70-12 66th Street, Queens, NY 11385

The three-story, six-unit residential building at 70-12 66th Street in Glendale, owned by Karl Oswald, was constructed in 1931 as a New Law tenement. The property has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past year, particularly in April 2023, when there were multiple complaints and violations related to heat and hot water systems affecting the entire building, with emergency complaints received on April 5 and April 10.

Additional concerns during this period included problems with the electric/gas range appliances, both building-wide and specifically affecting apartments 1L and 2R. An April 2023 inspection revealed multiple violations, including inadequate gas supply to kitchen fixtures, insufficient hot water in apartments 1L and 2R, and various safety concerns including defective self-closing doors and the need for repairs to fire retardant materials and ceiling paint in public areas. More recent violations from April 2024 included an issue with the bedbug reporting compliance.

The building has maintained relatively good pest control records, with rodent inspections in November 2022 passing without significant findings. Historical bedbug reports from 2020 through 2024 show consistently zero cases of infestation, eradication, or re-infestation across all reporting periods. The property has received attention from multiple city agencies including the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), with various complaint investigations resulting in identified violations that have generally been addressed, though some violations from 2023 remain open as of the latest inspection data.