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173-21 Jamaica Avenue · Queens · BBL 4098090042 · 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 class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11432, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% 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

9 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (5) · Dirty Condition (1) · Consumer Complaint (1) · Food Establishment (1) · Food Poisoning (1).

Filed construction activity

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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1930)
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$667,000 $40,020
2026$731,000 $43,860
2027$763,000 $45,780

The city's market estimate has risen 14% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Caribbean Roti ExpressCaribbeanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Kitchen/Food Prep Area) · 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.

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-179 St — F · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Jamaica Av / 173 St — Q110 · 200 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 095 Eastwood
Middle: I.S. 238 - Susan B. Anthony Academy. 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

173-21 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

9 311 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: $350,000 on 2020-12-14 (lender: Velocity Commercial Capital, LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2020-12-14Mortgage $350,000 — from PERSAUD, SURESH N to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC $350,000
2009-08-28Mortgage $319,000 — from PERSAUD, SURESH N to MADISON NATIONAL BANK $319,000
2009-08-28AL&R $319,000 — from PERSAUD, SURESH N to MADISON NATIONAL BANK $319,000
2003-06-09DEEDO $365,000 — from OZONE PROPERTIES CORP to PERSAUD, SURESH N $365,000
2001-12-20Mortgage $150,500 — from OZONE PROPERTIES CORP to GREENPOINT MORTGAGEFUNDING INC $150,500
1989-08-01Mortgage $166,250 — from LATCHMANSINGH, DEON to STATE SAVINGS FA $166,250
1989-01-27Mortgage $35,000 — from LATCHMANSINGH, DEON to F.W.G. REALTY CP $35,000
1989-01-27Mortgage $210,000 — from LATCHMANSINGH, DEON to STATE SAVINGS $210,000

Ten-year activity

50250
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2018
2019
40
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201713004
201814207
201907209
20201381040
20210130215
202213116
202315006
202411013
202503014
202605016
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The last 12 months — 8 records

DateRecord
2026-07-13311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-07-13311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-05-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-05-24311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-01-25311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-01-13Restaurant inspection: CARIBBEAN ROTI EXPRESS
2025-12-17311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2025-11-28311: Food Establishment — Kitchen/Food Prep Area

