106-38 Sutphin Boulevard, Queens, NY 11435

The two-family home at 106-38 Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica, owned by Avraham Meizlish, has experienced significant issues with heat and hot water systems throughout 2019. During that year, there were multiple complaints filed with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) between June and December, with several instances of both apartment-specific and building-wide heat and hot water problems.

Notably, there were six emergency complaints in November 2019 alone, with tenants reporting inadequate heating conditions. While some complaints were eventually addressed—such as a June 2019 report where tenants confirmed heat and hot water had been restored—others resulted in HPD being unable to gain access to units for inspection.

The building, constructed in 2005, has maintained its 2-story, 2-family configuration since its inception. More recently, there is an active illegal conversion complaint (complaint number 4981636) recorded in December 2024 concerning the property, though as of January 2025, the Department of Buildings inspector was unable to gain access to the property for the first inspection attempt. It's worth noting that while the heat and hot water issues in 2019 constituted the majority of complaints on record, there have been no similar reports in subsequent years, suggesting this may have been an isolated period of maintenance challenges rather than an ongoing pattern.