157-11 Sanford Avenue, Queens, NY 11355

157-11 Sanford Avenue is a 6-story New Law Tenement building with 86 units, built in 1926 and currently owned by William Demos. The building has experienced persistent heating and hot water issues throughout 2024-2025, with multiple emergency service requests and housing maintenance code complaints involving both entire building and individual apartment problems. A significant cluster of these complaints emerged during December 2024 when multiple tenants reported heat and hot water outages across the building.

The building also has an active violation from 2024 related to failure to submit an Energy Efficiency Report (EER) for multiple years. Apartment F9 has been identified as requiring substantial repairs, with multiple open violations from August 2024 documenting issues such as water leaks, mold, and defective plaster surfaces affecting various walls and ceilings. The building has a history of mechanical and structural concerns, including two complaints about bulging/cracked walls in 2023 and a reported building shaking/vibrating incident in 2022.

While the building has maintained a pest-free status in recent bedbug reporting periods (2022-2025), there was a documented rodent inspection failure in February 2020. The property has previously faced serious safety violations, including unauthorized gas installations and plumbing work in 2019, though these issues were eventually resolved. Separate violations regarding building maintenance and sprinkler system issues were recorded in 2019, along with illegal work complaints that were dismissed after inspection. In summary, the building's most pressing current issues appear to revolve around heating system reliability and the need for structural and maintenance improvements in Apartment F9, while historical violations regarding gas systems and building safety have been resolved.