149-36 Elm Avenue, Queens, NY 11355

The three-unit residential building at 149-36 Elm Avenue in Flushing, owned by Minwei Chen, is a three-story structure built in 1910 that has been classified as "Heretofore Converted Class A." The building has experienced consistent issues with its bedbug reporting compliance, as evidenced by multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations over the past four years. Most recently, in April 2024 and March 2023, the building received open violations for not filing the required annual bedbug reports, which are mandated under § HMC.

These violations are particularly noteworthy given the building's history of proper reporting in previous years, with the annual filings for the periods of 2020-2021 and 2019-2020 showing no infestation cases reported (with counts of 0 for infested, eradicated, and re-infested units). The bedbug reporting history indicates a period of compliance between 2021-2022, during which the building successfully filed the required reports showing no infestation cases.

However, the recent open violations in 2023 and 2024 suggest either non-compliance or administrative oversight in submitting the required documentation. It is important to note that these violations pertain specifically to reporting requirements rather than confirmed infestations, as the building's official reports during the compliant periods indicated no bedbug activity. The consistent nature of the reporting violations and the most recent open violations carry significant weight in evaluating the building's compliance history, though the actual presence of bedbugs cannot be definitively inferred from these violations alone.