61-19 Woodbine Street, Queens, NY 11385

The 8-unit, 4-story residential building at 61-19 Woodbine Street in Ridgewood, owned by Lena Dimaio, has experienced several significant maintenance and safety issues throughout 2024-2025, with the most pressing concerns emerging in early 2025. Multiple housing maintenance code violations and service requests during this period indicate ongoing problems with water supply, sinks, flooring, cooking gas, electrical lighting, wall conditions, and door maintenance.

Notably, an inspection of apartment 2L in October 2024 revealed multiple open violations including insect infestation, missing safety devices (carbon monoxide detector and smoke detector), and issues with door functionality and wall conditions. The building's emergency incidents have included problems with doors, stairs, plumbing, electrical systems, and cooking gas, with recent service requests filed in March 2025 for various maintenance issues. Despite these challenges, there have been no reported bedbug infestations in the past five years (2019-2024) and the building passed a rodent inspection in April 2017.

The property has maintained regular communication with housing authorities, though several recent HPD inspection attempts in 2025 were unsuccessful due to access issues. These inspections, while resulting in closed cases, indicate ongoing maintenance concerns that require attention. The building's current status as of July 2025 shows active engagement with housing authorities, though many of the recent complaints from March 2025 were closed without inspection due to access issues, suggesting potential communication challenges between tenants and management regarding maintenance requests.