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88-09 Jamaica Avenue · Queens · BBL 4088630096 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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Where the penalty points come from

ComponentWhat it coversPoints
Housing codeHPD violations by class, complaints, emergency repairs, litigation, vacate orders, AEP0
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class4
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE B

A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 85% 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 13.3. In ZIP 11421, 84% 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

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.

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: Noise (5) · General Construction/Plumbing (1) · Plumbing (1) · Street Light Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$2,450 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 (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$628,000 $37,680
2026$717,000 $43,020
2027$753,000 $45,180

The city's market estimate has risen 20% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
O Grove TavernSpanishAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2023 (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

Subway85 St-Forest Pkwy — J · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Woodhaven Blvd — J Z · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Jamaica Av / 87 St — Q56 · 200 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 254 - The Rosa Parks School
Middle: J.H.S. 210 Elizabeth Blackwell. 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

88-09 Jamaica Avenue

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

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: $482,500 on 2020-10-16 (lender: Emigrant Funding Corporation). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2020-10-16AL&R $482,500 — from 8809 JAMAICA AVE LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $482,500
2020-10-16Mortgage $482,500 — from 8809 JAMAICA AVE LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION $482,500
2017-01-03Deed $600,000 — from 88-09 JAMAICA AVE. CORP. to CASTRO, CARLOS $600,000
2016-12-15Sold for $600,000 $600,000 $600,000
2006-01-19Mortgage $371,000 — from GONZALEZ, MARIA C; GONZALEZ, ERNESTO to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. $371,000
2006-01-19DEEDO $530,000 — from HENRY, SUZANNE to GONZALEZ, ERNESTO; GONZALEZ, MARIA C $530,000
2004-11-24Mortgage $89,050 — from HENRY, SUZANNE to MERS $89,050
2004-11-24Mortgage $333,700 — from HENRY, SUZANNE to MERS $333,700
2004-11-24Deed $445,000 — from F/K/A INTER COUNTY INVESTING CORP.; OHLERT-RUGGIERE, INC. to HENRY, SUZANNE $445,000

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
51
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017011305
2018010001
2019035008
20202044111
2021004015
202201300031
202307440051
2024022206
2025011013
2026011002
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The last 12 months — 3 records

DateRecord
2026-06-17311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-04-23FDNY inspection (RISK)
2025-11-14DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

