25-12 Newtown Avenue, Astoria, NY 11102
Built 1921 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
1 immediately hazardous violation open. 9 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.
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- Open violations
- 91 · 8
- Public record
- Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 9 violations from 2016 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 4
- Floors and stairs 2
- Walls and ceilings 2
- Open per apartment
- 1.5 (9 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 17 Nov 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 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.
Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 1; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 0; in the entire apartment, 1st story at west
Issued 14 Sept 2016Notice sent out 15 Sept 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1
Hazardous8 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 vermin waterbugs in the entire apartment, 1st story at west
Issued 14 Sept 2016Notice sent out 15 Sept 2016Pests§ 27-2018
Properly repair the broken or defective lower sash counter balance at 1st window from east at south in the 4th room from north, 1st story at west
Issued 14 Sept 2016Notice sent out 15 Sept 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Repair or replace the smoke detector inoperative in the entire apartment, 1st story at west
Issued 14 Sept 2016Notice sent out 15 Sept 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Properly repair the broken or defective electrical light switch in the 4th room from north, 1st story at west
Issued 14 Sept 2016Notice sent out 21 Sept 2016Electrical§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of bedbugs in the entire apartment, 1st story at west
Issued 14 Sept 2016Notice sent out 15 Sept 2016Pests§ 27-2018
×2Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 1st story at west
2 issued 14 Sept 2016Notice sent outPests§ 27-2018
Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). inoperative in the entire apartment, 1st story at west
Issued 14 Sept 2016Notice sent out 15 Sept 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
9 closed violations, plus 8 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 door and hinges building entrance door to public hall, 1st story
Issued 17 Nov 2024Violation closed 15 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling west and north walls at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 17 Nov 2024Violation dismissed 23 Feb 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material ceiling west and north walls at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 17 Nov 2024Violation dismissed 23 Feb 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tiles at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 17 Nov 2024Violation dismissed 23 Feb 2025Floors and stairs§ 27-2005
Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 17 Nov 2024Violation dismissed 23 Feb 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood stair tread 1st from bottom up at public hall stairs, 1st story
Issued 17 Nov 2024Violation closed 31 Jan 2025Floors and stairs§ 27-2005
Remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of hook and eye installed on building entrance door to public hall, 1st story
Issued 17 Nov 2024Violation closed 31 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
×2Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges vestibule door to public hall, 1st story
2 issued 17 Nov 2024Violation closedFire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
26 violations on record in total, 9 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.
1 complaint in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.
- Heat and hot water0 / 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.
- 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 8 earlier reportsShow fewer
- 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
- 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
- 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
- 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
- 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
- 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
- 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
- 2021No infested units reported (2019 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 and managing agent
THOMAS CHRISTOFORIDIS
Public records list THOMAS CHRISTOFORIDIS as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 5 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.
Owner of record
SOFIA CHRISTOFORIDIS
Public records list SOFIA CHRISTOFORIDIS as the owner of record for this address as of 5 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
25-12 Newtown 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 one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
- The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2026). 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.
- 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 9 open housing violations: 1 immediately hazardous, 8 hazardous and 0 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 (4), floors and stairs (2) and walls and ceilings (2).
On 17 Nov 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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