123-11 Rockaway Beach Blvd, Queens, NY 11694

The five-story residential building at 123-11 Rockaway Beach Blvd, owned by Lorraine Schwartz, is a 28-unit New Law Tenement constructed in 1929. The property has experienced recurring maintenance issues over the past several years, with particular concerns between 2018-2021 involving heat and hot water outages, water leaks, and mold problems. Most notably, there are multiple documented instances of water leaks and mold issues in 2020-2021, with one set of violations from August 2020 focused on Apartment 5B, including problems with window frames, peeling paint, and vermin infestation that remain open as of 2023.

Recent concerns include a 2022 violation regarding building safety, where a sidewalk shed was found to be obstructing fire escape access, resulting in a $10,000 penalty that remains active. There was also a violation in 2021 for an unregistered boiler with a $625 penalty that has been resolved. The building's mechanical systems have been a particular area of focus, with multiple complaints about heating systems during 2018.

More recent inspections have shown improved conditions, as evidenced by the absence of bedbug infestations in the most recent annual reports from 2024, covering the previous five years, and regular biannual bedbug reporting showing zero infestation incidents since 2019. The property has experienced various infrastructure-related complaints, including building shaking concerns in 2018, and multiple Department of Buildings violations related to elevator inspections, boiler registration, and construction work. The building's management has generally responded to emergency service requests, though there were instances in 2021 where HPD could not gain access to inspect reported issues. The most recent violation history shows primarily administrative issues, particularly around bedbug reporting requirements, with three consecutive years (2020, 2021, 2022) having received violations for failing to file annual bedbug reports, though these violations have been closed.