, ZHI to AMERASIA BANK $800,000
2017-11-17Mortgage $378,296 — from LIN, ZHI to AMERASIA BANK $378,296
2013-06-04Mortgage $124,794 — from LIN, ZHI to AMERASIA BANK $124,794
2013-06-04AL&R $499,500 — from LIN, ZHI to AMERASIA BANK $499,500
2013-06-04Agreement $499,500 — from LIN, ZHI to AMERASIA BANK $499,500
2006-09-06Mortgage $405,000 — from LIN, HAI; LIN, YAN; LIN, ZHI to MERS $405,000
2006-09-06Deed $600,000 — from KWOK, YIU to LIN, HAI; LIN, ZHI; LIN, YAN $600,000
1987-05-27Mortgage $77,500 — from CHENG, BIG FONG; KWOK, HAU KENG to LUSNICH, EDWARD C.; LUSNICH, NEILDA A. $77,500
1982-12-29Mortgage $6,903 — from LUSNICH, OSWALDO to ASTORIA FED S&L ASSOC $6,903

Ten-year activity

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EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201702305
201800011
201900011
202004015
202103216
20220120517
202315028
202402125
202502024
202601001
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The full timeline

Construction 9Enforcement 10Housing & tenants 115Ownership & money 31Health & systems 15

Every one of the 180 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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