1683 Palmetto Street, Queens, NY 11385

This 4-unit, 3-story New Law tenement building located at 1683 Palmetto Street in Ridgewood, built in 1930 and currently owned by Soo Dong, has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past few years. Most concerning is a current safety violation related to the fire escape, which was reported in February 2025 and inspected by HPD, though the specific resolution timeline was not publicly available. There have been recurring issues with heat and hot water throughout the building, with the most recent complaint filed in January 2024, and three separate emergency complaints in February 2021, all of which were eventually resolved.

The building has also faced several safety and maintenance challenges regarding fire escape access, with violations noted in both 2019-2020 and 2020 requiring the removal of household items obstructing egress from fire escape routes. The property has generally maintained compliance with urban housing codes over recent years, passing rodent inspections in 2022-2024, though showing periods of rat activity in 2021 and 2020. The building's bedbug reporting record has been consistently clean since 2019, with no reported infestations in any of the six annual filings between 2019 and 2024.

Various other maintenance violations have been addressed in recent years, including requirements for proper signage and entrance door lock maintenance in 2019-2020, as well as an annual bedbug report violation in 2022. A construction-related complaint filed in October 2020 was investigated and deemed unsubstantiated based on department records. While the building has faced periodic maintenance challenges, particularly regarding heating systems and emergency egress, most violations have been addressed through the proper channels and follow-up inspections.