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23-30 31 Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106

Built 1926 · 4-story walk-up · 12 apartments

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 13 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
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Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 13 violations before that, the first in 1989.

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Open per apartment
1.1 (13 open across 12 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
27 Dec 1991 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?
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.

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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.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26000

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 filing

The 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 violation

Immediately hazardous1 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.

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures 1 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 27 Dec 1991Notice sent out 24 Feb 1992Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

Hazardous6 open

Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electrical wiring 2 sty an apartment kitchen wall outlets., section '' ''

    Issued 15 Oct 1990Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Electrical§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector which is missing at 4 sty an apartment john doe., section '' ''

    Issued 10 Oct 1990Notice sent out 4 Nov 1990Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination 1 sty pub hall.

    Issued 10 Oct 1990Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Electrical§ D26-19.05

  • Replace with new the broken or defective window sashs center room 4 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 10 Oct 1990Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose glass of lower sash in kitchen window 4 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 10 May 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of smoke detector not installed within 4 to 12 inches of ceiling 4 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 10 May 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

Non-hazardous6 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.

  • Provide a lock and key to the entrance door of dwelling unit and, if a cl a multiple dwelling, also chain door guard 2 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 15 Oct 1990Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ D26-20.05

  • Properly repair the broken or defective peep hole 2 sty an apartment entrance door., section '' ''

    Issued 15 Oct 1990Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ D26-10.01

  • Refit door street entrance to 1 sty vestibule.

    Issued 10 Oct 1990Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ D26-10.01

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bathroom door 4 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 10 May 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Refit entrance door to 4 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 10 May 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing glass of peephole 4 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 10 May 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008§ 27-2005

Paperwork and notices9 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.

  • ×6File 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.

    6 issued 14 Apr 2021 to 6 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • ×2Owner 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.

    2 issued 2 Dec 2024 to 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing notice r206.

    Issued 10 Oct 1990Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Paperwork and notices§ D26-20.08

33 violations on record in total, 22 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.

Complaints to the city

Public complaint

Complaints 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.

1 complaint in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise0 / 1

Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.

Court records

Court record

Housing 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 filing

Building 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.

No bedbug report on file for this building. That usually means the owner did not file one, not that there is nothing to report.

Ownership and management

Public filing

Associations 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 29 Sept 2024 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

    JOHN DROBENKO

    Public records list JOHN DROBENKO as the registered managing agent for this address as of 15 Apr 2024. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    THE JAN DROBENKO REV TRUST

    Public records list THE JAN DROBENKO REV TRUST as the owner of record for this address as of 15 Apr 2024. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    WALTER DROBENKO

    Public records list WALTER DROBENKO as the owner of record for this address as of 15 Apr 2024. Source: HPD registration.

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What to ask at the viewing

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.

  1. The city currently has one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. 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.
  3. 9 open violations for not filing something the city requires, usually the annual registration or the annual bedbug report. Nothing anyone lives in, but it is the record's plainest measure of whether this owner follows through. No bedbug report has ever been filed here, so the record cannot tell you the building's history — ask.
  4. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. 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

BBL 4005690041 · Block 569, Lot 41 · Building class C1