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135-18 Jamaica Avenue · Queens · BBL 4093420023 · 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 11418, 79% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% 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 violations11 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 7 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2019-12-25.

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.

What 311 hears from this address

1 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Water System (1).

Filed construction activity

$8,854 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 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 (1901)
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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$994,000 $59,640
2026$1,108,000 $66,480
2027$1,195,000 $71,700

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

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Kennedy Fried ChickenAmericanC—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 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.

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

SubwayJamaica-Van Wyck — E · 200 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Sutphin Blvd — F · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Jamaica Av / Van Wyck Expwy — Q54 Q56 · 50 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 054 Hillside
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

135-18 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

1 311 service request 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: $1,169,485 on 2016-08-01 (lender: Amerasia Bank), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-02-02Deed $1,250,000 — from ESTATE OF SIXTO VEGA PICART; FRANCIS PICART, ADMINISTRATOR; ESTATE OF SIXTO V. PICART to 135-18 LLC $1,250,000
2024-07-17Agreement $1,546,098 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to AMERASIA BANK $1,546,098
2016-08-01AL&R $1,900,000 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to AMERASIA BANK $1,900,000
2016-08-01Agreement $1,900,000 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to AMERASIA BANK $1,900,000
2016-08-01Mortgage $1,169,485 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to AMERASIA BANK $1,169,485
2008-02-22AL&R $1,000,000 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to GLOBAL BANK $1,000,000
2008-02-22Agreement $1,000,000 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to GLOBAL BANK $1,000,000
2008-02-22Mortgage $509,461 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to GLOBAL BANK $509,461
2003-07-26Mortgage $550,000 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK $550,000
2003-07-26DEEDO $750,000 — from 31ST AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORP, to 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. $750,000
1989-07-06Mortgage $206,067 — from MEGIDDO REALTY LTD to BANCO SANTANDER PUER/RIC $206,067
1985-10-16Mortgage $40,000 — from PICART, SIXTO to RODRIGUEZ, AGRIPINA $40,000
1985-05-15Mortgage $150,000 — from MEGIDDO REALTY LTD to ASTORIA FED SAV&LN ASSN $150,000
1982-02-02Mortgage $24,000 — from RODRIGUEZ, AGRIPINA to LAURIA, ANN JNCZEWSKI; JNCZEWSKI, LEONARD $24,000

Ten-year activity

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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017002002
2018323008
201901240025
2020004004
2021003003
2022008008
2023052018
2024010102
2025011002
2026000134
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The last 12 months — 5 records

DateRecord
2026-07-30Boiler inspection
2026-06-01Restaurant inspection: KENNEDY FRIED CHICKEN — grade C
2026-02-02Deed $1,250,000 — from ESTATE OF SIXTO VEGA PICART; FRANCIS PICART, ADMINISTRATOR; ESTATE OF SIXTO V. PICART to 135-18 LLC
2026-01-06Restaurant inspection: KENNEDY FRIED CHICKEN
2025-11-14DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