The full timeline

2026
2026-06-17311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-04-23FDNY inspection (RISK)
2025
2025-11-14DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2025-08-12311: Street Light Condition — Lamppost Wire Exposed
2025-07-28Restaurant inspection: O Grove Tavern — grade A · mice evidence
2024
2024-10-31Mortgage satisfied — from 8809 JAMAICA AVE LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
2024-10-31TL&R — from 8809 JAMAICA AVE LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION
2024-09-23DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2024-03-03311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-01-19311: Plumbing — Plumbing Work - Illegal/No Permit/Standpipe/Sprinkler
2024-01-19DOB complaint, category ?
2023
2023-12-13311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2023-12-13DOB complaint, category ?
2023-12-05311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2023-11-18311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-17311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-10-03311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2023-10-02ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK WITHOUT PERMIT. OBSERVED ELECTRIC CONDUIT AND WIRERS ATTACHED ILLUMINATED BUSINESS ACCESSORY SIGN, 1 FLOOR GROUND LEVEL ATTAC
2023-10-02ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. ILLUMINATED BUSINESS ACCESSORY SIGN ATTACHED TO GROUND FLOOR FACADE FASTENE$3,125
2023-10-01311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign - In Danger Of Falling
2023-10-01311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-10-01DOB complaint, category ?
2023-09-15311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-08-23311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2023-08-13311: Lost Property — Electronics/Phones
2023-08-03311: Illegal Parking — Unauthorized Bus Layover
2023-08-03311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2023-07-23311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-07-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-06-20DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-06-20DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-06-10311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-06-04311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2023-05-21311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-05-06311: Consumer Complaint — Street Fair Vendor
2023-04-29311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-04-25DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-04-16311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-04-15311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-04-02311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-03-25311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-03-19311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-03-19311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-03-12311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-03-05311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-02-25311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-02-25311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-02-19311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-02-19311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-02-18311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-02-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-02-10311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-02-05311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-01-29311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-01-28311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-01-22311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-01-22311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-01-15311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-01-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-01-08311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-01-07311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-01-07311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022
2022-12-17311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-12-17311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-12-17311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-12-10311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-12-10311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-12-04311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-11-27311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-11-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-11-20311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-11-20311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-11-10FDNY inspection (RISK)
2022-11-06311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-10-29311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-10-15311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-08-06311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-07-17311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2022-07-17311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-06-18311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-05-27311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-05-15311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-05-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-05-11311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2022-05-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-05-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-05-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-05-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-05-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-05-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-05-07311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-05-07311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-04-24311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2021
2021-09-26311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2021-09-20311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Hydrant
2021-05-23311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2021-03-27311: Noise - Commercial — Car/Truck Music
2021-03-22Boiler inspection
2020
2020-12-29311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-12-29311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-12-29311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-11-10311: Other Enforcement — E6 Commercial Waste Disposal
2020-10-16AL&R $482,500 — from 8809 JAMAICA AVE LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION$482,500
2020-10-16Mortgage $482,500 — from 8809 JAMAICA AVE LLC to EMIGRANT FUNDING CORPORATION$482,500
2020-10-16Deed — from CASTRO, CARLOS to 8809 JAMAICA AVE LLC
2020-09-18Deed transfer (nominal price)
2020-08-05Boiler inspection
2020-01-22Permit Sign — Signed-off
2020-01-13Job filed: ILLUMINATED NON ADVERTISING ACCESSORY WALL SIGN - LA HUECA GUAYACA. NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$2,450
2019
2019-12-17ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK W/O PERMIT. NOTED:AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED AT CELLAR LEVEL STANDING SHOWER ADDED TO EXISTING 2 PC. BATHROOM. STANDING S$6,250
2019-12-10311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-11-22311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2019-11-22311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2019-11-22DOB complaint, category ?
2019-11-08DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT
2019-05-10311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-03-29311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018
2018-04-06DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT
2017
2017-05-25311: Broken Muni Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2017-03-07Mortgage satisfied — from GONZALEZ, ERNESTO; GONZALEZ, MARIA CRISTINA to OCWEN LOAN SERVICING LLC
2017-03-01Mortgage assigned — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2017-02-24DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2015 INSPECTION REPORT
2017-01-03Deed $600,000 — from 88-09 JAMAICA AVE. CORP. to CASTRO, CARLOS$600,000
2016
2016-12-15Sold for $600,000$600,000
2015
2015-09-12311: Food Establishment — Food Spoiled
2015-04-30FDNY inspection (RISK)
2015-03-29311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2014
2014-03-26DOB complaint, category ?
2014-02-26311: Construction — Initial - Construction
2013
2013-08-08311: Broken Muni Meter — No Receipt
2012
2012-12-16311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2012-11-27ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR ALT2 JOB#102314410; PLANS DATED 5/4/06 & 7/14/06.NON-CONFORMING OBSER$500
2012-11-26DOB complaint, category ?
2011
2011-12-13DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
2011-09-29Permit PL — ISSUED
2009
2009-12-31DOB violation LBLVIO:
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2008
2008-08-29DOB complaint, category ?
2008-08-25DOB complaint, category ?
2008-08-25DOB complaint, category ?
2008-01-03DOB violation LL6291:
2007
2007-09-27Permit PL — ISSUED
2007-03-10DOB complaint, category ?
2007-01-19DOB violation LL6291:
2006
2006-12-29DOB complaint, category ?
2006-12-29Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-12-08Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$3,000
2006-11-21DOB complaint, category ?
2006-09-05DOB complaint, category ?
2006-07-06ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED PLAN:WORK NOTED:JOB UNDER APPL #402314410.1)PLAN INDICATE AT CELLAR LEVEL.SHOULD BE EXISTING JOI$250
2006-06-29Permit PL — ISSUED
2006-06-12DOB complaint, category ?
2006-06-01Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-06-01Permit EQ — ISSUED
2006-06-01Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-04-26DEEDO — from GONZALEZ , ERNESTO; CRISTINA GONZALEZ , MARIA to 88-09 JAMAICA AVE. CORP.
2006-03-29Job filed: HEREWITH FILED APPLICATION TO ERECT INTERIOR PARTITIONS, CEILING, AND INSTALL NEW PLUMBING FIXTURES ON FIRST FLOOR STORE AND TO ERECT NEW PARTITIONS, $200,000
2006-01-28DOB complaint, category ?
2006-01-27Mortgage satisfied — from HENRY, SUZANNE to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS
2006-01-26Mortgage satisfied — from HENRY, SUZANNE to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS
2006-01-19Mortgage $371,000 — from GONZALEZ, MARIA C; GONZALEZ, ERNESTO to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.$371,000
2006-01-19DEEDO $530,000 — from HENRY, SUZANNE to GONZALEZ, ERNESTO; GONZALEZ, MARIA C$530,000
2005
2005-01-31DOB violation LL6291:
2004
2004-11-24Mortgage $89,050 — from HENRY, SUZANNE to MERS$89,050
2004-11-24Mortgage $333,700 — from HENRY, SUZANNE to MERS$333,700
2004-11-24Deed $445,000 — from F/K/A INTER COUNTY INVESTING CORP.; OHLERT-RUGGIERE, INC. to HENRY, SUZANNE$445,000
2004-09-23Tenant complaint: HEATING — RADIATOR
2002
2002-03-26DOB violation LL6291:
2001
2001-02-27DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-11-08DOB complaint, category ?
1980
1980-09-19Deed — from THADEN ALFRED VON; THADEN ADELE VON to INTER COUNTY INVESTING CORP

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