174 Beach 27th Street, Queens, NY 11691

The three-unit residential building at 174 Beach 27th Street in Far Rockaway, owned by Nicais Taylor, has experienced a series of concerning safety and maintenance issues since its construction in 2005. The property has an outstanding violation from April 2024 regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports, and a similar violation from March 2023, indicating ongoing non-compliance with housing maintenance requirements.

A cluster of significant safety violations was documented in November 2022, including multiple issues with the building's sprinkler system across different floors (including painted sprinkler heads, a sealed O.S.Y. valve, and the need for additional sprinkler heads and tools), as well as problems with self-closing doors at both the front entrance and rear yard of the first story apartment. The building also received a violation for not posting proper gas leak emergency procedures in a common area.

More recently, a housing maintenance code complaint regarding unsanitary garbage/recycling storage was logged and closed in July 2023. While there were rodent inspections in 2012 showing a failed initial result and a subsequent passing compliance check, these records are significantly outdated compared to more recent violations. The accumulation of open violations, particularly related to bedbug reporting and fire safety systems, suggests ongoing challenges with maintaining basic safety and compliance standards in this relatively new construction.