The full timeline

2026
2026-07-13311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-07-13311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-05-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-05-24311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-01-25311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2026-01-13Restaurant inspection: CARIBBEAN ROTI EXPRESS
2025
2025-12-17311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2025-11-28311: Food Establishment — Kitchen/Food Prep Area
2025-05-31311: Consumer Complaint — Restaurant
2025-02-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2024
2024-10-22Restaurant inspection: CARIBBEAN ROTI EXPRESS — grade A
2024-10-01FDNY inspection (RISK)
2024-05-01311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023
2023-09-19FDNY inspection (RISK)
2023-08-03311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-05-27311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-03-16311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-03-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-01-07311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022
2022-11-29Mortgage assigned — from VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
2022-08-24311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2022-06-21FDNY inspection (RISK)
2022-05-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2022-03-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2022-01-15311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2021
2021-10-14311: Consumer Complaint — Retail Store
2021-09-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2021-07-16Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2021-05-24311: Food Establishment — Food Worker Activity
2021-05-12311: Rodent — Mouse Sighting
2021-05-03311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2021-05-02311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2021-04-20311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2021-03-30311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2021-02-15311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2021-02-13311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Restaurant/Bar Not in Compliance
2021-02-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2021-01-28311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2021-01-22311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Restaurant/Bar Not in Compliance
2021-01-14311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020
2020-12-25311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-12-23311: Mass Gathering Complaint — Mass Gathering
2020-12-23311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-12-23311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not allowed to be open
2020-12-23311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Restaurant/Bar Not in Compliance
2020-12-14Mortgage $350,000 — from PERSAUD, SURESH N to VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC$350,000
2020-12-06311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-12-06311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2020-11-30311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Restaurant/Bar Not in Compliance
2020-11-29311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-11-29311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Restaurant/Bar Not in Compliance
2020-11-28311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Restaurant/Bar Not in Compliance
2020-11-23311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Restaurant/Bar Not in Compliance
2020-11-22311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-11-01311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-10-26311: Outdoor Dining — Barrier Condition
2020-10-04311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2020-10-04311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-10-04311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-09-27311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-09-25311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-09-22311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-09-07311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-09-06311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-08-15311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2020-08-15311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2020-08-15DOB complaint, category ?
2020-08-09311: Taxi Complaint — Driver Complaint - Passenger
2020-07-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-07-18311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Talking
2020-07-15311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-07-11311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-07-10311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-07-09311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-07-09311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-07-08311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2020-07-08311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-06-14311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not allowed to be open
2020-06-13311: Food Establishment — Food Preparation Location
2020-06-05311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2019
2019-12-26311: For Hire Vehicle Complaint — Car Service Company Complaint
2019-12-10Mortgage satisfied — from PERSAUD, SURESH N to PUTNAM COUNTY SAVINGS BANK; PCSB BANK
2019-11-25TL&R — from PERSAUD, SURESH N to PUTNAM COUNTY SAVINGS BANK; PCSB BANK
2019-05-05311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2019-04-24311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2019-04-24311: Indoor Air Quality — Ventilation
2019-03-10311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2019-03-02311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2019-02-10311: Other Enforcement — E6 Commercial Waste Disposal
2018
2018-06-20311: Drinking — Underage - Licensed Est
2018-03-08311: Other Enforcement — E2A Storage Of Receptacles
