72-10 Forest Avenue, Queens, NY 11385

The two-story, four-unit residential building at 72-10 Forest Avenue in Ridgewood, currently owned by Wieslaw Gardocki, has a notable history of maintenance compliance issues spanning over a decade. Most alarmingly, there is an ongoing pattern of housing maintenance code violations regarding annual bedbug report filings, with open violations recorded in 2022, 2023, and most recently in April 2024, suggesting persistent administrative oversight in compliance with HPD requirements.

The building's rodent inspection history shows a mix of results between 2012 and 2017, with three initial inspections between 2012-2013 resulting in failures for "Other Reasons," though subsequent inspections in 2012 and the final one in 2017 passed. A Department of Buildings complaint from September 2020 regarding defective/exposed electrical wiring was investigated in October 2020, but no violations were warranted at the time of inspection.

Given the age of the building (constructed in 1931), these code violations and inspection failures suggest ongoing challenges with regulatory compliance, though it's worth noting that many violations appear to be administrative in nature rather than directly related to building safety or habitability. The pattern of open violations, particularly the recurring bedbug report requirement failures, indicates continued oversight in maintaining compliance with housing maintenance codes.