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33-34 28 Street, Astoria, NY 11106

Built 1944 · 3-story walk-up · 20 apartments

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 4 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
43 · 1
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202211
202310
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 7 violations from 1988 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Heat and hot water 1
  • Super and management 1
  • Fire and safety equipment 1
Open per apartment
0.2 (4 open across 20 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
30 Oct 2023 (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 hazardous3 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 smoke detector not installed within 4 to 12 inches of ceiling 1 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 14 Dec 1990Notice certified late 27 Aug 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of double cylinder key operated lock installed on entrance door to 1 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 14 Dec 1990Notice certified late 27 Aug 2008Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of double cylinder key operated lock at entrance to 1 sty rear an apartment.

    Issued 14 Jun 1988Notice certified late 27 Aug 2008§ D26-10.01 +1

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.

  • Post sign on wall of entrance story bearing name, address including apartment number if any, and telephone number of superintendent, janitor or housekeeper.

    Issued 15 Jan 2022Invalid certification 13 Apr 2022Super and management§ 27-2053

Paperwork and notices2 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

    Issued 15 Jan 2022Invalid certification 13 Apr 2022Paperwork 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.

    Issued 15 Jan 2022Invalid certification 13 Apr 2022Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

6 closed violations, plus 8 closed paperwork filings

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 at building entrance at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 30 Oct 2023Violation closed 18 Mar 2024Fire 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''

    Issued 15 Jan 2022Violation dismissed 7 Apr 2022Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 18 Oct 2015Violation dismissed 15 Feb 2016Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at sink in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 18 Oct 2015Violation dismissed 15 Feb 2016Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in at wasteline of bathtub in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 18 Oct 2015Violation dismissed 15 Feb 2016Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective at ceiling and walls in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 18 Oct 2015Violation dismissed 15 Feb 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

20 violations on record in total, 6 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.

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

  • Noise0 / 14
  • Pests6 / 8
  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 3

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.

  • 20191 eviction

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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 5 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2019No 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.

  • Owner of record and managing agent

    JIM KAKIVELIS

    Public records list JIM KAKIVELIS as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 10 Sept 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 3 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. There were 6 pest complaints here in the last twelve months. 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.
  3. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  4. 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

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