The full timeline

2026
2026-07-30Boiler inspection
2026-06-01Restaurant inspection: KENNEDY FRIED CHICKEN — grade C
2026-02-02Deed $1,250,000 — from ESTATE OF SIXTO VEGA PICART; FRANCIS PICART, ADMINISTRATOR; ESTATE OF SIXTO V. PICART to 135-18 LLC$1,250,000
2026-01-06Restaurant inspection: KENNEDY FRIED CHICKEN
2025
2025-11-14DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2025-09-14311: Water System — Hydrant Defective (WC2)
2024
2024-09-23DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2024-07-17Agreement $1,546,098 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to AMERASIA BANK$1,546,098
2023
2023-09-26311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2023-09-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-08-19311: Rodent — Condition Attracting Rodents
2023-06-30DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2023-06-30DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
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
2023-04-25DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2022
2022-12-12311: Street Condition — Pothole
2022-07-01311: Panhandling — N/A
2022-05-24311: Encampment — N/A
2022-05-06311: Encampment — N/A
2022-05-03311: Encampment — N/A
2022-03-30311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2022-02-09311: Encampment — N/A
2022-01-20311: Street Condition — Pothole
2021
2021-08-22311: Dirty Conditions — E3 Dirty Sidewalk
2021-04-07311: Homeless Person Assistance
2021-03-03311: Homeless Person Assistance
2020
2020-06-15311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-05-26311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-05-15311: Other Enforcement — E6 Commercial Waste Disposal
2020-02-25311: Street Condition — Pothole
2019
2019-12-27HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2019-12-25HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATE
2019-12-25HPD class C: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF SCALDING HOT WATER IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT
2019-12-25HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT AP
2019-12-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY
2019-12-25HPD class A: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX 4 SQ. FT. AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT
2019-12-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SINK BASE CABINET AND WALL CABINET IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY
2019-12-25HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT
2019-12-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LO
2019-12-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORY
2019-12-25HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUT
2019-12-25HPD class B: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTH
2019-12-25HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX 4 SQ. FT. AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT
2019-12-23Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2019-12-23Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-12-23Tenant complaint: UNSANITARY CONDITION — MOLD
2019-12-23Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2019-12-23Tenant complaint: OUTSIDE BUILDING — ROOFING
2019-12-23Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2019-12-23Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2019-12-23311: OUTSIDE BUILDING — ROOFING
2019-12-23311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — PESTS
2019-12-23311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-11-08DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2017 INSPECTION REPORT
2019-09-16311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2018
2018-12-18Permit AL — ISSUED
2018-12-17Job filed: ERECT NEW AWNING WITH COPY, NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, AND OCCUPANCY.$4,427
2018-12-17Job filed: ERECT NEW AWNING WITH COPY, NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, AND OCCUPANCY.$4,427
2018-10-06ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT.NOTED:1 AWNING ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING SITE 4 X20FT APPROX HEADS "KENNEDY FRIED CHICKEN" AND A ILLUMATED AC$1,280
2018-09-13311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018-08-21311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Sign/Awning/Marquee - Illegal/No Permit
2018-08-21DOB complaint, category ?
2018-06-08311: Consumer Complaint — Non-Delivery Goods/Services
2017
2017-11-17311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2017-07-28311: Food Establishment — Handwashing
2016
2016-09-06311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2016-08-01TL&R — from GLOBAL BANK to AMERASIA BANK
2016-08-01AL&R $1,900,000 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to AMERASIA BANK$1,900,000
2016-08-01Agreement $1,900,000 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to AMERASIA BANK$1,900,000
2016-08-01Mortgage $1,169,485 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to AMERASIA BANK$1,169,485
2016-08-01Mortgage assigned — from GLOBAL BANK to AMERASIA BANK
2015
2015-11-09311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2015-07-15311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Other (complaint details)
2015-07-15311: Drinking — In Public
2013
2013-04-19311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2012
2012-06-29311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2012-06-26311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2012-05-24311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2011
2011-09-30311: Homeless Encampment — N/A
2009
2009-01-01DOB violation LL6291:
2008
2008-02-22Mortgage assigned — from PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK to GLOBAL BANK
2008-02-22AL&R $1,000,000 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to GLOBAL BANK$1,000,000
2008-02-22Agreement $1,000,000 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to GLOBAL BANK$1,000,000
2008-02-22Mortgage $509,461 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to GLOBAL BANK$509,461
2004
2004-05-10Permit EQ — ISSUED
2004-05-04Permit EW — ISSUED
2004-04-30Job filed: PSIALLATION OF 60'SIDEWALK SHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACADE INSPECITO. E SIDEWALK SHED WILL COMPLY WITH LL33/99 AND PPN 9/99. THE SUDEWAKJ SGED WUKK
2004-04-30Job filed: PSIALLATION OF 60'SIDEWALK SHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACADE INSPECITO. E SIDEWALK SHED WILL COMPLY WITH LL33/99 AND PPN 9/99. THE SUDEWAKJ SGED WUKK
2004-04-09Job filed: Replace all damaged front window lintels and damaged brickwork with new lintels and brickwork as indicated on plans and remove violation # 34426193P. $4,000
2004-04-09Job filed: Replace all damaged front window lintels and damaged brickwork with new lintels and brickwork as indicated on plans and remove violation # 34426193P. $4,000
2004-03-17ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAITAIN EXTERIOR BLDG WALL'HAZ' DEFECTS.1)METAL LINTELS ABOVE WINDOWS ON 2ND & 3RD FLS ARE ROTTED AND SAGGING.(FRONT OF$800
2003
2003-07-26Mortgage $550,000 — from 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP. to PONCE DE LEON FEDERAL BANK$550,000
2003-07-26DEEDO $750,000 — from 31ST AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORP, to 116 JAMAICA AVENUE CORP.$750,000
2002
2002-12-10Mortgage satisfied — from RODRIGUEZ, AGRIPINA to PICART, SIXTO
1999
1999-05-07Permit PL — ISSUED
1999-05-03Permit EW — ISSUED
1999-04-02Permit EW — ISSUED
1999-04-02Permit EW — ISSUED
1999-04-02DOB complaint, category ?
1989
1989-11-13ECB Hazardous violation: FUMES AT GAS BURNER CONNECTION TO COMBUSTION CHAMBER TRI COCK CORRODED AND LEAKING INSTALL STACK CLEANOUT DOOR BOILER ROOM CEILING$150
1989-07-06Mortgage $206,067 — from MEGIDDO REALTY LTD to BANCO SANTANDER PUER/RIC$206,067
1989-07-06Agreement — from BANCO SANTANDER P/R to MEGIDDO REALTY LTD
1989-07-06Mortgage assigned — from ASTORIA FED S&L ASSN to BANCO SANTANDER P/R
1985
1985-12-24Mortgage satisfied — from RODRIGUEZ, AGRIPINA to JNCZEWSKI, LEONARD; LAURIA, ANN JNCZEWSKI
1985-12-24Mortgage satisfied — from RODRIGUEZ, AGRIPINA to JNCZEWSKI, LEONARD; LAURIA, ANN JNCZEWSKI
1985-10-16Mortgage $40,000 — from PICART, SIXTO to RODRIGUEZ, AGRIPINA$40,000
1985-10-16Deed — from RODRIGUEZ, AGRIPINA to PICART, SIXTO
1985-05-15Deed — from YORK INVESTMENT CO to MEGIDDO REALTY LTD
1985-05-15Mortgage $150,000 — from MEGIDDO REALTY LTD to ASTORIA FED SAV&LN ASSN$150,000
1984
1984-09-27Deed — from PEREZ, MAX D. to YORK INVESTMENT CO.
1984-09-27Deed — from LAURIA, ANN; JNCZEWSKI, LEONARD to PEREZ, MAX D.
1982
1982-02-02Mortgage $24,000 — from RODRIGUEZ, AGRIPINA to LAURIA, ANN JNCZEWSKI; JNCZEWSKI, LEONARD$24,000
1981
1981-11-24Deed — from JNCZEWSKI LEONARD; JNCZEWSKI ANN LAURIA to AGRIPINA RODRIGUEZ
1981-02-20Mortgage — from RODRIGUEZ AGRIPINA to ANN JNCZEWSKI LAURIA; LEONARD JNCZEWSKI
1981-02-20Deed — from LAURIA ANN JNCZEWSKI; JNCZEWSKI LEONARD to AGRIPINA RODRIGUEZ

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