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214-15 Jamaica Avenue

176Records
11City systems
26Open violations
785.3Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11428 · Neighborhood: Queens Village
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176 recorded events, 1988–2025, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 66 311 service requests, 55 HPD complaints, 38 HPD housing violations.

BoroughQueens 11428
Built1931
Floors2
Res. units1
ClassS1
Owner (PLUTO)YOHANNAN, ABRAHAM
BBL4106040028
BIN4226192

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GRADE F

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% 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 785.3. In ZIP 11428, 91% of residential buildings hold an A and 2% grade D or F. How grades work

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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 violations26 total — 9 class C (immediately hazardous), 16 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 2023-10-27.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

44 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 44).

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

What 311 hears from this address

50 service requests in the last three years. Most common: ELECTRIC (22) · HEAT/HOT WATER (21) · GENERAL (6) · Illegal Parking (1).

Filed construction activity

$152,934 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (4 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 (1931)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$779,000 $46,740
2026$844,000 $50,640
2027$852,000 $51,120

The city's market estimate has risen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

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.

6 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2012 (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

BusNearest boarding stop: Hempstead Av / 213 St — Q82 · 500 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S./I.S. 295
Middle: Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School. 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

214-15 Jamaica 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

50 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 21 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $13,750 on 1988-12-14 (lender: Green Point Savingsbk). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1988-12-14Mortgage $13,750 — from ABRAHAM, ACHAMMA to GREEN POINT SAVINGSBK $13,750

Ten-year activity

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2021
2022
75
2023
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2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & money
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
2017029112
201800202
201900000
202000101
202150005
202200202
20230075075
20240069069
202500101
202600000
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The full timeline

Construction 5Enforcement 4Housing & tenants 162Ownership & money 5

Every one of the 176 recorded events, 1988–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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