68-12 79th Street, Queens, NY 11379

The 4-unit, 2-story residential building at 68-12 79th Street in Middle Village, owned by Christopher Melton, was constructed in 1930 and is classified as a New Law Tenement. The property has experienced some notable incidents in recent years, with the most significant being a heat and hot water complaint in November 2021 that affected the entire building. Although the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) investigated, they were unable to gain access to the apartments for proper inspection.

Following this incident, the building received five Class A violations on November 21, 2021, relating to required safety and information postings in the common areas, including gas leak procedures, building registration information, and housing information guide notices. These violations were ultimately certified as corrected in January 2022. A bedbug report violation was also issued in March 2022, regarding the failure to file an annual bedbug report, though this appears to have been addressed promptly.

The building's history shows consistent compliance with bedbug reporting requirements from 2019 through 2024, with no reported infestations in any of the annual filings between 2019 and 2024, indicating effective pest management practices. Additionally, a Department of Buildings complaint from June 2019 regarding illegal hotel rooms was investigated but found no violation at the time of inspection. The most recent bedbug report filing for the period of November 2023 to October 2024 shows no recorded infestations, continuing the building's track record of effective pest management.