88-51 161st Street, Queens, NY 11432

88-51 161st Street is a two-story, eight-unit residential building in Jamaica, Queens, built in 1935 and currently owned by Shimmie Horn. The property has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past decade, most notably a heat and hot water supply failure in January 2018 affecting the second-story Apartment 508, for which violations were ultimately certified as corrected in November 2023.

Additionally, there was a bedbug reporting violation in April 2021, though this appears to have been resolved as subsequent bedbug reports from 2021 to 2023 show no infestation or eradication cases, with the most recent 2023 report indicating zero affected units. The building's history shows generally successful rodent management, with inspections in 2010, 2013, and 2014 all passing.

Multiple permits were issued in 2020 for unspecified work, with three separate stop-work orders being initiated under job number 421371713 between January and June 2020. While the bedbug violations and heating issues suggest some past concerns regarding resident comfort, the absence of recent violations, successful resolution of past issues, and consistent rodent control inspections indicate improved maintenance in recent years. The building's 2020 permits suggest ongoing maintenance or improvement work, though the specific nature of these permits is not detailed in the available records.