147-46 70th Avenue, Queens, NY 11367

The three-story, two-family house at 147-46 70th Avenue in Kew Gardens Hills, owned by Steve Goldman, has been embroiled in significant regulatory issues since late 2019. The Department of Buildings (DOB) responded to an illegal conversion complaint in September 2019, which was inspected and resulted in an Oath Violation being served in December of that year.

This triggered a series of environmental control board (ECB) violations for the property, beginning with three violations issued on December 18, 2019: one for operating as an illegally converted residence with more than the legally approved number of families (resulting in a $2,500 penalty), another for unpermitted work including the installation of water and waste lines for laundry facilities and a residential sink (with a penalty of $2,530), and a third for failure to comply with the commission's order related to the earlier summons (with an imposed penalty of $6,250). As of May 2021, the failure to comply with the commission's order from December 2019 was still an active ECB violation, with an outstanding balance of $6,250, though the other two ECB violations from December 2019 appeared to be resolved as they were listed with a status of "0.0" balance due.

The building has also been cited for failing to certify correction of an immediately hazardous (Class 1) ECB violation as of September 2020, which remains listed as active. These violations collectively indicate ongoing regulatory non-compliance and unpermitted modifications to the building, with the most recent active violation related to the failure to certify correction of a hazardous condition, suggesting potential safety or habitability concerns that may affect residents.