102-18 101st Avenue, Queens, NY 11416

The three-story, six-unit building at 102-18 101st Avenue in Ozone Park, owned by Oriel Balakhane and constructed in 1910, has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over the past few years, with the most recent cluster of complaints occurring in November 2024. Multiple complaints were filed during this period, affecting both the entire building and individual apartments, though HPD's inspections generally found that heat and hot water had been restored before inspectors could conduct thorough evaluations. The building has a history of heat-related problems, with similar complaints recorded in December 2022 and January 2023.

More serious concerns emerged in late 2024, with several open violations, including required repairs to self-closing doors in the first-story vestibule, rust remediation on building balconies and fire escapes, and two open violations related to the annual bedbug report that the property owner failed to file between 2022-2024. The property has undergone several rodent inspections, with the most recent one in November 2024 passing, though earlier inspections from 2015-2018 showed multiple failures for various reasons. There is currently one active Department of Buildings violation from November 2019 regarding the failure to file the annual boiler inspection report for 2017.

Despite these issues, the building has maintained a relatively clean record regarding bedbugs, with reports from 2020-2021 showing no infestations. The property has also had its share of administrative and maintenance violations, though many of these have been resolved. An interesting note from the DOB inspection history shows a storefront/awning complaint from 2021 was found to warrant no violation when inspected.