172-50 Brocher Road, Queens, NY 11434

172-50 Brocher Road is a two-family residential building located in Jamaica, Queens, owned by Francine Garcia. Built in 1930, this two-story property has experienced some notable issues in recent years, particularly relating to building safety and basic services.

Most significantly, in December 2019, the building faced serious heat and hot water problems that required intervention from the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). An emergency complaint was filed regarding inadequate hot water service in the second-floor apartment, which resulted in violations being issued for the building. These violations included a specific citation for inadequate hot water provision at all hot water fixtures in the second-story apartment, as well as a safety violation regarding an unauthorized security installation - specifically, the presence of a double-cylinder key-operated lock on the metal security entrance door of the building.

The building's documented history is relatively sparse beyond these incidents, which are now approaching five years in the past as of July 2025. It's worth noting that the HPD intervention resulted in official violations being recorded, though the current status of these violations isn't explicitly documented in the available data. The presence of multiple violations stemming from the same incident suggests a period of maintenance and safety concerns in late 2019, particularly regarding both basic building systems and security infrastructure.