58-04 Myrtle Avenue, Queens, NY 11385

58-04 Myrtle Avenue is a three-story, eight-unit old law tenement building located in Ridgewood, built in 1927 and currently owned by Fritz Guelly. The building has experienced several maintenance issues over the past five years, most notably a heat and hot water emergency in March 2025 which was promptly addressed by HPD.

There is an active building violation related to damage sustained to the first-floor store door area from a vehicle impact, though no associated remedial actions have been documented as of the latest available data. Between 2018 and 2019, the building underwent inspection during two separate incidents concerning construction work and potential building stability concerns, but both resulted in fully rescinded vacate orders with no violations found at the time of inspection. The property has a documented history of food establishment inspections, including three incidents from 2019 to 2025 involving rodent/insect issues, bare hand food contact, and a food poisoning complaint, though all were either addressed or determined to be isolated incidents.

Importantly, the building has maintained a consistent record of bedbug-free status with no infestations reported in any of the annual filings from 2019 through 2024. The most recent Department of Buildings compliance inspection in December 2020 found no violations, and a special operations compliance inspection in December 2020 showed no violations warranted at the time of inspection. While the building has experienced some maintenance issues typical of older tenements, particularly regarding heating systems, the lack of recent bedbug infestations and relatively prompt response to complaints suggests ongoing management attention to resident concerns.