155-19 Sapphire Street, Queens, NY 11414

155-19 Sapphire Street is a 3-unit, 3-story residential building located in Howard Beach, owned by Best Future Home LLC and constructed in 2001. The building has experienced several significant maintenance and compliance issues over recent years, with the most pressing concern being an ongoing unsanitary pigeon waste condition reported in June 2020 (still open as of October 2023) and a water leak with heavy flow reported in May 2022 that required emergency intervention from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).

The property has multiple open violations from September 2021 including issues with required safety notices (smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector requirements), building security (entrance door self-closing mechanism), and emergency system access notification requirements. There were also recurring violations related to annual bedbug reporting, though the most recent bedbug report filed in May 2024 indicates no infested or re-infested units.

The building has faced several zoning and environmental compliance challenges, including a 2021 violation regarding an unauthorized accessory parking pad and failure to meet front yard planting requirements, both of which were resolved with penalties paid. Multiple Department of Buildings complaints filed in 2020 related to zoning non-conformity and sprinkler system adequacy were either dismissed or found to have no violations at the time of inspection. While there have been several maintenance and compliance issues throughout the building's history, the most recent bedbug report and the resolution of various zoning violations suggest some improvement in property management practices, though multiple open violations related to safety and maintenance requirements remain as of 2023.