3-01 Seagirt Avenue, Queens, NY 11691

The two-family house at 3-01 Seagirt Avenue in Far Rockaway, owned by Farhad Basal, has experienced several significant maintenance issues since late 2024. Most notably, there has been an ongoing rodent infestation problem, with multiple reports in 2025 showing consistent rat activity through July 2025, including three inspections by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in early 2025.

The building has also faced serious habitability issues, particularly in December 2024, when complaints about a lack of heat and hot water affected the entire building, though inspectors were unable to gain access for confirmation. Additional maintenance concerns documented during this period include a slow water leak, issues with a cabinet requiring repairs, and multiple health and safety violations in Apartment 1.

These violations, documented in December 2024, include problems with a loose sink cabinet, defective carbon monoxide detectors, a roach infestation, peeling paint requiring remediation in several rooms, and water temperature exceeding the 130-degree maximum in hot water fixtures. The building's history also reveals an earlier complaint from December 2019 regarding a permit issue at a different address (11691), which was investigated in early 2020 with no violations found at that time. However, the most pressing and persistent issues have been the rodent activity and general maintenance problems in the past year and a half, which appear to have remained unaddressed, as evidenced by the ongoing rat inspections in 2025 and the existence of multiple open violations related to water leaks, pest infestations, and general maintenance concerns in Apartment 1.