118-14 Liberty Avenue, Queens, NY 11419

The three-story, two-family home at 118-14 Liberty Avenue in Richmond Hill, built in 1931 and currently owned by Antonios Prassos, has experienced several significant maintenance and safety issues over the past years. Most notably, in 2019, the building faced multiple unsanitary conditions in Apartment 3, including serious pest infestations (bedbugs, roaches, and mice), which resulted in several open violations that remain outstanding as of October 2023.

The apartment also had various infrastructure problems, including heat/hot water issues and defects in plaster surfaces, doors, and kitchen cabinets. More recent health-related incidents include two food poisoning complaints in 2021 and 2024, though both were determined to be isolated incidents by the Health Department, and multiple food establishment plumbing issues in 2022-2023 that were addressed. The building has also experienced problems with basic services, as evidenced by the emergency heat/hot water complaints in September 2019, and there were issues with a gas range's gas supply that were resolved by October 2019.

Additional historical complaints indicate some concerns about emergency egress, with a 2018 complaint about locked/blocked exits being investigated and found to have no violations at the time. There was also a sidewalk shed/scaffold-related complaint in 2022 that was referred to the Department of Transportation. While the property has undergone various inspections and some issues have been addressed, the persistence of multiple open violations from 2019, particularly regarding pest infestations and habitability conditions in Apartment 3, remains a notable concern when reviewing the building's maintenance history up to October 2023.