88-40 53rd Avenue, Queens, NY 11373

The three-story building at 88-40 53rd Avenue in Elmhurst, owned by Yee Cheng, has a mixed record of pest management over the past several years. The three-unit residential building, constructed in 1975, has experienced recurring bedbug reporting requirements under the Housing Maintenance Code, with violations noted in 2021, 2022, and most recently in 2024.

However, it's worth noting that since March 2022, all bedbug-related filings (up through the most recent July 2025 report) have reported zero infested dwelling units, zero units requiring eradication, and no re-infestations, suggesting successful elimination of the initial infestations that occurred in 2020-2021 and 2019-2020 when all units were reportedly affected. The building's owner has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements since the 2022 violations, with the most recent report filed in July 2025 covering the period from November 2023 to October 2024.

In addition to the bedbug management history, the building underwent an initial rodent inspection in May 2015, which resulted in a passing grade. This suggests that while the building experienced significant challenges with bedbug infestations in 2020-2021, the situation appears to have stabilized over the past several years with proper reporting and management protocols in place. The pattern of violations in 2021-2024 appears to be primarily administrative in nature, relating to the filing requirements rather than ongoing infestations, as evidenced by the subsequent zero infestation reports.