1672 Grove Street, Queens, NY 11385

1672 Grove Street is a two-family house located in Ridgewood, built in 1910 and currently owned by Xue-qin Gao. The building has a documented history of multiple heating system issues, particularly affecting the second-floor apartment (2NDFL) during late 2019, with emergency heat/hot water complaints filed in November and December of that year.

These issues prompted inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) on December 3, 2019, and February 13, 2020, which resulted in several violations. The February inspection revealed scalding hot water exceeding 130°F, and the December inspection uncovered multiple maintenance concerns including visible mold (approximately 60 square feet) in the bathroom, a mouse infestation, and a requirement to repaint the bathroom walls and ceiling with light-colored paint. Additionally, there was an unauthorized security modification involving a double key cylinder lock at the building's front iron gate that needed to be removed.

Since these significant maintenance issues in late 2019 through early 2020, the building has demonstrated consistent compliance with rodent inspection requirements, passing all inspections from 2016 through September 2024. The property has maintained regular rodent inspection compliance over this period, with the most recent inspections in 2023 and 2024 showing passing results. While the building's heating system issues were addressed and closed through HPD inspections, it's worth noting that the most recent documented violations are now over three years old, and the building has maintained a record of passing rodent inspections for an extended period.