137-03 79th Street, Queens, NY 11414

The three-unit, three-story residential building at 137-03 79th Street in Howard Beach, currently owned by Martianda LLC, has had several notable events on record since the building's construction in 1976. Most concerning is the recent (2024) issuance of two violations by the Department of Buildings regarding the property's front yard conditions: one for a fence exceeding the permitted height of 4 feet in the R4 residential district, and another for maintaining an area with heavy debris including wood, metals, and car parts around the building's perimeter.

While these violations are marked as resolved with no penalties imposed, they did indicate a period of maintenance non-compliance. The building's history shows a recurring pattern of bedbug-related compliance issues, with documented violations in 2022, 2023, and 2024 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports as required by housing maintenance code.

However, according to the most recent bedbug report filed in May 2024 for the period between November 2022 and October 2023, no infested units were reported, and all previously infested units (none listed) were eradicated. This represents a positive development in the building's pest management situation, particularly given the absence of reported infestations in the prior bedbug reporting period covering 2019-2020. The building has also experienced other neighborhood-level issues, including a 2024 enforcement work order related to property 11414 (though the specific connection to 137-03 79th Street is unclear) and a 2021 complaint about an inadequate/illegal fence that was referred to the Department of Parks and Recreation.