155-55 Cross Bay Boulevard, Queens, NY 11414

The 4-story commercial building at 155-55 Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach, owned by Sheena Williams, has experienced recurring issues with heat and hot water systems over the past several years, with documented complaints from 2019 through 2025, including emergency calls in December 2024 and February 2025, though inspections often found systems had been restored prior to assessment. Recent concerns include a ventilation system complaint in February 2025 that HPD was unable to inspect, and a closed garbage/recycling storage complaint from May 2023 that resulted in no violations.

The building has undergone multiple Local Law 188/17 compliance inspections between 2022-2024, with most not warranting violations, though there was a concerning incident in 2018 involving a tampered elevator door zone restrictor that resulted in a $1,250 penalty. The property has experienced various maintenance issues, including a documented rodent presence in 2018-2019, though rodent inspections in June 2019 passed. Multiple repair violations were recorded in 2022 related to fire retardant walls in stairwells A and B.

Individual apartment issues included a 2019 violation for broken plumbing in Apartment 209 and a 2019 violation for an inoperative smoke detector in Apartment 320. The building's bedbug reporting record shows generally low infestation rates, with only two units reported as infested in 2020-2021, and no infestations reported in the past three filing periods (2021-2024). Environmental control board records from 2018 indicate previous elevator safety concerns, but these appear to have been resolved.