27-28 23 Street, Astoria, NY 11102
Built 1927 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
4 immediately hazardous violations open. 13 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.
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- Open violations
- 134 · 6 · 3
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 19 violations from 1991 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Fire and safety equipment 7
- Roof and outside the building 1
- Doors and windows 1
- Open per apartment
- 2.2 (13 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 28 Jun 2024 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?Where each of these comes from
- Tenant-reported
- A resident's firsthand account of living here, moderated before it publishes, and labelled with whether we verified they lived there.
- Official violation
- A city inspector visited and recorded a code violation. HPD's own words, and its own hazard class.
- Public complaint
- A complaint somebody made to a city system, through HPD or 311. A report, not a finding: nobody has necessarily inspected it.
- Public filing
- A permit, a registration, a bedbug report: a document the owner filed with the city because the law requires it.
- Court record
- A Housing Court case HPD brought against the owner, or an eviction a city marshal carried out. A court's record: a case is an allegation until it ends in a finding.
- Insufficient data
- Not enough current information here to infer a pattern either way.
Tenant reviews
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Nothing above this section came from a tenant. It is all filed by the city, which means it only holds what somebody reported and an inspector wrote down, not what it is actually like to live here.
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Heat season
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here last winter (2025–26). That is the city's record: it only holds what somebody reported.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The rules, 1 October to 31 May: from 6am to 10pm, when it is below 55°F outside, the apartment must be at least 68°F; overnight it must be at least 62°F whatever the weather. Hot water must be at least 120°F all year. A tenant without heat can report it to 311.
Rent stabilization
Public filingThe owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments, or how many.
Source: Rent Guidelines Board building list, from the state's 2024 registrations. To know about one apartment, a tenant can ask the state for its rent history through Ask HCR.
City violations
Official violationImmediately hazardous4 open
Class C. HPD considers the condition an immediate danger: no heat in winter, no hot water, lead paint where a child lives, a broken lock on the front door. The owner has 24 hours to correct it.
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective door and frame at exit door to north yard at public hall, 1st story
Issued 28 Jun 2024Notice sent out 30 Jun 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Properly repair or replace the broken or defective latch at vestibule door at public hall, 1st story
Issued 28 Jun 2024Notice sent out 30 Jun 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective. in the entrance, 3rd story at east
Issued 30 Aug 2023Notice sent out 4 Sept 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at north
Issued 26 Jan 2017Notice sent out 29 Jan 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Hazardous6 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes consisting of household items at 2nd story balcony at rear yard at fire escape
Issued 28 Jun 2024Notice sent out 30 Jun 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Refit door and frame at exit door to north yard at public hall, 1st story
Issued 28 Jun 2024Notice sent out 30 Jun 2024Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005
Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east
Issued 30 Aug 2023Notice sent out 4 Sept 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east
Issued 30 Aug 2023Notice sent out 4 Sept 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Properly repair the broken or defective mortise lock vesti bule to public hall, 1st story
Issued 31 Mar 2021Invalid certification 12 Apr 2021§ 27-2005
Properly repair the broken or defective mortise lock at vestibule door leading to public hall, 1st story
Issued 28 Feb 2021Invalid certification 4 Apr 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Non-hazardous3 open
Class A. The least serious band: chipped plaster, a missing cabinet, a peeling ceiling in a hallway. The owner has 90 days to correct it.
Properly repair or replace the broken or defective intercom system from building front entrance to an wall in the entrance, 3rd story at east
Issued 30 Aug 2023Notice sent out 4 Sept 2023Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005
Refit door leading to north yard at public hall, 1st story
Issued 28 Feb 2021Invalid certification 4 Apr 2021Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005
Refit building entrance door, 1st story
Issued 28 Feb 2021Invalid certification 4 Apr 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Paperwork and notices10 open
The owner failed to file something the city requires, most often the annual property registration or the annual bedbug report. Real violations, and they say something about an owner, but not a condition anyone is living in. Kept out of the count at the top of this page for that reason.
×4File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.
4 issued 27 Mar 2023 to 6 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices
×4Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.
4 issued 15 Nov 2022 to 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107
Post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected at public hall, 1st story
Issued 28 Jun 2024Notice sent out 30 Jun 2024Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005
Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agencys housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st story
Issued 28 Jun 2024Notice sent out 30 Jun 2024Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103
16 closed violations, plus 6 closed paperwork filingsShow fewer
Closed means HPD recorded the violation as corrected, or dismissed it. Both appear here, because the difference matters and only HPD’s own status line says which it was.
