99-36 41st Avenue, Queens, NY 11368

99-36 41st Avenue is a 4-story, 24-unit residential building located in Corona and owned by Luis Sarmiento. Built in 1927 as a New Law Tenement, the building has experienced several significant issues in recent months, most notably a series of heating and hot water system failures between March and April 2025, with multiple complaints filed through HPD about the lack of heat and hot water affecting the entire building. During this period, at least ten separate complaints were documented, with inspectors confirming restoration of services in some cases.

The building has also accumulated several housing maintenance code violations, including issues with carbon monoxide detection devices in Unit 5B (open violation), an air conditioner obstructing fire escape egress (open violation), and a lack of hot water supply in Unit 4D (previously closed violation). Previous inspections and complaints reveal concerns about building safety features, particularly regarding fire escape access. Violations related to fire escape obstruction and defective conditions were noted in inspections from 2024, along with issues regarding gas leak procedures and inspection certificate postings.

While the building has maintained a clean record for bedbugs since 2020, with zero reported cases in the past five years, there was a period of rat activity noted during an August 2023 inspection, though a subsequent compliance inspection in October 2023 passed. The building's recent history shows a pattern of heating system problems in early 2025, with multiple emergency complaints filed, though most were resolved relatively quickly. The property also had two violations related to external low pressure inspection filings from 2020 and 2021, though these were dismissed in July 2023.