502 Beach 43rd Street, Queens, NY 11691

The two-family house at 502 Beach 43rd Street in Edgemere, owned by Roy Baruch, is a relatively recent construction from 2002. The building's most significant maintenance issues emerged in late 2022, when the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) received complaints regarding plumbing problems in the bathtub/shower and pest infestations, specifically rats, in the second-floor apartment.

These complaints were closed in March 2023 due to HPD's inability to gain access for inspection. Additional violations were documented in December 2022, including a Class A violation for a defective refrigerator door gasket in the second-floor apartment and a Class B violation for loose vinyl siding on the east exterior wall at the rear of the building. While the refrigerator and siding issues were certified as resolved in January 2023, the violation status has been noted as "Open" for the loose siding.

The building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with all five annual filings from 2018 through 2025 reporting zero infested units, zero units requiring eradication, and zero re-infestations. The most recent bedbug report, filed in July 2025, covers the period from November 2023 to October 2024, continuing the pattern of no bedbug activity. Despite the earlier pest and plumbing issues, the absence of bedbugs and the resolution of several maintenance violations suggest ongoing management attention to building upkeep, though potential concerns remain regarding the still-open violation related to the vinyl siding.