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33-18 29 Street, Astoria, NY 11106

Built 1925 · 4-story walk-up · 8 apartments

2 immediately hazardous violations open. 15 open in all.

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Open violations
152 · 10 · 3
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
202443
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 8 violations from 2021 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Walls and ceilings 4
  • Heat and hot water 1
  • Leaks and plumbing 1
Open per apartment
1.9 (15 open across 8 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
14 Mar 2024 (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

This 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 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.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective refit bulkhead door, 4th story

    Issued 14 Mar 2024Notice sent out 17 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 at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 3 Mar 2024Notice sent out 3 Mar 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Hazardous10 open

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

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling at bulkhead, 4th story

    Issued 14 Mar 2024Notice sent out 17 Mar 2024Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant plaster ceiling at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 3 Mar 2024Notice sent out 3 Mar 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Fire escape defective. adjust the dropladder so that it will slide easily in the guide rods, building front at fire escape

    Issued 4 Apr 2021Notice sent out 4 Apr 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Abate the infestation consisting of bedbugs in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Mar 2021Notice sent out 14 Mar 2021Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color all walls in the 3rd room from east at south, 3rd story

    Issued 12 Mar 2021Notice sent out 14 Mar 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective intercom system from 1st sty vestibule to apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Mar 2021Notice sent out 14 Mar 2021Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electrical outlet at east wall in the 2nd room from east at south, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Mar 2021Notice sent out 14 Mar 2021Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective pilot light at gas range in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Mar 2021Notice sent out 14 Mar 2021Appliances§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the bathroom, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Mar 2021Notice sent out 14 Mar 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Fire escape defective. adjust the dropladder so that it will slide easily in the guide rods front drop ladder forks are out of guide at fire escape

    Issued 1 Mar 2021Notice sent out 4 Mar 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous3 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.

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at ceiling at bulkhead, 4th story

    Issued 14 Mar 2024Notice sent out 17 Mar 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling at bulkhead, 4th story

    Issued 14 Mar 2024Notice sent out 17 Mar 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 3 Mar 2024Notice sent out 3 Mar 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

Paperwork and notices34 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

  • ×9Owner 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.

    9 issued 30 Nov 2017 to 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107

  • ×2Post 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.

    2 issued 3 Mar 2024 to 14 Mar 2024Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • 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 14 Mar 2024Notice sent out 14 Mar 2024Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • ×2Post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 24 Jul 2018 to 14 Mar 2024Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor missing

    Issued 14 Mar 2024Notice sent out 14 Mar 2024Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • ×2Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 3 Mar 2024 to 14 Mar 2024Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • ×2Post 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, 1st story

    2 issued 24 Jul 2018 to 3 Mar 2024Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 3 Mar 2024Notice sent out 3 Mar 2024Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • ×2Post, 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, 1st story

    2 issued 24 Jul 2018 to 3 Mar 2024Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2005

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  • 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. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 24 Jul 2018Notice sent out 25 Jul 2018Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor, at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 24 Jul 2018Notice sent out 25 Jul 2018Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box, at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 24 Jul 2018Notice sent out 25 Jul 2018Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • ×3Owner 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.

    3 issued 25 Feb 2015 to 16 Nov 2016Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107

49 violations on record in total, 49 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.

6 complaints in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water0 / 4
  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 1
  • Construction and illegal work1 / 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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Tenant Action/Harassment

    Opened 25 Mar 2021No harassment found

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 30 Apr 2011 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.

  • Owner of record

    MARGARITA THEOFANIS

    Public records list MARGARITA THEOFANIS as the owner of record for this address as of 7 Apr 2010. Source: HPD registration.

Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.

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. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 34 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.
  5. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  6. 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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