65-50 Austin Street, Queens, NY 11374

The 66-unit, 7-story residential building at 65-50 Austin Street in Rego Park, owned by Yin Chou Hu and completed in 2015, has experienced several notable maintenance issues over recent years. Most concerning is the recent water leak issue identified in April 2024, which resulted in multiple violations issued by HPD in June 2024, affecting the second bathroom in apartment 6I, and additional violations related to smoke detector requirements. The building has faced ongoing safety and maintenance challenges, including multiple violations regarding doors preventing self-closing in the cellar areas, though these were mostly resolved by June 2024.

There are also two active violations from the 2022-2023 period related to facade safety and documentation, including an active Environmental Control Board violation from January 2024 regarding an unsafe conditions report and a failure to provide required safety measures for protection against documented unsafe facade conditions with a penalty of $6,250. The building's history includes several incidents that required inspection and response, such as multiple smoking violations (most recently addressed in 2024), a dog-related incident in 2021 that required inspection but resulted in no violations, and rodent sightings in 2018. Various Department of Buildings complaints have been filed over the years, including one in 2022 regarding building shaking/vibrating, though most were resolved without finding violations.

A facade inspection in 2022 under Local Law 11/98 initiated safety concerns that appear to remain active as of 2024. The building has maintained a relatively clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with no reported cases during the 2019-2020 reporting period, and passed both rodent inspections conducted in 2018 and 2021. While the building has generally been responsive to violations and complaints, the persistence of some recent open violations and water leak issues suggests ongoing maintenance challenges that require attention.