104-57 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens, NY 11368

The three-story, three-unit residential building at 104-57 Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, owned by Tian Fang Su and constructed in 1925, has experienced several significant incidents, with the most serious occurring in January 2020 when all three apartments suffered fire damage. This fire incident triggered multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations requiring the abatement of fire damage in apartments 1, 2, and 3, located on the first, second, and third floors respectively.

The building also faced substantial illegal modification issues in January 2020, particularly concerning the unauthorized conversion of the cellar apartment (CC) involving unlawful sleeping rooms, cooking facilities, and unpermitted plumbing modifications, though these violations were subsequently closed. While there was one Non-Emergency Housing Maintenance Code complaint in 2022 regarding unsanitary conditions of garbage/recycling storage, and a Department of Buildings complaint in 2022 about electrical wiring (which inspectors were unable to access), both issues were resolved, with the electrical work receiving a permit in January 2022. Encouragingly, the property has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations over the past four years, with the most recent annual report for 2023 showing zero infested units, and previous filings from 2020 through 2022 similarly reporting no infestations or re-infestations.

Though there were two Department of Buildings inspection attempts related to illegal conversion and electrical wiring issues in 2020 and 2022 respectively, in both cases inspectors were unable to gain access for verification. The building's permit history shows two electrical-related work permits were issued in 2021 and 2022, suggesting proper attention to building systems maintenance. The property appears to have stabilized since the significant issues of 2020, with no recent violations or complaints affecting resident safety or comfort.