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective the street entrance door to building, 1st story
Issued 30 Aug 2023Violation closed 15 Dec 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Remove device preventing door from being self-closing hook and eye at building entrance door to public hall 1st story, 1st story
Issued 30 Aug 2023Violation closed 17 Oct 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Remove the illegal fastening key operated lock and slidebolt from interior side of door leading to cellar from north court
Issued 4 Sept 2020Violation dismissed 27 Dec 2020Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of air conditioner protuding beyond window sill at 3rd story balcony (building rear )
Issued 4 Sept 2020Violation dismissed 27 Dec 2020Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1
Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes at 2nd story balcony
Issued 4 Sept 2020Violation dismissed 27 Dec 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Install and maintain sufficient light or lights of at least 100 watts incandescent or equivalent each, to light adequately from sunset to sunrise the rear yard at west and north court
Issued 4 Sept 2020Violation dismissed 27 Dec 2020Electrical§ 27-2040
Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 1st story at north
Issued 26 Jan 2017Violation dismissed 29 May 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 1st story at north
Issued 26 Jan 2017Violation dismissed 29 May 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at the wash basin in the bathroom, 1st story at north
Issued 26 Jan 2017Violation dismissed 29 May 2017Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at the ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at north
Issued 26 Jan 2017Violation dismissed 29 May 2017Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak the north wall in the bathroom, 1st story at north
Issued 26 Jan 2017Violation dismissed 29 May 2017Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at the ceiling (3 sq ft) in the bathroom, 1st story at north
Issued 26 Jan 2017Violation dismissed 29 May 2017Mold and damp§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the north wall and ceiling in the 1st room from north at east, 1st story at north
Issued 26 Jan 2017Violation dismissed 29 May 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Properly repair the broken or defective locking assembly at entrance door to lobby, 1st story
Issued 21 Jul 2009Violation closed 11 Aug 2013Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Provide adequate lighting at or near the outside of the front entranceway of the building and keep same burning from sunset every day to sunrise on the day following 100 watt minimum required fixture present light not on.
Issued 21 Oct 1998Violation closed 11 Aug 2013Electrical§ 27-2040
2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the disused coal cellar rear.
Issued 23 Jul 1991Violation closed 11 Aug 2013Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010
45 violations on record in total, 23 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.
Complaints to the city
Public complaintComplaints are reports made to the city. They are not confirmed findings. They come from HPD and from 311, and the same problem can appear more than once if more than one neighbour called.
9 complaints in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.
- Doors and windows0 / 6
- Entry, buzzer and mail0 / 3
Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.
Court records
Court recordHousing Court cases
Cases the city’s housing department (HPD) brought against the owner, usually to force repairs or restore heat. A case is an allegation; where the court recorded an outcome, it is shown.
No HPD Housing Court cases on record for this building.
Evictions
Residential evictions carried out by a city marshal since 2017. Most follow a case for unpaid rent, so a count here is not by itself a finding about the building or the landlord. We show how many, never which apartment.
No marshal evictions recorded at this building since 2017.
Filings
Public filingBuilding permits
No DOB permits filed for this building in the last five years.
Annual bedbug report
Every multiple dwelling in New York must file this once a year. A report of zero infested units is good news. No report is not: failing to file is itself a violation.
- 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
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- 2020No infested units reported (2018 report)
Ownership and management
Public filingAssociations come from registration records and may be incomplete. Owners register with HPD once a year, so a change of hands can go unrecorded for a full cycle.
The most recent registration on file for this address expired 31 Aug 2022 and has not been renewed since, so it is more than a full cycle old. Whoever is named below may no longer be responsible for the building.
Registered managing agent
GVD REALTY INC
Public records list GVD REALTY INC as the registered managing agent for this address as of 17 Oct 2021. Source: HPD registration.
Other buildings listed under this agent (1 in the records we hold)
- 27-18 23 Street6 open violations · no reviews yet
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Owner of record
VITO VACCARO
Public records list VITO VACCARO as the owner of record for this address as of 17 Oct 2021. Source: HPD registration.
Other buildings listed under this owner (4 in the records we hold)
- 27-22 23 Street31 open violations · no reviews yet
- 14-36 27 Avenue29 open violations · no reviews yet
- 27-20 23 Street20 open violations · no reviews yet
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- 27-18 23 Street6 open violations · no reviews yet
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What to ask at the viewing
27-28 23 Street, Astoria, NY 11102
Drawn from this building’s record above. They are questions, not conclusions: the point is to find out, in the twenty minutes you get inside, what the public record cannot tell you.
- The city currently has 4 open immediately-hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern, how many are in the one you would be renting, and when HPD re-inspects.
- The city recorded 1 mould violation here, most recently in 2017, all since closed. Closed means the city stopped checking, not that the damp is gone. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
- The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2021). Ask when the building was last treated, how often an exterminator comes, and whether treatment covers the whole line of apartments or only the one that complained.
- The building's HPD registration is out of date or names nobody we could identify. Ask who the managing agent is and get a name, a phone number and an address in writing before you sign.
- Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
- Ask who to call when something breaks, what happens after hours and at weekends, and how long a repair normally takes.
Ask for anything that matters in writing; an email after the viewing is enough. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice.
Questions about this building
Yes. HPD lists 13 open housing violations: 4 immediately hazardous, 6 hazardous and 3 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for fire and safety equipment (7), roof and outside the building (1) and doors and windows (1).
On 28 Jun 2024. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments. A tenant can ask the state for an apartment's rent history to be sure.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
No residential evictions by a city marshal are recorded here since 2017.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
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