2018-03-08311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2018-03-06311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2018-03-06DOB complaint, category ?
2018-01-22Mortgage assigned — from THE BRIDGEHAMPTON NATIONAL BANK, SBMW/; FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK, SUCC IN; MADISON to PCSB BANK
2018-01-22AALR — from FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK, SUCC IN; THE BRIDGEHAMPTON NATIONAL BANK, SBMW/; MADISON to PCSB BANK
2017
2017-09-02311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2017-08-30311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2017-08-30DOB complaint, category ?
2017-01-08311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2016
2016-10-31311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2016-07-09311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2016-04-02311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2016-03-06311: Noise - Commercial — Car/Truck Music
2015
2015-10-01FDNY inspection (RISK)
2015-02-03311: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2015-02-03311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2015-02-03311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-02-03Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2015-02-03Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2015-02-03Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2014
2014-08-13311: Construction — Initial - Construction
2014-08-12Permit EW — ISSUED
2014-08-04Job filed: REPLACE EXISTING STOREFRONT WITH ALL GLASS FRONT. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, ROOM COUNT, DWELLING UNITS OR OCCUPANCY FILED UNDER THIS APPLICATION.$8,000
2014-06-24Job filed: REPLACING OF EXISTING STOREFRONT AND REPOINTING OF EXISTING BRICK FACADE. NO CHANGE IN USE/OCCUPANCY, EGRESS, ROOM COUNT/DWELLING UNITS.$8,000
2014-06-16DOB complaint, category ?
2014-04-14311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Shaking/Vibrating/Structural Stability
2014-04-14DOB violation C: DUE TO VEHICLE INTO A BUILDING
2014-04-14DOB complaint, category ?
2013
2013-11-05Rodent inspection: Passed
2012
2012-01-12Rodent inspection: Passed
2011
2011-08-06Rodent inspection: Passed
2011-07-29311: Consumer Complaint — Misleading Appraisal
2010
2010-08-07311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2010-08-07311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2010-08-07311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2010-08-07DOB complaint, category ?
2009
2009-10-10ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER, NOTED: AT REAR OF BLDG, MISC CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS IN EXCESS OF 20 YDS IS PILED $2,500
2009-10-01TL&R — from PERSAUD, SURESH to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC
2009-10-01Mortgage satisfied — from PERSAUD, SURESH to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC
2009-09-22Mortgage satisfied — from PERSAUD, SURESH N to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.
2009-09-22TL&R — from PERSAUD, SURESH N to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.
2009-08-28Mortgage $319,000 — from PERSAUD, SURESH N to MADISON NATIONAL BANK$319,000
2009-08-28AL&R $319,000 — from PERSAUD, SURESH N to MADISON NATIONAL BANK$319,000
2009-08-05DOB complaint, category ?
2009-08-05DOB complaint, category ?
2009-07-11DOB complaint, category ?
2009-03-18Deed — from PERSAUD, ZOREENA; PERSAUD, SURESH N. to PERSAUD, SURESH N.
2008
2008-09-04DOB complaint, category ?
2008-08-07Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-08-04Job filed: INSTALL KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH JOB#410112854, AS SHOWN ON PLAN. FIRE SUPPRESSION SHUT-OFF VALVE FILED UNDER JOB#41011285$3,000
2008-08-04Job filed: INSTALL KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH JOB#410112854, AS SHOWN ON PLAN. FIRE SUPPRESSION SHUT-OFF VALVE FILED UNDER JOB#41011285$3,000
2008-05-19Job filed: PROPOSED LAYOUT CHANGE OF EXISTING RESTAURANT AS SHOWN ON PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$30,000
2008-05-19Job filed: PROPOSED LAYOUT CHANGE OF EXISTING RESTAURANT AS SHOWN ON PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$30,000
2004
2004-05-27Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2003
2003-12-02Mortgage satisfied — from OZONE PROPERTIES CORPORATION to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING INC
2003-06-09AL&R — from PERSAUD, SURESH N to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC
2003-06-09Mortgage — from PERSAUD, SURESH N to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC
2003-06-09DEEDO — from PERSAUD, SURESH N to PERSAUD, SURESH N; PERSAUD, ZOREENA
2003-06-09DEEDO $365,000 — from OZONE PROPERTIES CORP to PERSAUD, SURESH N$365,000
2001
2001-12-20Mortgage assigned — from OZONE PROPERTIES CORP to GREENPOINT MORTGAGEFUNDING INC
2001-12-20Mortgage $150,500 — from OZONE PROPERTIES CORP to GREENPOINT MORTGAGEFUNDING INC$150,500
2001-12-20Deed — from JAIKARAN, MOHAN (DEF/ETAL); BORKO, SUSAN LYNN (REF) to OZONE PROPERTIES CORP
1998
1998-06-26Mortgage assigned — from NORTH FORK BANK to CC HIGHLANDER EQUITIES LLC
1994
1994-09-08Mortgage assigned — from RESOLUTION TRUST CORP to HOME FEDERAL SAVINGSBANK
1990
1990-10-10Permit EW — ISSUED
1989
1989-11-01REL — from STATE SAVINGS to LATCHMANSINGH, DEON
1989-11-01Deed — from LATCHMANSINGH, DEON to JAIKARAN, MOHAN
1989-08-01Mortgage satisfied — from LATCHMANSINGH, DEON to F.W.G. REALTY CORP
1989-08-01Mortgage $166,250 — from LATCHMANSINGH, DEON to STATE SAVINGS FA$166,250
1989-01-27Mortgage $35,000 — from LATCHMANSINGH, DEON to F.W.G. REALTY CP$35,000
1989-01-27Mortgage $210,000 — from LATCHMANSINGH, DEON to STATE SAVINGS$210,000
1989-01-27Deed — from F.W.G. REALTY CP to LATCHMANSINGH, DEON
1978
1978-06-19Deed — from GRANT CHARLES; WALLACH OSCAR; FARRELL ABNER to FWG REALTY CORP
1974
1974-09-13Deed — from TIEGEL ANNA; TIEGEL GERHARDT to CHARLES GRANT; ABNER FARRELL; OSCAR WALLACH

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