237 Beach 120th Street, Queens, NY 11694

The three-story, two-unit residential building at 237 Beach 120th Street in Rockaway Park, owned by James Osullivan, has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years, particularly in 2023-2024. Most pressing are the ongoing mold problems, with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) issuing violation notices in April 2024 regarding non-compliance with annual bedbug reporting requirements, and multiple unsanitary mold conditions requiring attention.

Between August 10-14, 2023, the building faced multiple service requests and Housing Maintenance Code violations, including issues with an electric/gas range, plumbing problems, and two separate mold incidents. These violations extended to February 2025, with an open Class C violation from August 2023 concerning defective self-closing doors in Apartment 3, though several other violations from this period were subsequently resolved.

The building also has outstanding Department of Buildings violations related to its external low-pressure inspection filings, with documented failures to file reports for the years 2018 through 2023, indicating possible safety or maintenance concerns regarding the building's external pressure systems. An older violation from November 2019 remains active concerning the failure to file the 2017 boiler inspection report, though this pattern of non-compliance seems to have persisted through multiple subsequent years. While some issues have been addressed (such as smoke detector repairs, kitchen ceiling and wall mold remediation, and repairs to defective plaster surfaces), the persistence of certain violations, particularly regarding external systems and mold conditions, suggests ongoing maintenance challenges for the property.