168-11 12th Avenue, Queens, NY 11357

The 8-story, 32-unit building at 168-11 12th Avenue in Whitestone, currently owned by Le Havre Owners Corp, has experienced several significant maintenance and compliance issues in recent years. Most notably, the building faced serious facade safety concerns in early 2024, resulting in two Environmental Control Board violations: one for failing to provide adequate safety measures (with a $12,500 penalty) and another for not notifying authorities of unsafe conditions (with a $2,500 penalty). As of April 2025, there remains an active violation related to the failure to certify correction of an immediately hazardous condition.

The building's history of code violations between 2019 and 2025 shows recurring inspection and compliance challenges, though previous bedbug reports from 2019 to 2024 indicate no infestations, with all records showing zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested units. The property has also maintained a clean record in recent rodent inspections, passing its last inspection in July 2018. The building has generated several 311 complaints primarily related to food establishment issues, including a 2024 complaint about no permit or license and another regarding a restaurant inspection (both closed in January 2025).

An earlier 2019 complaint regarding mobile food vendors and pest issues was also closed. While these services indicate responsiveness to health and safety concerns, the recent facade-related violations suggest more significant structural issues. The property's bedbug-free record over multiple reporting periods and successful rodent inspection pass provide some reassurance about its general pest management, though these inspections are now several years old.