1878 Harman Street, Queens, NY 11385

The two-story, four-unit building at 1878 Harman Street in Ridgewood, owned by Vishnu Ganpat, has experienced several maintenance issues over the past few years, with the most recent incident being a rodent complaint in December 2023 that was investigated by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene with no violations found. The building has faced multiple water-related issues, including both heavy flow and slow leak complaints in 2022.

A cluster of emergency complaints was filed in November 2022 regarding heat/hot water problems, door/window issues, and water leaks, though HPD was unable to gain access to inspect these conditions. The property has multiple open violations as of October 2023, including the need to replace or repair defective self-closing doors at the building entrance and various safety notification requirements related to carbon monoxide detectors, gas leak procedures, smoke detector requirements, and bedbug reporting. Despite these challenges, more recent inspections suggest improved conditions, with the building passing rodent inspections in 2024 and maintaining a clean bedbug report for the 2023-2024 period, showing zero infested units.

The building has demonstrated compliance with rodent control measures in previous years, passing inspections in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and there have been no reported bedbug infestations since 2021. The most significant concerns appear to be related to water issues and compliance with safety notification requirements, which were documented during inspections in March 2022. The building's age (built in 1930) and classification as an old law tenement are consistent with its maintenance history, showing typical challenges faced by older residential buildings in New York City.