66-51 Fresh Pond Road, Queens, NY 11385

The four-story, six-unit residential building at 66-51 Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood, owned by Andrew Gouzoulis, has experienced several maintenance challenges in recent years, with the most significant issues occurring in early 2025. Multiple complaints were filed in January 2025 regarding water leaks, ceiling paint conditions, electric lighting problems, mold, and indoor air quality issues, prompting inspections by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).

While some of these complaints were found not to violate housing laws, violations were issued for two water leak complaints (heavy flow and slow leak), indicating more concerning plumbing issues. The building also has several active Housing Maintenance Code violations from 2024, including problems with carbon monoxide detector requirements, a defective self-closing door to the basement, and various painting requirements in Apartment 2L. The building's mechanical systems have raised particular concerns, as evidenced by a November 2023 Department of Buildings violation relating to an unregistered gas-fired Burnham boiler with missing fire damper, resulting in a penalty of $3,125 that remains active as of October 2023.

This violation followed an earlier inspection in November 2023 that found the boiler defective/inoperative. The property has maintained good records regarding pest control, with no reported bedbug infestations in the past four years (2021-2024) and passed rodent inspections in 2017, though it failed in 2011 during two separate inspections. While the building has demonstrated some efforts to address maintenance issues, as shown by closed complaints and violations, the frequency and nature of recent complaints suggest ongoing challenges with building systems and maintenance standards.