112-50 72nd Avenue, Queens, NY 11375

The 9-story, 102-unit residential building at 112-50 72nd Avenue in Forest Hills, owned by Devon Ragnauth, has experienced several significant maintenance issues since its construction in 2000. Most notably, there was a heat and hot water emergency affecting the entire building in October 2021, though no violations were issued following the HPD inspection.

The building has consistently failed to file its annual bedbug reports as required by Housing Maintenance Code, receiving four separate Class A violations between 2021-2024 for this oversight, though recent filings from 2023-2024 show no active infestations. There are multiple outstanding Department of Buildings (DOB) violations related to elevator maintenance, with four violations from September 2019 concerning uncorrected defects from a 2017 inspection, and an active violation from December 2022 regarding failure to display required energy efficiency scores. The building also had issues with its FISP (Facade Inspection Safety Program) report, for which a violation was issued in July 2018 for failure to file the Cycle 8B technical report by the required deadline.

Recent complaints to the Department of Buildings include a failure to maintain complaint from May 2024 that was referred to the Fire Department, and a work without a permit complaint from November 2023 that was found to have no violations at the time of inspection. The building's most recent bedbug reporting periods (2022-2024) show no units affected by bedbugs, suggesting improvements in pest management despite the previous violations. While some maintenance issues have been addressed through permits issued in 2019, including work identified as EW (appearing to relate to electrical work), several significant violations remain active as of the latest available data.