23-22 29 Avenue, Astoria, NY 11102
Built 1927 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
11 immediately hazardous violations open. 47 open in all.
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- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 13 | 3 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 17 violations from 1987 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 11
- Heat and hot water 6
- Walls and ceilings 6
- Open per apartment
- 7.8 (47 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 23 Jan 2025 (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 filingThis building is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.
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 hazardous11 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.
Abate the nuisance consisting of scalding hot water exceeding the maximum allowable temperature of 130 degrees at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at west
Issued 23 Jan 2025Notice sent out 23 Jan 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1
Provide ready access to buildings heating system door leading to boiler room from 1st story public hall padlocked, at boiler room
Issued 23 Jan 2025Notice sent out 23 Jan 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the 1st room from north, 1st story at west
Issued 23 Jan 2025Notice sent out 23 Jan 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2029
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges on door in the entrance, 1st story at west
Issued 23 Jan 2025Notice sent out 23 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Remove the illegal fastening consisting of self lockable panic bar installed on bulkhead door to roof restricting access back into building at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 23 Jan 2025Notice sent out 23 Jan 2025Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1
Remove the illegal fastening self locking push bar assembly at bulkhead at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 30 Jan 2024Notice sent out 30 Jan 2024§ 27-2005 +1
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance, 1st story at west
Issued 30 Jan 2024Notice sent out 30 Jan 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective at bulkhead at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 2 Oct 2023Notice sent out 2 Oct 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to buildings heating system missing at public hall, 1st story
Issued 2 Oct 2023Notice sent out 2 Oct 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective... in the entrance, 1st story at west
Issued 25 Dec 2022Notice sent out 26 Dec 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2
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Provide ready access to buildings heating system boiler room door locked at basement at boiler room
Issued 25 Dec 2022Notice sent out 26 Dec 2022Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Hazardous29 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak ceiling at public hall, 2nd story
Issued 23 Jan 2025Notice sent out 23 Jan 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story at west
Issued 23 Jan 2025Notice sent out 23 Jan 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material ceiling at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 23 Jan 2025Notice sent out 23 Jan 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Repair the roof so that it will not leak ceiling at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 23 Jan 2025Notice sent out 23 Jan 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005
×2Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at west
2 issued 30 Jan 2024 to 23 Jan 2025Notice sent outFire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
×2Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at west
2 issued 30 Jan 2024 to 23 Jan 2025Notice sent outFire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak ceiling at public hall, 1st story
Issued 23 Jan 2025Notice sent out 23 Jan 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
×2Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 3rd story
2 issued 30 Jan 2024 to 23 Jan 2025Notice sent outFire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the rear yard yard
Issued 30 Jan 2024Notice sent out 30 Jan 2024Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010
Refit bulkhead at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 30 Jan 2024Notice sent out 30 Jan 2024§ 27-2005
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Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 2 Oct 2023Notice sent out 2 Oct 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 2 Oct 2023Notice sent out 2 Oct 2023Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005
Repair or replace the smoke detector; missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at west
Issued 25 Dec 2022Notice sent out 26 Dec 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story
Issued 17 Nov 2008Notice sent out 18 Nov 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west
Issued 22 Aug 2008Notice sent out 25 Aug 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west
Issued 22 Aug 2008Notice sent out 25 Aug 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarted ceiling bulk head to roof at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 22 Aug 2008Notice sent out 25 Aug 2008Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005
Remove all encumbrances consisting of house hold items at bulkhead stairs and at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 22 Aug 2008Notice sent out 25 Aug 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at ceiling and west wall closet in the 1st room from north at west, 3rd story at west
Issued 22 Aug 2008Notice sent out 25 Aug 2008Mold and damp§ 27-2005
Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at west wall in the 1st room from north, 3rd story at west
Issued 22 Aug 2008Notice sent out 25 Aug 2008Mold and damp§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarted ceiling at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 22 Aug 2008Notice sent out 25 Aug 2008Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at ceiling and east wall in the bathroom, 3rd story at west
Issued 22 Aug 2008Notice sent out 25 Aug 2008Mold and damp§ 27-2005
Remove all encumbrances consisting of 3 sty pub hall stairs to bulkhead household items.
Issued 23 Jun 1988Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Arrange and make self-closing the doors public hall bulkhead roof.
Issued 23 Jun 1988Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of clothes line attached to vent pipe north roof.
Issued 23 Jun 1988Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1
Arrange and make self-closing the doors pub hall entrance door to 2 sty an apartment front., section '' ''
Issued 28 Apr 1987Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1
Non-hazardous7 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.
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling at public hall, 2nd story
Issued 23 Jan 2025Notice sent out 23 Jan 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 23 Jan 2025Notice sent out 23 Jan 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling at public hall, 1st story
Issued 23 Jan 2025Notice sent out 23 Jan 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Replace with new the missing dumbwaiter car & apparatus public hall shaft.
Issued 21 Sept 1987Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008§ D26-10.01
File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration cellar converted to business use television repair shop.
Issued 21 Sept 1987Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008§ 300
File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration cellar & 1st sty apartment sections of dumbwaiter shaft removed public hall shaft.
Issued 21 Sept 1987Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008§ 300
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling 1 sty front apartment bathroom.
Issued 21 Sept 1987Notice sent out 24 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01
Paperwork and notices3 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.
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
Issued 2 Oct 2023Notice sent out 2 Oct 2023Paperwork 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
Issued 2 Oct 2023Notice sent out 2 Oct 2023Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103
Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling.
Issued 2 Oct 2023Notice sent out 2 Oct 2023Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1
1 closed violation, plus 14 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.
Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 1st story at west
Issued 25 Dec 2022Violation closed 17 Jan 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2029
65 violations on record in total, 50 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.
13 complaints in three years, 7 of them in the last twelve months.
- Heat and hot water0 / 5
- Garbage and cleanliness1 / 2
- Leaks and plumbing2 / 2
- Doors and windows1 / 1
- Floors and stairs1 / 1
- Mold and damp1 / 1
- Walls and ceilings1 / 1
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.
- 2025No infested units reported (2024 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.
Owner of record
NICOLAS MELESSINOS
Public records list NICOLAS MELESSINOS as the owner of record for this address as of 20 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.
Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.
What to ask at the viewing
23-22 29 Avenue, 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 11 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.
- There are 3 open mould violations on record. 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 2025). 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.
- Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 2 complaints in the last twelve months.
- 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 47 open housing violations: 11 immediately hazardous, 29 hazardous and 7 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 (11), heat and hot water (6) and walls and ceilings (6).
On 23 Jan 2025. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
It is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.
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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