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31-18 28 Avenue, Astoria, NY 11102

Built 1925 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

15 open violations, none immediately hazardous. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
1514 · 1
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 15 violations before that, the first in 1998.

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Open per apartment
2.5 (15 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
2 Nov 2005 (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

Hazardous14 open

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

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing return rail front firescape at front areaway

    Issued 2 Nov 2005Certification postponment denied 20 Dec 2005Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes household articles 2sty at rear at fire escape

    Issued 2 Nov 2005Certification postponment denied 20 Dec 2005Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective paving front area way at front areaway

    Issued 2 Nov 2005Certification postponment denied 20 Dec 2005§ 27-2005

  • Fire escape defective. adjust the dropladder so that it will slide easily in the guide rods rear firescape at front areaway

    Issued 2 Nov 2005Certification postponment denied 20 Dec 2005Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the yard at front center court

    Issued 14 Aug 2001Not complied with 23 Oct 2001Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Replace with new the broken or defective mortise lock on entrance door to 1 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 9 Feb 1999Notice sent out 1 Mar 1999Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 9 Feb 1999Notice sent out 1 Mar 1999Electrical§ 27-2039

  • Replace with new the broken or defective air valve southeast room radiator cellar an apartment.

    Issued 29 Jan 1999Notice sent out 15 Feb 1999Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective plasterboard ceiling cellar an apartment foyer.

    Issued 29 Jan 1999Notice sent out 15 Feb 1999Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets bathtub cellar an apartment bathroom.

    Issued 29 Jan 1999Notice sent out 15 Feb 1999Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass panes entrance cellar an apartment.

    Issued 29 Jan 1999Notice sent out 15 Feb 1999§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective cellar an apartment tenant mr rojario.

    Issued 29 Jan 1999Notice sent out 15 Feb 1999Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • 2011, 2012 adm code cleanse and disinfect to the satisfaction of this department after removing the dry sewage rear yard.

    Issued 29 Jan 1999Notice sent out 15 Feb 1999Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2010

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lock and buzzer vestibule door to 1 sty pub hall.

    Issued 2 Dec 1998Notice sent out 1 Mar 1999Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

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.

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls and ceilings thruout 1 sty west an apartment.

    Issued 9 Feb 1999Notice sent out 1 Mar 1999Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

19 violations on record in total, 15 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.

No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.

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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
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  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 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)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2018 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    PAUL PAPPAS

    Public records list PAUL PAPPAS as the registered managing agent for this address as of 23 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (3 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    31-18 28TH AVENUE LLC

    Public records list 31-18 28TH AVENUE LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 23 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 has 14 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
  2. 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. 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 4006190053 · Block 619, Lot 53 · Building class C2