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197-15 Jamaica Avenue · Queens · BBL 4104660092 · 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 executed4
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 11423, 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

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

14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Drinking (3) · General Construction/Plumbing (2) · Dirty Condition (1) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (1) · Illegal Parking (1).

Filed construction activity

$99,500 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 (1931)
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$641,000 $38,460
2026$699,000 $41,940
2027$742,000 $44,520

The city's market estimate has risen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Carribean Sports BarCaribbeanA—
Katherin Restaurant LoungeSpanishNot yet gradedMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 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.

3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2019 (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

BusNearest boarding stop: Jamaica Av / 198 St — Q110 · 400 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 035 Nathaniel Woodhull
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

197-15 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

14 311 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: $79,737 on 2008-03-13 (lender: Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, INC.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2008-03-13Mortgage $79,737 — from PERSAUD, SATYADEO; PERSAUD, VERMA to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. $79,737
2008-03-13Agreement $157,500 — from PERSAUD, VERMA; PERSAUD, SATYADEO to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. $157,500
2008-03-13AL&R $157,500 — from PERSAUD, SATYADEO; PERSAUD, VERMA to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. $157,500
1997-01-31Mortgage $50,030 — from PERSAUD, VERMA; PERSAUD, SATYADEO to GREENPOINT BANK $50,030
1987-12-02Mortgage $87,500 — from RAI, NOONAMATI; RAI, DIG BIJAI to GREEN POINT SAVS BK $87,500
1986-06-17Mortgage $40,000 — from SHIWLOCHAN, MANOJ; SHIWLOCHAN, VENODE; SHIWLOCHAN, NITKUMAR to CAPITAL AT WORK INCC $40,000
1985-07-23Mortgage $15,000 — from CARDONA, RENE to MAXFLO CORPORATION $15,000

Ten-year activity

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2019
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2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017011024
2018013015
2019102014
202000110112
2021002013
2022000011
2023101024
2024008019
2025003216
2026023038
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The last 12 months — 8 records

DateRecord
2026-07-13Restaurant inspection: KATHERIN RESTAURANT LOUNGE — grade N
2026-06-30Restaurant inspection: KATHERIN RESTAURANT LOUNGE · mice evidence
2026-05-26311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2026-05-26DOB complaint, category ?
2026-05-25311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2026-05-25DOB complaint, category ?
2026-05-13Boiler inspection
2026-03-19311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Crosswalk

