1677 Gates Avenue, Queens, NY 11385

The 1677 Gates Avenue building in Ridgewood, owned by Dragoslav Spasic, is a 3-story, 6-unit New Law Tenement constructed in 1930. The property has experienced recurring heating and hot water issues, with multiple emergency complaints filed between 2024 and 2025, including several violations in November 2024 when heat supply problems were documented in Apartment 1L.

Additional heating system-related violations were recorded in March 2023, including issues with self-closing doors and access to the heating system. While recent inspections in March 2025 found no rodent violations, the building has shown inconsistent rodent activity patterns, with periods of rat activity recorded in September 2023, October 2024, and March 2025, though the most recent inspection in March 2025 passed. The building has maintained a consistent record of bedbug-free status across multiple annual filings between 2019 and 2024, showing no reported infestations in any of the units during these periods.

Recent maintenance issues have included a complaint about the carbon monoxide detecting device and smoke detector in Apartment 2R in February 2024, along with hot water temperature violations in the same apartment. A recent complaint regarding work without a permit was filed in June 2025, but inspection access was not granted. The building's heating system appears to be an ongoing concern, with multiple service calls and violations requiring attention over the past two years, though many of these issues were temporarily resolved following tenant complaints, only to recur again later.