61-21 Fresh Pond Road, Queens, NY 11379

This two-family house located at 61-21 Fresh Pond Road in Middle Village, owned by Mathias Gunther, was built in 1930 and consists of two stories. The property experienced significant heating system issues in September 2021, with multiple tenants reporting problems through 311 service requests and Housing Maintenance Code complaints.

These complaints, categorized as emergencies, included both apartment-specific and building-wide heat and hot water problems, resulting in violations issued by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). In particular, an inspection on September 28, 2021, identified a Class C violation related to hot water provision in Apartment 2, while a Class B violation concerning missing carbon monoxide detectors in the same apartment remains open and unresolved. More recent activity includes a 2023 Department of Buildings (DOB) violation issued in June for failure to file the 2021 external low-pressure inspection, which is still active as of now.

A separate DOB complaint from February 2024 regarding permits was investigated in May 2024 but resulted in no violations being warranted at that time. Looking back further, the building underwent a successful rodent compliance inspection in July 2011, indicating no rodent-related issues at that time. While the heating issues of 2021 represent the most significant resident comfort concerns on record, the current status of the carbon monoxide detector and pressure inspection violation from 2023 warrant attention.