2-93 St Nicholas Avenue, Queens, NY 11385

The 2-story, 4-unit building at 2-93 St Nicholas Avenue in Ridgewood, owned by Magdalena Castillo-velez and constructed in 1930, has experienced several recurring maintenance and safety issues in recent years. Most notably, there have been multiple complaints regarding mold as an unsanitary condition, with the most recent complaint filed in May 2024, which was investigated by HPD but resulted in no violations.

The building has also faced significant safety concerns, including a carbon monoxide detector issue in October 2022 (where inspectors could not gain access), broken window guards in March 2022, and concerns about construction lead dust entering apartments that remains unresolved as of October 2023. Violation notices reveal some concerning compliance issues, particularly regarding lead paint hazard control, with open violations from March 2022 in apartment 1R related to failure to notify occupants and provide required records.

The building has maintained a clean bedbug record, with no infestations reported in the past five years (2019-2024), and most recent rodent inspections have shown passing results, though there were reports of rat activity in September 2024 and September 2023. The property has demonstrated periodic problems with submitting required annual bedbug reports, receiving violations for this in 2021, 2022, and 2023, though recent filings indicate no current infestations. While many complaints and violations have been addressed through inspections that found no violations or were closed after correction, the persistence of certain issues, particularly regarding mold and lead compliance, suggests ongoing maintenance challenges.