64-29 Myrtle Avenue, Queens, NY 11385

The two-family residential building at 64-29 Myrtle Avenue in Glendale, owned by Irfan Bashir, has experienced several concerning issues over the past few years, particularly between 2018-2019. Most notably, there was a cluster of food safety incidents in late 2018, with multiple reports of food poisoning incidents affecting three or more individuals, along with several complaints regarding kitchen and food preparation area conditions that prompted official warnings from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).

The building has also faced electrical safety concerns, with six documented complaints about defective or exposed wiring between late 2018 and mid-2019, though inspections generally found no violations or resulted in Oath Violations being served. More recently, the building has ongoing violations related to external low pressure inspection failures, with five active violations issued in 2023 indicating non-compliance with required safety inspections dating from 2018 through 2023.

A separate violation from 2019 regarding failure to certify correction on an immediately hazardous (Class 1) ECB violation remains active as well. While there have been other miscellaneous complaints and violations over the years, including plumbing issues and a smoking violation, the most pressing current concern appears to be the multiple outstanding low pressure inspection violations. The building's age (constructed in 1931) and two-story configuration are typical for the Glendale neighborhood, and it contains three residential units.