108-42 38th Avenue, Queens, NY 11368

The two-story, four-unit residential building at 108-42 38th Avenue in Jackson Heights, owned by Fausto Cantos, has been in operation since 1931 and is classified as a New Law Tenement. The property has experienced recurring compliance issues over recent years, most notably regarding its annual bedbug reporting requirements, with open violations recorded in 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021, indicating an ongoing failure to submit the mandated reports to the Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) department.

Another significant violation persists from 2018, concerning inadequate exterior lighting at the front entranceway, where the building has allegedly failed to maintain the required minimum of 100 watts of incandescent light from sunset to sunrise. In terms of recent maintenance issues, the building experienced an electrical lighting problem in August 2021, which was resolved within two days of the complaint being filed with HPD.

While this particular issue was addressed promptly, the building's history of open violations suggests ongoing challenges with maintaining compliance with basic housing maintenance requirements. The pattern of recurring bedbug report violations over multiple years is particularly noteworthy, as is the long-standing nature of the exterior lighting violation, which dates back to 2018.