1702 Gates Avenue, Queens, NY 11385

The three-story, four-unit building at 1702 Gates Avenue in Ridgewood, owned by Miaoling Lin, has experienced several concerning maintenance issues over the past two years. Most recently, in August 2023, the building received violation notices from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development regarding blocked egress from fire escapes on both the second and third floors, involving flower pots, household items, and an improperly installed air conditioner - all of which remain open violations.

There have been recurring pest issues, with multiple rodent-related complaints in 2022 and 2023, including inspections that found violations and several instances of bait application throughout 2023. The building has undergone multiple inspections for rodent activity, with some grounds for concern evidenced by rodent-related complaints in 2022 and 2023.

Additional health and safety concerns include an indoor air quality complaint in December 2022 regarding chemical vapors, and failure to allow inspection access in August 2023 for a door/window-related complaint. While the building appears to have maintained a current bedbug reporting compliance record between 2021 and 2024, with no reported infestations during the last four filing periods, the persistence of rodent issues and recent fire escape safety violations suggest ongoing maintenance challenges. The building was constructed in 1931 and classified as a New Law Tenement, and recent inspection records indicate some improvements, given the building passed rodent inspections in 2024 and received bait application treatment in late 2023, though these measures followed multiple previous instances of pest activity that were not fully resolved until recent inspections.