# 88-19 161 Street, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4097670024/88-19-161-street-queens).
BBL 4097670024 · BIN 4209003 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 8 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 2 open rent-impairing violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 11 stabilized units for 2023, of about 16 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 16, 2019: 16, 2020: 12, 2021: 12, 2022: 10, 2023: 11.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1930, 3 floors, 16 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

11 open (class C immediately hazardous: 8, class B hazardous: 3, class A non-hazardous: 0); 83 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
2 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 38 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 39 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 22 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (8), HEAT/HOT WATER (4), PLUMBING (4), WATER LEAK (2), GENERAL (2).

## Bedbugs

7 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 88-19 161 STREET LLC
- Agent: FAREED PROPERTIES INC
- HeadOfficer: ANWAR ASGAR
- Officer: ANWAR ASGAR
- Shareholder: ANWAR ASGAR
- SiteManager: ANWAR ASGAR

The same owner is linked to 3 other buildings (ANWAR ASGAR at 31-23 12TH STREET).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4097670024/88-19-161-street-queens