109-39 156th Street, Queens, NY 11433

The two-family house at 109-39 156th Street in Jamaica, owned by Edward Lewis, has experienced several notable incidents since 2019, with the most pressing issues related to plumbing. In July 2019, the property faced multiple plumbing problems, including issues with basins, toilets, and bathtub/shower facilities, with the most serious complaints being classified as immediate emergency or emergency situations. Additionally, there were problems with pests that summer, affecting the habitable conditions of the building.

While some of these complaints were resolved by August 2019, there is currently an active Department of Buildings violation from December 2019 regarding a failure to certify correction of an immediately hazardous (Class 1) ECB violation that remains unresolved as of October 2023. The building has also been subject to two complaints regarding illegal conversion: one in July 2019 and another in December 2023. The 2019 complaint, filed shortly after the plumbing and pest issues, was investigated in October 2019, but no violation was warranted at that time.

The more recent complaint from December 2023 prompted a second final inspection attempt in January 2024, but the inspector was unable to gain access. A separate non-emergency refrigerator complaint from July 2019 was inspected and resulted in no violations. Given the building's age (1925) and the historical pattern of maintenance issues, particularly in mid-2019, the property's record suggests ongoing challenges with both plumbing systems and building maintenance systems, compounded by the unresolved violations and multiple illegal conversion complaints over the past several years.