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This building is not graded (non-residential or no residential units
on record) — the report below covers its full public record.
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
5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Condition (3) · Consumer Complaint (2).
Filed construction activity
$291,600 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (5 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.
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$3,594,000
$1,617,300
2026
$3,637,000
$1,636,650
2027
$3,700,000
$1,665,000
The city's market estimate has risen
3% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
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
Subway
169 St — F · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer — E J Z · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Jamaica Av / 165 St — Q54 Q56 Q110 · 50 ft
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.
5 311 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: $3,500,000 on
2017-12-20 (lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
2017-12-20
Deed $2,666,667 — from JAMAICA PROPERTY GROUP LLC to 165 JAMAICA REALTY LLC
$2,666,667
2017-12-20
Mortgage $3,500,000 — from MENDEL UNGAR, TRUSTEE; JAMAICASY LLC; 165 JAMAICA REALTY LLC; JIU 10-12 TRUST DATED DECEMB to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
$3,500,000
2017-12-20
Deed $333,333 — from JAMAICA AVENUE INVESTOR LLC to 165 JAMAICA REALTY LLC
$333,333
2017-12-06
Sold for $2,666,666
$2,666,666
$380,952
2017-12-05
Sold for $333,333
$333,333
$47,619
2013-10-02
Deed $60,900 — from ORT, ELI to JAMAICA AVENUE INVESTOR LLC
$60,900
Ten-year activity
20100
16
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
2
3
11
0
16
2018
2
4
0
0
6
2019
0
3
0
0
3
2020
0
5
0
0
5
2021
0
6
0
0
6
2022
0
4
0
0
4
2023
0
3
0
0
3
2024
0
4
0
2
6
2025
0
1
0
1
2
2026
0
0
0
2
2
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2018-04-15ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK W/OUT A PERMIT OBSERVED 1ST & 2ND 2 ACCESSORY BUSINESS SIGN 1ST READS("SAUI FURNITURE & ELECTRONICS" SIZE 3 X 16 FT APPROX, 2
2018-01-02311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Advertising Sign/Billboard/Posters/Flexible Fabric - Illegal
2018-01-02DOB complaint, category ?
2017
2017-12-20Deed — from YARON, SYLVIA to JAMAICASY LLC
2017-12-20Deed — from FENSTER, JAY to JAMAICAJF LLC
2017-12-20Deed $2,666,667 — from JAMAICA PROPERTY GROUP LLC to 165 JAMAICA REALTY LLC$2,666,667
2017-12-20Mortgage $3,500,000 — from MENDEL UNGAR, TRUSTEE; JAMAICASY LLC; 165 JAMAICA REALTY LLC; JIU 10-12 TRUST DATED DECEMB to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.$3,500,000
2017-12-20Deed $333,333 — from JAMAICA AVENUE INVESTOR LLC to 165 JAMAICA REALTY LLC$333,333
2017-12-06Sold for $2,666,666$2,666,666
2017-12-05Sold for $333,333$333,333
2017-11-28Deed transfer (nominal price)
2017-11-27Deed transfer (nominal price)
2017-11-20Deed — from JAY FENSTER; ESTATE OF KLARA FENSTER to FENSTER, JAY; YARION, SYLVIA
2017-10-29Deed transfer (nominal price)
2017-08-18311: General Construction/Plumbing — Failure To Maintain
2017-08-18DOB complaint, category ?
2017-08-17ECB CLASS - 2 violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.NOTED:AT TIME OFINSPECTION A SECTION OF THE CEILING AT 1ST FLR REAR WAS HANG$250
2016-04-24311: Tattooing — Tattoo Artist Unlicensed
2016-04-08Job filed: ALTERATION TO EXISTING RETAIL STORE INCLUDING GENERAL CONSTRUCTION,PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL WORK.NO CHANGE IN USE,EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$140,000
2016-04-08Job filed: ALTERATION TO EXISTING RETAIL STORE INCLUDING GENERAL CONSTRUCTION,PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL WORK.NO CHANGE IN USE,EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$140,000
2016-04-01Permit EW — ISSUED
2016-03-07Job filed: LEGALIZATION OF PARTITION WALL ENCLOSING THE STAIRCASE TO CELLAR ALSO (2)FITTING ROOMS WITH LIGHTING WORKS. APPLICATION HEREWITH ALSO, REMOVE ECB VIOL$4,300
2016-03-07Job filed: LEGALIZATION OF PARTITION WALL ENCLOSING THE STAIRCASE TO CELLAR ALSO (2)FITTING ROOMS WITH LIGHTING WORKS. APPLICATION HEREWITH ALSO, REMOVE ECB VIOL$4,300
2016-03-05311: Tattooing — Tattoo Artist Unlicensed
2013-04-12ECB CLASS - 2 violation: ALTERED/CHANGED BLDG OCCUPIED W/O A VALID CERT OF OCCUPANCY.NOTE:PREMISES OBTAINED TEMP CERT OF OCC:#128881,#123206,#136673Tտ$500
2013-04-12ECB CLASS - 3 violation: WORK W/O PERMIT.NOTE:OBS @THE COMMERCIAL STORE OF 165-12 JAMAICA AVE INSTALLATION OF PARTITION WALLS ENCLOSING THE STAIRCASE TO CE$200
2013-02-28Deed — from UNGAR, JACOB to JIU 10-12 TRUST; MENACHEM UNGAR, TRUSTEE; MENDEL UNGAR, TRUSTEE
2010-03-02311: Consumer Complaint — Layaway Terms Not Provided
2005
2005-10-26DOB complaint, category ?
