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109-02 Van Wyck Expressway

346Records
14City systems
3Open violations
90Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11420 · Neighborhood: South Ozone Park
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346 recorded events, 1978–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 185 311 service requests, 51 HPD complaints, 31 DOB complaints.

BoroughQueens 11420
Built1930
Floors2
Res. units2
ClassK4
Owner (PLUTO)JOWALAPERSAUD, MAHADEO P
BBL4116150007
BIN4250095

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GRADE D

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 90. In ZIP 11420, 87% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% 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 violations3 total — 3 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2017-08-21.

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.

$8,185 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

28 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · Encampment (5) · Cannabis Retailer (5) · Food Establishment (3) · General Construction/Plumbing (3) · Noise (2).

Filed construction activity

$21,000 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 (1930)
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)MAHADEO P JOWALAPERSAUD
Last registered2025-08-04

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$628,000 $282,600
2026$631,000 $283,950
2027$691,000 $310,950

The city's market estimate has risen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Cutty's CafeAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contaminated, Food Preparation Location, Rodents/Insects/Garbage) · 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.

3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2011 (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

SubwayOzone Park-Lefferts Blvd — A · 0.8 mi straight-line (about a 22-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport — E J Z · 0.9 mi straight-line (about a 24-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Van Wyck Expwy / 109 Av — Q9 · 100 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 121 Queens
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.

Report a problem to 311

109-02 Van Wyck Expressway

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

28 311 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: $160,000 on 2000-11-06 (lender: Persaud, Mahadeo Jowala). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2000-11-06Mortgage $160,000 — from WATTS, ALMAN N; WATTS, EDITH L to PERSAUD, MAHADEO JOWALA $160,000

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
76
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20173614124
201820215
201901517
20200122023
20210423229
20220015015
202301462076
20240411015
2025048012
2026047112
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The full timeline

Construction 21Enforcement 58Housing & tenants 241Ownership & money 8Health & systems 18

Every one of the 346 recorded events, 1978–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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