663 Seneca Avenue, Queens, NY 11385

The three-story, five-unit tenement building at 663 Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood, built in 1930 and currently owned by Drasisa Dimitraskovic, has a significant history of housing maintenance code violations and safety concerns over the past several years. Most notably, there have been consistent issues with bedbug report compliance, with violations documented in 2021, 2022, 2023, and most recently in April 2024, though the most recent submission in May 2024 indicated no infested units and no eradication or re-infestation cases.

The building has also faced serious lead paint compliance issues, with multiple open violations from late 2020 through 2021 concerning apartments 2R and 2L, including failure to notify occupants and provide required documentation related to lead-based paint hazards. More recent activity includes an illegal conversion complaint in February 2024, though this was ultimately closed in April 2024 due to inspector access issues.

The building has demonstrated some progress in recent months, as evidenced by passing a rodent inspection in September 2024, and maintaining a record of successful rodent control measures in previous years, with initial inspections passing consistently between 2012 and 2017. The property has also shown compliance with other maintenance requirements, though the recurring nature of the bedbug report violations and unresolved lead paint issues suggests ongoing challenges with regulatory compliance. The most recent bedbug report submission and passing rodent inspection indicate some improvement in building conditions, but the history of violations suggests attention to maintenance and compliance requirements has been variable.