73-21 Metropolitan Avenue, Queens, NY 11379

The three-story, four-unit residential building at 73-21 Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village, owned by Hamood Mozeb and constructed in 1925, has experienced several significant issues in recent years. Most notably, there is an ongoing pattern of Housing Maintenance Code violations related to bedbug reporting requirements, with open violations recorded annually from 2021 through 2024 indicating the building's failure to file the mandatory annual bedbug reports with HPD.

In 2023, two separate complaints were filed regarding the building's condition, one concerning building shaking/vibrating that was inspected on April 25, 2023 (no violations warranted), and another regarding building maintenance which resulted in an Oath Violation served on July 19, 2023. This second maintenance-related complaint led to an active Environmental Control Board violation with a penalty of $625, relating to disrepair and water leakage from an A/C unit in the 14th Street Gourmet Deli.

The building has a history of unpermitted work, as evidenced by a 2018 ECB violation regarding an improperly installed awning for the adjacent commercial property (74th St. Gourmet Deli) that resulted in a $1,250 penalty, though this violation was later resolved. Two construction permits were issued in February 2019 (job numbers 421724717 and 421724708), but the specific nature of the work authorized by these permits is not detailed in the available records.