161-25 Jewel Avenue

A 6-story building with 684 apartments, built in 1952, in Queens, NY 11365.

Addresses on the lot: 67-11 161st Street, 67-25 161st Street, 67-47 161st Street, 65-69 162nd Street, 65-85 162nd Street, 67-02 to 67-06 164th Street.

HPD records as of October 25, 2026

41open HPD violations3 immediately hazardous

46complaints to HPD, past year17 about heat or hot water

Nonerent-stabilized apartments registered2018 to 2023

May 2025latest housing court case7 cases on record, all years

161-25 Jewel Avenue has 41 open HPD violations, 3 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 46 complaints to HPD in the past year, 17 about heat or hot water. It is registered to SECOND HOUSING CO INC.

Does 161-25 Jewel Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 41 open violations as of October 25, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	3
B, hazardous	30 days	32
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	6

It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 22 have been closed.

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 46 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 25, 2026, 17 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 161-25 Jewel Avenue?

161-25 Jewel Avenue is registered with HPD to SECOND HOUSING CO INC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.

The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in May 2025. HPD’s record has 7 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 14 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 1% of residential buildings in 11365 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 161-25 Jewel Avenue rent stabilized?

No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 25, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 4-06792-0600.