68-25 Forest Avenue, Queens, NY 11385

The two-story, three-unit tenement at 68-25 Forest Avenue in Ridgewood, owned by Sefika Talic and constructed in 1910, has experienced several notable events over the past decade. Most recently, the building has maintained a clean bill of health regarding bedbug infestations, with the latest report from December 2024 showing zero infested or eradicated units.

While there were two Housing Maintenance Code violations in 2021 and 2022 related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports, these appear to have been resolved as subsequent filings have shown no infestations. The building underwent some construction work in 2019, which led to an Environmental Control Board violation related to work not conforming to approved construction documents, specifically concerning an open handicap-related modification, though this violation was subsequently resolved with no penalties imposed.

A professional certification compliance audit was conducted in August 2019, and while violations were served, these were also addressed and closed. Prior to these issues, the building passed a rodent inspection in June 2017, and all subsequently filed bedbug reports between 2020 and 2024 have shown no infestation cases, indicating effective pest management in recent years. The current bedbug reporting pattern, showing consistent monitoring with no infested units, suggests improved compliance with housing maintenance requirements, though the two earlier violations indicate some previous oversight in this area.