105-02 Queens Boulevard, Queens, NY 11375

The 11-story residential building at 105-02 Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills, owned by Edwin Vargas, has experienced a pattern of maintenance and access issues since construction was completed in 2022. The 137-unit building has had multiple service requests in 2025 alone, with significant problems including unsanitary sewage conditions, heating system failures, electrical issues, and door problems.

Notably, HPD has repeatedly been unable to gain access to apartments for inspections of heat/hot water and electrical concerns despite multiple complaints in April 2025. The building has also experienced multiple elevator device-related complaints, with violation notices served in early 2025. Three recent non-emergency housing maintenance code complaints filed in June 2025 concern paint/plaster and flooring issues, which remain open as of the latest update.

The Department of Buildings' records show numerous violations and complaints over the past two years, with repeated failures to certify corrections on immediately hazardous violations being a recurring issue. From 2023 through 2025, there have been multiple instances of the building failing to properly display energy efficiency scores and submit required benchmarking reports, though most of these violations were ultimately dismissed following challenge submissions. A health department complaint regarding smoking in non-smoking areas was filed in late 2024, and while the building's bedbug reports from 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 show no infestations, the persistent pattern of access issues for inspections and multiple types of maintenance problems suggests ongoing challenges with building upkeep and communication with authorities.