A small Jamaica Avenue property where indoor smoking calls and commercial-corridor friction dominate the file.
A two-unit mixed residential building from 1931 sitting directly on Jamaica Avenue. City code-violation records are currently unverified for this location, so the operational picture comes through tenant and block calls. Three things to know:
Repeated complaints point to smoking issues inside the building. Six separate complaints were logged between January and June 2026 reporting smoking in designated smoke-free areas. On a two-unit property, that concentration points to active friction between occupants or smoke bleeding into shared spaces.
Street-level noise and parking friction are constant on this stretch. Within three blocks of the building, 118 residential noise complaints — primarily banging and loud parties — and 75 illegal parking calls were filed over the last year. Double-parking and blocked crosswalks reflect the heavy commercial flow along Jamaica Avenue.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
197-09 Jamaica Avenue is a 2-unit building in Queens, New York City (BBL 4104660095). This building is associated with Ahamed, Julhas. Brix does not yet have a current violation read for this property (not enough recent data), along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1931, this mixed-use building sits in Queens and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Tenants have filed 21 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about unsanitary condition.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed September 26, 2025.
The building last changed hands on August 4, 2010, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 40/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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