72-81 113th Street, Queens, NY 11375

The 174-unit, 6-story residential building at 72-81 113th Street in Forest Hills, owned by Farik Badalov, has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years, particularly during the latter half of 2024. The most pressing concern has been numerous heat and hot water outages, with multiple complaints filed between October and December 2024, affecting either the entire building or individual apartments. These incidents resulted in multiple emergency Housing Maintenance Code complaints, though inspections often found that services had been restored before or during the inspection.

More recently, in January 2025, there was a food establishment-related complaint involving pets/animals, and Department of Buildings inspections in early 2025 related to work without a permit showed no violations at the time of inspection. The building's violation history indicates persistent maintenance challenges, particularly regarding compactor closet doors. Multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations from 2019 through 2024 show issues with self-closing doors and defective latches in various public hall locations.

There are also several open violations as of 2024 related to safety requirements, including the need to post proper carbon monoxide detecting device requirements and the contact information for building management. The property has demonstrated compliance in recent bedbug inspections, with no reported infestations between 2019 and 2025, and there was one instance of confirmed rodent activity noted in a 2020 inspection. Recent Department of Buildings activity has shown some lapses in filing required inspections between 2019 and 2022, with multiple violations issued for failure to file external low-pressure inspections and failure to display energy efficiency information. However, several of these violations were subsequently dismissed upon review.