2004
2004-12-29Permit PL — ISSUED
2004-12-29Permit PL — ISSUED
2004-10-05Deed — from ORT, EVA; ORT, LEONARD; ORT, ELI; ORT, MOSES; ORT, STEVEN; ORT, SARA; ORT, FRED; ABRAHAM O to ORT, CHERYL; ORT, EMANCIPATED INDIVIDUAL, FRED; AMELIA ORT, AS CUSTODIAN FOR; ORT, ELI; OR
2003
2003-12-09DOB complaint, category ?
2003-06-04Permit PL — ISSUED
2003-05-14Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-05-14Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-05-01Job filed: Remove various non-bearing partitions; e rect various non-bearing par install new HVAC unit on steel dunnage; plumbing (all work on 2nd floor). No $230,000
2001
2001-05-04Deed — from ORT, TEHILA (CUSTODIAN OF); ORT, MARK (CUSTODIAN); ORT, MEYER (CUSTODIAN OF); ORT, TED (CU to 165 JAMAICA REALTY LLC
2001-04-25DOB violation C:
2001-04-25DOB violation C:
2001-04-25DOB violation Z:
2001-04-25DOB violation Z:
2001-04-25DOB violation Z:
2001-04-25DOB violation Z:
2001-04-25ECB Hazardous violation: BLDG ALTERED FOR OCCUPANCY AS A DWELLING CONTRARY TO DEPT RECORDS.BLDG LEGALLY APPROVED FOR USE AS STORE OFFICE.12ND FLOOR WEST RM
2001-04-25DOB violation Z:
1998
1998-02-13ECB Hazardous violation: OCCUPANY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. C.O #148640 STATES 2ND FLOOR LEVEL TO BE USED AS OFFICES BUILD$800
1998-02-13ECB Non-Hazardous violation: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. WORK NOTED: FULL PARTITIONS ERECTED AT 2ND FLOOR LEVEL CONVERTING ERECTED AT 2ND FLOOR LEVEL CONVERTING, CO
1997
1997-10-29DOB complaint, category ?
1997-10-23DOB complaint, category ?
1993
1993-11-04DOB complaint, category ?
1992
1992-09-03RTXL — from ORT, BERNARD
1991
1991-09-06Deed — from ORT, REGINA to ORT, PHILIP(TRSTE); ORT, ABRAHAM(TRSTE); REGINA ORT REV TRUST
1991-09-06Deed — from ORT, ABRAHAM(TRUSTEE); REGINA ORT REV TRUST; ORT, PHILIP(TRUSTEE) to ORT, MIRIAM F/B/O; ORT, DOV F/B/O; ORT, FRED F/B/O; ORT, MEYER F/B/O; ORT, MARK F/B/O; ORT
1991-09-06Deed — from ORT, BERNARD(EX/OF) to ORT, PHILIP(TRSTE); BERNARD ORT REV TRUST; ORT, ABRAHAM(TRSTE)
1991-09-06Deed — from BERNARD ORT REV TRUST; ORT, PHILIP(TRSTE); ORT, ABRAHAM(TRSTE) to ORT, REGINA
1974
1974-03-29Deed — from OFU REALTY CORP to KLARA FENSTER; JACOB UNGAR; BERNARD ORT
1973
1973-05-11Deed — from WOLSK MORRIS (EXEC OF) to OFU REALTY CORP
1973-05-11Mortgage — from OFU REALTY CORP to SAMUEL WOLSK; BESSIE ZEITLIN; ISIDORE WOLSK
1973-05-07RTXL — from WOLSK MORRIS
1972
1972-04-20Mortgage assigned — from CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO to MORRIS WOLSK