56-15 Catalpa Avenue, Queens, NY 11385

56-15 Catalpa Avenue is a three-story, 10-unit New Law tenement building located in Ridgewood, built in 1931 and currently owned by Arash Noghrehi. The building experienced several maintenance issues in early 2019, including multiple water leak complaints (damp spot and slow leak), electrical problems with outlets/switches, and a heat/hot water system failure affecting the entire building. These complaints were investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), though inspectors were unable to gain access to the affected units for proper evaluation.

During the same period, the building received five open violations related to housing maintenance code requirements, specifically concerning the proper posting of building information and safety notices regarding smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and registration details. Additionally, a 2019 violation was issued for failing to file the 2017 annual boiler inspection report, which remains active as of now. More recent inspection and maintenance history shows some improvement in pest management, with no reported bedbug infestations in the past four years (2021-2025), and a passed rodent inspection in September 2024, following previous rat activity documented in 2019.

Historical rodent inspections from 2014 through 2017 consistently passed, suggesting fluctuating rodent management conditions. The building's most recent bedbug reporting period (2023-2024) recorded zero infested or previously infested units, indicating effective pest control measures have been maintained. While the building has experienced various maintenance issues in the past, particularly in early 2019, the more recent record shows no major systemic problems or recurring pest issues, though the active boiler violation from 2019 warrants attention.