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165-20 Highland Avenue

1,346Records
18City systems
176Open violations
20.6Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11432 · Neighborhood: Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
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1,346 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 388 311 service requests, 345 HPD complaints, 310 HPD housing violations.

BoroughQueens 11432
Built1940
Floors6
Res. units47
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)165-20 HIGHLAND OWNERS CORP
BBL4098370080
BIN4210438

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 53% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 20.6. In ZIP 11432, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 17,252 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations176 total — 38 class C (immediately hazardous), 112 class B, 26 class A. Oldest open since 1991-06-03.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

10 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4 · winter 2024–25: 4 · winter 2025–26: 2). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
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’24–25
2
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

17 service requests in the last three years. Most common: WATER LEAK (6) · HEAT/HOT WATER (5) · PLUMBING (2) · Building/Use (1) · Consumer Complaint (1) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1).

Filed construction activity

$5,000 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1940)
YesSix or more residential units (47)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. 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)165-20 HIGHLAND OWNERS CORP
Head officerVICTOR FEIN
Managing agentMEDALLION REAL ESTATE
Last registered2025-06-30

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$4,252,000 $1,913,400
2026$4,296,000 $1,933,200
2027$4,934,000 $2,220,300

The city's market estimate has risen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $862,640 a year ($15.95 per sq ft), operating expenses $259,062 ($4.79 per sq ft), net operating income $603,577. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 54/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL

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

Subway169 St — F · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 164 St / Highland Av — Q65 · 550 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. Q086
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

165-20 Highland Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

17 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 5 of them about heat or hot water.

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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by MEDALLION REAL ESTATE — 22 buildings, 1,702 units. Grades across the portfolio: A12 · B6 · C2 · D2. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
3310 Avenue H BK360 B
446 Kingston Avenue BK193 D
1702 Carroll Street BK125 D
170-06 88 Avenue QN89 B
133 Beach 116th Street QN86 A
144-07 Sanford Avenue QN84 B
141-60 84 Road QN79 A
2420 Bronx Park East BX66 C
87-46 Chelsea Street QN62 A
1020 Walton Avenue BX61 B
141-30 84 Road QN59 A
1440 54 Street BK59 A
7201 Ridge Boulevard BK59 B
35-20 72 Street QN54 A
43-08 41 Street QN52 A
165-20 Highland Avenue QN47 A
309 E Mosholu Parkway N BX45 C
1608 Ocean Parkway BK40 A
106-15 217 Street QN29 A
90-16 171 Street QN23 B
90-75 179 Street QN20 A
1200 Pacific Street BK10 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $499,999 on 2021-02-01 (lender: New York Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-05-29RPTT&RET $146,000 — from AULL, JACQUELINE A to ALI, MUHAMMAD; SOHEL, SAIFUL ISLAM $146,000
2026-05-19Sold for $146,000 $146,000 $3,106
2026-03-24RPTT&RET $281,000 — from FATHA, MD ABUL to BRISTY, RAFIA AFROZ $281,000
2026-03-16RPTT&RET $195,000 — from KARIM, MOHAMMED A to AHMED, MOSHTAQ $195,000
2026-03-12Sold for $281,000 $281,000 $5,979
2026-02-24Sold for $195,000 $195,000 $4,149
2026-01-27RPTT&RET $300,000 — from CHOWDHURY, SOHEL AHMED to TALUKDER, ATAUL RABBY; AKTER, SURMA $300,000
2025-12-29Sold for $300,000 $300,000 $6,383
2025-12-08RPTT&RET $260,000 — from CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED to BARUA, SATYA; BARUA, PARAG; BARUA, INDIRA $260,000
2025-11-20RPTT&RET $75,000 — from 165-20 HIGHLAND GROUP LLC to HOSSAIN, NAZMA $75,000
2025-11-10Sold for $75,000 $75,000 $1,596
2025-10-30Sold for $260,000 $260,000 $5,532
2025-09-22RPTT&RET $47,500 — from ADAM LAZAROS; SUSAN MCCOY; THE ESTATE OF LESTER SEIDMAN to SHAIKH, RUBA; NAZIR, AYESHA $47,500
2025-09-16Sold for $47,500 $47,500 $1,011
2025-07-03RPTT&RET $220,000 — from ESTATE OF LOUIS D. BURKE; SHARI .LYNN FRANCO AS ADMINISTRATOR to JULIAN, DERRICK R $220,000

Ten-year activity

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2020
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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017019541101
201803884095
201906763186
202007544166
202101812651150
202201854090
202325613172
202402134221
202501339144
20260037111
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The full timeline

Construction 2Enforcement 78Housing & tenants 1,095Ownership & money 162Health & systems 9

Every one of the 1,346 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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