70-09 137th Street, Queens, NY 11367

The two-family house at 70-09 137th Street in Kew Gardens Hills has experienced several significant maintenance issues over the past several years. Most notably, there were multiple heat and hot water-related emergencies between 2020 and 2021, including building-wide outages in December 2020 and December 2021, and violations were issued in December 2021 that remain open as of October 2023. The first-floor apartment has documented multiple violations from December 2021, including water leaks in both the bathroom and another room, missing smoke detectors, inadequate electrical service, and issues with heating, hot water, and gas supply - all of which appear to remain unresolved as of the latest available data.

Additional maintenance concerns were reported in 2022 regarding toilet plumbing issues, which were investigated but resulted in no violations. The building's history also includes some maintenance work that required attention, including pest control issues in 2019, plumbing problems, and various building repairs. In late 2021, there were multiple complaints about potential illegal commercial use of the property, though these appears to have been resolved.

More recently, in May 2025, a complaint regarding an inadequate fence was documented, with a request for corrective action issued in July 2025. The property underwent rodent inspections in 2010, with one initial failure and subsequent compliance passing. While some historical issues from 2019-2020 show no violations were issued, there appears to be a pattern of heating and plumbing-related problems that have persisted into recent years, with many open violations from the 2021 inspections remaining as of October 2023.