The full timeline

2026
2026-07-13Restaurant inspection: KATHERIN RESTAURANT LOUNGE — grade N
2026-06-30Restaurant inspection: KATHERIN RESTAURANT LOUNGE · mice evidence
2026-05-26311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2026-05-26DOB complaint, category ?
2026-05-25311: General Construction/Plumbing — Building Permit - None
2026-05-25DOB complaint, category ?
2026-05-13Boiler inspection
2026-03-19311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Crosswalk
2025
2025-07-07Boiler inspection
2025-05-23Deed — from PERSAUD, VERMA; PERSAUD, SATYADEO to AP 15 JAMAICA AVE CORP
2025-05-16Deed transfer (nominal price)
2025-03-21Eviction executed (1ST FL. STORE)
2025-02-20311: Drinking — After Hours - Licensed Est
2025-02-12311: Commercial Disposal Complaint — Waste Left in Front of Residence
2024
2024-12-20311: Drinking — After Hours - Licensed Est
2024-12-06311: Drinking — After Hours - Licensed Est
2024-11-01311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-10-07311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-09-22311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2024-09-16311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2024-09-16Boiler inspection
2024-07-07311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2024-07-07311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2023
2023-12-09311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-10-09Boiler inspection
2023-05-12Job filed: Re-Filing PL (NYC DOB JOB No. 401277934) FP Shut-off Valve. Withdrawal PL Work type NYC DOB JOB No. 401068205 (no Pl work performed. Existing Toilet$35,000
2023-04-12Restaurant inspection: CARRIBEAN SPORTS BAR — grade A
2022
2022-06-02Boiler inspection
2021
2021-07-22Boiler inspection
2021-06-18311: Drinking — After Hours - Licensed Est
2021-04-18311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020
2020-12-25311: Drinking — After Hours - Licensed Est
2020-11-21311: Food Establishment — Sewage
2020-10-04311: Drinking — After Hours - Licensed Est
2020-09-24311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not in compliance
2020-08-21Boiler inspection
2020-08-20311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-08-20311: NonCompliance with Phased Reopening — Business not allowed to be open
2020-08-14311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2020-08-14311: Drinking — After Hours - Licensed Est
2020-08-13311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2020-06-24311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2020-03-21311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2019
2019-11-20Job filed: FILING TO SIGN-OFF EXTENSION OF EXIST'G BUILDING APPROVED PERMITTED AND CONSTR. UNDER NYC DOB JOB NO. 401068205. NO WORK UNDER THIS APPLICATION.EXISTI$64,500
2019-08-28Boiler inspection
2019-06-25311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2019-06-24311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2018
2018-07-31Boiler inspection
2018-04-11311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2018-04-11DOB complaint, category ?
2018-03-19311: Dirty Conditions — E1 Improper Disposal
2018-03-09311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2017
2017-12-28Boiler inspection
2017-10-30Boiler inspection — defects found
2017-07-25FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017-05-21311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2016
2016-04-07Mortgage satisfied — from Satyadeo Persand to Capital One, N.A.; GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.
2016-03-26311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2016-01-13DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2016-01-13DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2016-01-13DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2015
2015-12-27311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Music
2015-10-13311: Plumbing — Plumbing-Defective/Leaking/Not Maintained
2015-10-13ECB CLASS - 1 violation: GAS BEING SUPPLIED W/O INSPECTION & CERTIFICATION BY DOB. INSPECTION TIME 5:15 ON 10-13-15,I INSPECTED THE ABOVE CITED PREMISES. I$1,000
2015-10-13ECB CLASS - 2 violation: RESIDENCE ALTERED FOR OCCUPANCY AS A DWELLING FOR MORE THAN THE LEGALLY APPROVED # OF FAMILIES. INSPECTION TIME: 5:15 ON 10-13-15,$1,200
2015-10-13ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO HAVE NEW OR ALTERED PLUMBING SYSTEM TESTED. INSPECTION TIME5:15 ON 10-13-15,I INSPECTED ABOVE CITED PREMISES. ABOVE COM$1,000
2015-10-13ECB CLASS - 1 violation: WORK W/O A PERMIT: INSTALLATION OF PLUMBING FIXTURES. INSPECTION TIME 5:15 ON 10-13-15,I INSPECTED ABOVE CITED PREMISES. ABOVE COM$1,600
2015-10-13DOB complaint, category ?
2014
2014-05-15DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT
2012
2012-05-23311: Emergency Response Team (ERT) — M.A.R.C.H. Program (Interagency)
2012-05-23DOB complaint, category ?
2011
2011-06-04311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Other (complaint details)
2010
2010-01-15311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2008
2008-03-13Mortgage assigned — from GREENPOINT BANK to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.
2008-03-13Mortgage $79,737 — from PERSAUD, SATYADEO; PERSAUD, VERMA to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.$79,737
2008-03-13Agreement $157,500 — from PERSAUD, VERMA; PERSAUD, SATYADEO to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.$157,500
2008-03-13AL&R $157,500 — from PERSAUD, SATYADEO; PERSAUD, VERMA to GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.$157,500
2008-01-03DOB violation LL6291:
2005
2005-12-27Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-04-20Tenant complaint: GENERAL — LOCKS
2005-04-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-03-21Tenant complaint: GENERAL — LOCKS
2005-02-18Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2005-02-18Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2005-02-18Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2005-02-18Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2005-02-18Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-01-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT-PLANT
