147 Beach 113th Street, Queens, NY 11694

The 25-unit, 3-story residential building at 147 Beach 113th Street in Rockaway Park, owned by Jack Safos, has experienced recurring maintenance issues since at least 2021, with the most concerning being a recent rodent-related violation in June 2025 that prompted follow-up inspections by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The building has documented multiple pest-related complaints between 2021 and 2024, with some resulting in HPD violations, particularly focusing on rodent and cockroach infestations in apartment C11 in 2022.

There were also two significant heat and hot water complaints affecting the entire building in October 2022, though these issues were reportedly resolved quickly. Recent inspections show the building has been maintaining its bedbug-free status, as demonstrated by consistent reports of zero infested units from 2021 through 2025, with no violations related to bedbug reporting found in recent years. The building's maintenance history includes a water supply plumbing issue in January 2022 and a window frame concern in 2020, both of which were resolved.

Two complaints regarding work without a permit in a vacant adjacent building were filed in 2020-2022 but were found to have no violations upon inspection. Most recently, in July 2025, the building failed an initial rodent inspection, and there was an earlier pest-related violation in September 2024 for which HPD could not gain access to conduct an inspection. The property has maintained a relatively stable record regarding major violations, with most issues being addressed within reasonable timeframes, though the recurring nature of pest-related complaints suggests an ongoing maintenance challenge in this area.