Pros: Nearby shopping center Cons: Rodents, unresponsive landlord, repairs, ran down apartments, live in superintendent does not help at all Advice to landlord: The apartments need to be updated
89-20 161 STREET is a mid-century 1941 building, 6 floors, 84 units in Jamaica, NYC. Owned by PARKASH 89-20 161 LLC. Public records show 756 open violations, 486 311 complaints, 32 active litigation matters on file. Risk signals: 1 bedbug report. Rent stabilization on file covers 83 units (registered 2024). Lucid Rents has 1 verified tenant review on this building.
Queens · February 2026
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§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE AT LOWER WINDOW SASH AT NORTH 2 WINDOW AT FIRE ESCAPE IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS AND REPAIR ALL DEFECTS IN WASTELINE AT WASH BASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 10 SQUARE FEET AT NORTH WALL, WEST WALL AND EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 5B, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
Pros: Nearby shopping center Cons: Rodents, unresponsive landlord, repairs, ran down apartments, live in superintendent does not help at all Advice to landlord: The apartments need to be updated
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