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159-15 Jamaica Avenue

244Records
13City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11432 · Neighborhood: Jamaica
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244 recorded events, 1992–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 81 DOB permits, 44 311 service requests, 33 restaurant inspections.

BoroughQueens 11432
Built1992
Floors2
Res. units0
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)GREATER JAMAICA DEVEL CORP
BBL4097560054
BIN4441658

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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

8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Food Poisoning (2) · Illegal Parking (2) · Abandoned Vehicle (1) · E (1) · General Construction/Plumbing (1) · Food Establishment (1).

Filed construction activity

$77,018 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,935,000 $870,750
2026$2,013,000 $905,850
2027$2,048,000 $921,600

The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Bella Lulu'sAmericanA—
Best Salad BarAmericanA—
Chorizos LlanerosLatin AmericanA—
G &L Cajun GrillChineseBMice evidence
HunnyKoreanNot yet gradedMice evidence · Closed by DOHMH on 2025-07-22
Let's Get JuicedJuice, Smoothies, Fruit SaladsA—
Miranda's PupuseriaSpanishAMice evidence
New Sarkura JapanJapaneseA—
PancafeCoffee/TeaNot yet gradedClosed by DOHMH on 2026-09-08
Ryry's Kitchen @ Jamaica Food MarketCaribbeanB—
Sabor Comida DominicanaSpanishA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

11 restaurants · 3 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 11 restaurants
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contaminated), shared by 11 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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.

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.

Getting around

SubwayJamaica Center-Parsons/Archer — E J Z · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Parsons Blvd — F · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Jamaica Av / 160 St — Q6 · 150 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: The Queens School for Leadership and Excellence
Middle: M.S. 358. 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

159-15 Jamaica Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

8 311 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: $1,170,608 on 1992-02-05 (lender: New York State Urbandev), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1992-02-05Mortgage $1,170,608 — from GREATER JAMAICA DEVCP to NEW YORK STATE URBANDEV $1,170,608

Ten-year activity

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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017020002
20181560012
2019204017
2020011002
2021003003
20220191112
2023000077
20240170614
20250010910
202610001213
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The full timeline

Construction 105Enforcement 40Housing & tenants 47Ownership & money 13Health & systems 39

Every one of the 244 recorded events, 1992–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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