2005-01-08Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004
2004-12-14Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-12-14Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2004-12-06Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-12-03Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-11-14Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — REFRIGERATOR
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: NONCONST — ILLEGAL
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: GENERAL — WINDOWS
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: GENERAL — WINDOWS
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — ELECTRIC/GAS RANGE
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: APPLIANCE — REFRIGERATOR
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: NONCONST — ILLEGAL
2004-08-31Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2004-06-21Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — TOILET
2004-06-21Tenant complaint: GENERAL — WINDOWS
2004-06-21Tenant complaint: GENERAL — CERAMIC-TILE
2004-06-21Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — CEILING
2004-06-21Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-06-21Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2004-04-06Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-04-06Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-04-06Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — ELECTRIC-SUPPLY
2004-04-06Tenant complaint: NONCONST — ODOR
2004-04-06Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — WIRING
2004-03-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-03-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-03-12Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-03-12Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-03-12Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-03-12Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER-LEAKS
2004-03-12Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER-LEAKS
2004-03-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-03-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-02-15Tenant complaint: GENERAL — LOCKS
2004-02-15Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-02-15Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-02-01Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-01-29Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-01-29Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-01-29Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER-LEAKS
2004-01-29Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2004-01-29Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2003
2003-07-19ECB Non-Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO PROVIDE MAINTAIN FIRE STOPING WHERE REQUIRED NOTED AT REAR OF PREMISES THERE IS APPROX A 4'X 4' PIECE OF SHEETROCK CEIL
2001
2001-10-01Permit PL — ISSUED
2001-10-01Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-10-01Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-07-16Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-07-12Job filed: INSTALL AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN KITCHEN RANGEHOOD. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.$1,200
2001-07-12Job filed: INSTALL AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN KITCHEN RANGEHOOD. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.$1,200
2001-06-08Job filed: INSTALL KITCHEN AT THE REAR OF THE FIRST FLOOR. THIS APPLICATION IS IN ONJUNCTION WITH APPLICATION NO.40106820 5 TO ELIMINATE THE PROPOSED BATHROOMS$13,000
2001-06-08Job filed: INSTALL KITCHEN AT THE REAR OF THE FIRST FLOOR. THIS APPLICATION IS IN ONJUNCTION WITH APPLICATION NO.40106820 5 TO ELIMINATE THE PROPOSED BATHROOMS$13,000
2001-06-08Job filed: INSTALL KITCHEN AT THE REAR OF THE FIRST FLOOR. THIS APPLICATION IS IN ONJUNCTION WITH APPLICATION NO.40106820 5 TO ELIMINATE THE PROPOSED BATHROOMS$13,000
2001-02-20Permit EW — ISSUED
2001-02-16DOB complaint, category ?
2000
2000-02-09Job filed: Extend the first floor in the rear,install new bath rooms and storage.No change in use,egress,occupancy.$20,000
2000-02-09Job filed: Extend the first floor in the rear,install new bath rooms and storage.No change in use,egress,occupancy.$20,000
1997
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1997-01-31Mortgage assigned — from PERSAUD, VERMA; PERSAUD, SATYADEO to GREENPOINT BANK
1997-01-31Agreement — from GREENPOINT BANK to PERSAUD, SATYADEO; PERSAUD, VERMA
1997-01-31Mortgage $50,030 — from PERSAUD, VERMA; PERSAUD, SATYADEO to GREENPOINT BANK$50,030
1997-01-31Deed — from PERSAUD, VELMA; PERSAUD, SATYADEO to PERSAUD, SATYADEO; PERSAUD, VERMA
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-12-23Agreement — from GREEN POINT SAVINGSBANK to PERSAUD, VERMA; PERSAUID, SATYADEO
1994-06-07DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-06-28DOB violation LL6291:
1993-04-28Agreement — from GREEN POINT SAVGS BANK to PERSAUD, VERMA; PERSAUD, SATYADEO
1993-04-28Deed — from RAI, DIG BIJAI; RAI, NOONAMATIE to PERSAUD, VELMA; PERSAUD, SATYADEO
1987
1987-12-02Mortgage satisfied — from SHIWLOCHAN,NITKUMARETAL to CAPITAL AT WORK INC
1987-12-02Deed — from SHIWLOCHAN, NITKUMAR; SHIWLOCHAN, VENODE; SHIWLOCHAN, MANOJ to RAI, NOONAMATI; RAI, DIG
1987-12-02Mortgage $87,500 — from RAI, NOONAMATI; RAI, DIG BIJAI to GREEN POINT SAVS BK$87,500
1987-09-30Mortgage satisfied — from CARDONA, RENE to MAXFLO CORP
1986
1986-06-17Mortgage $40,000 — from SHIWLOCHAN, MANOJ; SHIWLOCHAN, VENODE; SHIWLOCHAN, NITKUMAR to CAPITAL AT WORK INCC$40,000
1986-06-17Deed — from CARDONA, RENE to SHIWLOCHAN, NITKUMAR; SHIWLOCHAN, MANOJ; SHIWLOCHAN, VENODE
1985
1985-07-23Mortgage $15,000 — from CARDONA, RENE to MAXFLO CORPORATION$15,000
1985-07-23Deed — from MAXFLO CORPORATION to CARDONA, RENE
1985-07-23Mortgage satisfied — from MAXFLO CORP to HAPPE, KLARA
1972
1972-05-10Mortgage — from MAXFLO CORP to KLARA HAPPE
1972-05-04Deed — from HAPPE WALTER (EXEC OF); HAPPE KLARA (INDIV & EXEC) to MAXFLO CORPORATION

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