78-73 81st Street, Queens, NY 11385

The three-story, three-unit residential building at 78-73 81st Street in Glendale, owned by Mingwai Cheng and constructed in 2007, has experienced several maintenance issues over recent years, with the most significant cluster of problems occurring in early 2023. Between February and March 2023, multiple complaints were filed and subsequently investigated by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), including issues with lighting, mold, ceiling conditions, and intercom systems, though no violations were ultimately issued for these complaints.

A 2022 heat and hot water complaint was closed without inspection access to the affected apartments. The building faced several safety and compliance issues in March 2023 that were documented as violations, including the need to post various safety notices regarding carbon monoxide detectors, smoke detector requirements, gas leak procedures, and heating system access, as well as addressing a defective front entrance door self-closing mechanism. Recent inspections in 2024 confirmed the building's compliance with the bedbug reporting requirements, showing no infested units since at least 2020, with the most recent reports from 2023 and 2024 indicating zero infested or re-infested units.

While there were multiple violations issued in 2023 related to safety notice requirements, front door issues, and bedbug reporting compliance, records show these violations were closed, and the building appears to have resolved past maintenance issues. The most recent HPD inspection did not result in any new violations being noted, though it did require certain repairs and improvements to be addressed. The building operates under the class A multiple dwelling designation and has maintained its bedbug-free status for multiple reporting periods, with the most recent bedbug report filed in April 2024 showing no affected units.