133-36 Sanford Avenue, Queens, NY 11355

The 21-story residential building at 133-36 Sanford Avenue in Flushing, known as WU Towers, has experienced several significant issues since its construction in 2005. Most notably, between February 2024 and November 2023, there were multiple emergency complaints regarding heat and hot water outages affecting the entire building, though these were often closed due to lack of access for inspection.

Between 2024 - 2025, the building faced multiple food safety-related complaints affecting its commercial space, including food temperature violations and a food poisoning incident, though these were determined to be isolated incidents by health officials. The building has active Department of Buildings (DOB) violations related to various requirements, including failure to submit required reports (such as the Parking Structure Initial Observation Report and multiple External Low Pressure Inspections between 2022-2024). There are also ongoing active ECB violations from 2024 regarding unauthorized construction work in the parking area and failure to submit required parking structure reports.

The building had a concerning pattern of heat and hot water issues documented through 311 complaints and HPD violations, though these appear to have stabilized in recent months. Other maintenance matters include various DOB violations regarding facade maintenance and safety measures, particularly in 2019-2020 when multiple violations were issued regarding building facade defects and safety requirements. The building has consistently complied with bedbug reporting requirements, showing no reported infestations between 2021 and 2023, and passed its most recent rodent inspection in November 2022.