# 172-32 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4102130014/172-32-jamaica-avenue-queens).
BBL 4102130014 · BIN 4217514 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 31 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 16 apartments
- 29 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 9 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 5 active DOB violation(s)
- Tax lien sold at the city's lien sale — a sign of financial distress
- 1 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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.

## HPD Alternative Enforcement Program

Previously on AEP, discharged 2021-06-16.

## Rent stabilization

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

## The building

built 1931, 4 floors, 16 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

47 open (class C immediately hazardous: 31, class B hazardous: 14, class A non-hazardous: 2); 532 on record.
29 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
9 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

5 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 31 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 48 on record; 1 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

86 in the last 12 months; 275 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (150), UNSANITARY CONDITION (35), DOOR/WINDOW (26), ELECTRIC (14), APPLIANCE (11).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 1 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

14 cases on record, 0 open, 12 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

The tax lien was sold at the city's lien sale in 2025.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: MELINA ENTERPRISES INC
- Agent: MELINA ENTERPRISESE INC.
- HeadOfficer: CHRISTOPHER PERSAUD
- Officer: CHRISTOPHER PERSAUD
- SiteManager: CHRISTOPHER PERSAUD

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (CHRISTOPHER PERSAUD at 92-09 173RD 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/4102130014/172-32-jamaica-avenue-queens