94 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 47 311 service requests, 12 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 11 HPD complaints.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 98% 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 96.7. In ZIP 11433, 78% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2025–26: 2).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (3) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · APPLIANCE (2) · PAINT/PLASTER (1) · WATER LEAK (1) · SAFETY (1).
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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1933) |
| No | Six or more residential units (2) |
| 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).
| Registered owner(s) | HSIU J HO; WAH K CHOW |
| Managing agent | HSIU J HO |
| Last registered | 2025-10-06 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $944,000 | $56,640 |
| 2026 | $989,000 | $59,340 |
| 2027 | $950,000 | $57,000 |
The city's market estimate has risen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong Kitchen | Other | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contains Foreign Object) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 6 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
10 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2010 (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.
| Subway | Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer — E J Z · 0.9 mi straight-line (about a 24-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Merrick Blvd / 109 Av — Q5 · 150 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: 40, 312 Middle: 8, 287. 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.
109-16 Merrick Boulevard
| 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 |
14 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $260,000 on 2012-03-01 (lender: Cathay Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-01 | Mortgage $260,000 — from CHOHOW, HSIU JUNG; CHOW, WAH KWAI to CATHAY BANK | $260,000 | |
| 2012-03-01 | AL&R $260,000 — from CHOW, WAH KWAI; CHOHOW, HSIU JUNG to CATHAY BANK | $260,000 | |
| 1987-03-24 | Mortgage $50,000 — from HO, HSIU JUNG; CHOW, WAH KWAI to POWELL, CLARET | $50,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2019 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2024 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Every one of the 94 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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