140-44 34th Avenue, Queens, NY 11354

The 15-unit, 4-story residential building at 140-44 34th Avenue in Flushing, owned by Willy Ng, has experienced several significant maintenance and safety issues in recent years. Most notably, there are currently eight open violations related to safety systems and security, including defective self-closing doors at multiple fire exits on the 2nd and 3rd stories, missing or defective smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in apartment 3D, and illegal double cylinder key-operated locks on both the building entrance and apartment 3D door.

The building has also faced consistent challenges with its heating system, evidenced by emergency heat/hot water complaints in 2023 and a slow water leak complaint in 2021, though no violations were issued in either case. The property has an active environmental control board violation regarding unregistered boilers, issued in 2022 with a penalty of $6,250 related to two Green Mountain boiler units, and there are multiple recent violations for failure to file required external low-pressure inspections dating back to 2019-2024.

Past issues include a significant elevator failure in 2020, boiler permit violations in 2022, and historical problems with building walls and appurtenances documented in 2018, though these earlier violations have since been addressed. Encouragingly, the building has maintained a bedbug-free status in its most recent three reporting periods (2023, 2022, and 2021), with no reported infestations or treatments necessary in any of these periods.