2027 Grove Street, Queens, NY 11385

2027 Grove Street is a 2-story, 4-unit residential building located in Ridgewood, owned by Grazia Lafata and constructed in 1917 as a New Law Tenement. The property has experienced persistent heating and hot water issues throughout 2025, with multiple tenant complaints filed between March and April 2025, resulting in numerous emergency housing maintenance code complaints. These complaints typically indicated building-wide problems, though HPD often struggled to gain access for inspections.

As of the most recent reports, there are several open violations related to self-closing doors, affecting at least two apartments (1L and 2L), and a bedbug reporting violation from April 2024 requiring an annual report to be filed. The building's maintenance history shows some concerning patterns, including a rat activity report in October 2024, though a subsequent compliance inspection in January 2025 passed. Previous to these issues, there were two complaints in 2023 regarding illegal work and conversion, but inspectors were unable to gain access to complete their investigations.

Historical maintenance records from 2021 show no bedbug infestations during the 2019-2020 reporting period, and a compliance inspection from 2017 showed no issues with rodent activity. The building's heating system appears to be a recurring problem, with multiple periods of inadequate service reported by tenants, particularly during the winter months early in 2025. While some heating issues were temporarily resolved during inspections, the pattern of complaints suggests an ongoing maintenance challenge.