132-49 88th Street, Queens, NY 11417

The two-story, six-unit building at 132-49 88th Street in Ozone Park, owned by Lawrence Bernstein and constructed in 1977, has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years. The most pressing concerns emerged in 2023, particularly during May-September, when the property faced multiple heat and hot water outages affecting the entire building, cooking gas access issues, and structural problems.

During this period, multiple violations were documented, including structural defects in the north and south walls between the basement and first story, issues with the west wall at the second-story cockloft, and problems with fire egress systems including a defective iron ladder to the roof scuttle opening. The building also received violations for not properly posting smoke and carbon monoxide detector requirements, and for deficiencies in painting and maintenance of common areas. More recent complaints include a sewage leak in late 2023 that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene could not investigate due to access issues, and the building has active violations for failing to file required low-pressure inspection reports for 2021 (active) and 2022 (dismissed).

However, on a positive note, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with no reported cases or eradications in the past eight reporting periods from 2018 through 2025. The property management has filed the required bedbug reports annually, consistently indicating zero infested units. While some violations from 2023 appear to be resolved (including a step crack issue in the lobby), there remains a notable pattern of access issues for inspectors to properly address complaints when they occur, as seen in both the heat/hot water and cooking gas complaints.