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31-28 29 Street, Astoria, NY 11106

Built 1971 · 6-story elevator building · 44 apartments

2 immediately hazardous violations open. 14 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 todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 14 violations before that, the first in 1988.

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Open per apartment
0.3 (14 open across 44 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
20 Mar 2020 (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 hazardous2 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.

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing bottom front rails missing on all stories throughout at rear north at fire escape

    Issued 20 Mar 2020Notice sent out 23 Mar 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing bottom front rails missing on all stories throughout at rear south at fire escape

    Issued 20 Mar 2020Notice sent out 23 Mar 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

Hazardous11 open

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

  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass at window at 2nd & 3rd story public hall

    Issued 15 Aug 2003Notice sent out 12 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination at intermediate landing all story public stair

    Issued 15 Aug 2003Notice sent out 12 Aug 2007Electrical§ 27-2039

  • Replace with new the missing latch sets all stys fire stair.

    Issued 17 May 1999Notice sent out 12 Aug 2007Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors hopper chute 1 2 4 and 5 sty pub hall.

    Issued 17 May 1999Notice sent out 12 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective 3 sty an apartment bouzid., section '' ''

    Issued 22 Jan 1997Notice sent out 12 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Replace with new the missing ceramic tile grouting around bathtub 4 sty 2 from south at east an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 24 Apr 1994Notice sent out 12 Aug 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance to 4 sty 2 from south at east an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 24 Apr 1994Notice sent out 12 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass top sash south fire escape window 6 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 14 Apr 1994Notice sent out 12 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling of bathroom and north room 6 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 14 Apr 1994Notice sent out 12 Aug 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • 301, 302, m/d law file plans and obtain a certificate of occupancy to legalize the following alteration or restore premises to prior legal condition medical office converted to class a apartment cellar rear south l2 contrary to c/o 185184.

    Issued 17 Aug 1988Notice sent out 23 Jun 2008§ 300

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  • 301, 302, m/d law file plans and obtain a certificate of occupancy to legalize the following alteration or restore premises to prior legal condition medical office converted to class a apartment cellar center south l3 contrary to c/o 185184.

    Issued 17 Aug 1988Notice sent out 23 Jun 2008§ 300

Non-hazardous1 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.

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration suspended ceiling at cellar level throughout at public hall

    Issued 20 Mar 2020Notice sent out 23 Mar 2020Walls and ceilings§ 300

14 violations on record in total, 14 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.

11 complaints in three years, 6 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise6 / 9
  • Construction and illegal work0 / 2

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.

  • 20241 eviction

Filings

Public filing

Building permits

No permit currently in force. 2 permits filed in the last five years.

Show 2 expired or finished

  • Sidewalk Shed · Supported Scaffold

    INSTALLATION OF 300PSF SIDEWALK SHED AND PIPE SCAFFOLDING AS PER PLANS.ALL EQUIPMENT SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF THE NYC BUILDING CODE 2022. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY, OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.

    Issued 20 Jun 2024Expired 20 Jun 2025

  • General Construction

    FACADE REPAIR AS PER PLAN.

    Issued 13 May 2024Expired 16 Apr 2025

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)
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  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2018No infested units reported (2017 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    JOHN MEKLO

    Public records list JOHN MEKLO as the registered managing agent for this address as of 20 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    THE NETHERWORLD GROUP LLC

    Public records list THE NETHERWORLD GROUP LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 20 Aug 2025. 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 2 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 0 complaints in the last twelve months.
  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 4005790070 · Block 579, Lot 70 · Building class D1