70-13 53rd Drive, Queens, NY 11378

The two-family house at 70-13 53rd Drive in Maspeth, owned by Thomas Fleet, has experienced several notable maintenance issues since 2011, with the most significant cluster of problems occurring in late 2018. Between October and November 2018, the building faced multiple heating, hot water, and cooking gas-related complaints, including three separate heating/hot water issues affecting the entire building and four cooking gas complaints, some of which were escalated to emergency status.

During this period, violations were documented in October 2018 for inadequate hot water supply and insufficient gas supply to kitchen fixtures in the first-floor apartment, along with an open violation for the absence of an approved carbon monoxide detector. While HPD conducted inspections in October 2018 and November 2018, some inspections encountered access issues, though ultimately no violations were issued in the November 2018 gas utility referral inspection.

The building's maintenance history also reveals persistent rodent issues between 2011 and 2013, with multiple failed inspections noted during that period before a passing compliance inspection in October 2013. It's worth noting that all the 311 service requests related to heating and cooking gas problems in 2018 were ultimately closed, though many were marked as duplicates of other complaints, and no violations were recorded from the October complaints following HPD inspections. The property, built in 1920 and featuring two stories, has not had any reported incidents or complaints in the past five years, suggesting an absence of recent major maintenance issues or resident complaints.