87-48 97th Street, Queens, NY 11421

The three-unit, three-story building at 87-48 97th Street in Woodhaven, owned by Donald Tierney, has a concerning pattern of violations and access issues over recent years. Most notably, there are four open Housing Maintenance Code violations, all related to the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by HPD rules, with the most recent violation recorded in April 2024, and previous violations in March 2023, March 2022, and April 2021.

The building has also faced multiple Department of Buildings complaints regarding potential illegal conversions in 2018-2019, with six separate complaints filed over this period. All of these conversion-related complaints ended with the same outcome: inspectors were unable to gain access during their second final attempts to inspect the property, raising concerns about cooperation with regulatory requirements.

It's worth noting that the building's bedbug reporting violations show a pattern of non-compliance over at least four years, while the illegal conversion complaints, though troubling, were all closed without inspection confirmation. The building, constructed in 1901, is classified as a HERETOFORE CONVERTED CLASS A structure, which typically indicates it was converted from a different use to residential housing at some point prior to current regulations. While the age of the building and its relatively small size are typical for the Woodhaven neighborhood, the combination of open bedbug reporting violations and repeated inspection access issues suggests ongoing challenges with maintaining proper compliance with housing regulations.