25-81 36 Street, Astoria, NY 11103
Built 1926 · 4-story walk-up · 20 apartments
6 immediately hazardous violations open. 19 open in all.
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- Open violations
- 196 · 12 · 1
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 10 | 0 |
Plus 7 violations from 1998 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 5
- Doors and windows 4
- Floors and stairs 3
- Open per apartment
- 1 (19 open across 20 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 17 Aug 2026 (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 filingThis 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 violationImmediately hazardous6 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 latch set at vestibule door at public hall, 1st story
Issued 18 Jul 2026Notice sent out 19 Jul 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling and steam riser at kitchen 2 sty north an apartment er1., section '' ''
Issued 16 Jun 1998Defect letter issued 25 Jun 2006Lead paint§ 27-2013
Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling private hall at 2 sty north an apartment er1., section '' ''
Issued 16 Jun 1998Defect letter issued 25 Jun 2006Lead paint§ 27-2013
Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling bathroom 2 sty north an apartment er1., section '' ''
Issued 16 Jun 1998Defect letter issued 25 Jun 2006Lead paint§ 27-2013
Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint entrance door to an apartment sty north an apartment.
Issued 16 Jun 1998Defect letter issued 25 Jun 2006Lead paint§ 27-2013
Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint ceiling east room 2 sty north an apartment er1., section '' ''
Issued 16 Jun 1998Defect letter issued 25 Jun 2006Lead paint§ 27-2013
Hazardous12 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the 2nd room from north, 1st story at east
Issued 17 Aug 2026Notice sent out 18 Aug 2026Floors and stairs§ 27-2005
Properly repair or replace the broken or defective counter balance at lower sash at 2nd window at north wall in the 1st room from north, 1st story at east
Issued 17 Aug 2026Notice sent out 18 Aug 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at east
Issued 17 Aug 2026Notice sent out 18 Aug 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3
Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at east
Issued 17 Aug 2026Notice sent out 18 Aug 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2
Properly repair or replace the broken or defective electric outlet at south wall in the kitchen, 1st story at east
Issued 17 Aug 2026Notice sent out 18 Aug 2026Electrical§ 27-2005
Properly repair or replace the broken or defective latch set at vestibule door at public hall, 1st story
Issued 18 Jul 2026Notice sent out 19 Jul 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Properly repair or replace the broken or defective latch set at building entrance door at public hall, 1st story
Issued 18 Jul 2026Notice sent out 19 Jul 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the foyer, 1st story at east
Issued 23 May 2025Notice sent out 26 May 2025Floors and stairs§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at south wall in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at east
Issued 23 May 2025Notice sent out 26 May 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Properly repair or replace the broken or defective lower sash window pane at east wall in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at east
Issued 23 May 2025Notice sent out 26 May 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005
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Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 1st room from north at east, 3rd story at east
Issued 10 Jan 2021Notice sent out 12 Jan 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the 1st room from north at east, 3rd story at east
Issued 10 Jan 2021Notice sent out 12 Jan 2021Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
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.
Provide adequate lighting at or near the outside of the front entranceway of the building and keep same burning from sunset every day to sunrise on the day following 100 watts incandescent or equivalent at front areaway
Issued 6 Jul 2022Notice sent out 10 Jul 2022Electrical§ 27-2040
Paperwork and notices19 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
×7Owner 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.
7 issued 1 Nov 2019 to 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107
×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 9 Jan 2018 to 14 May 2025Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 26-1103
×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 9 Jan 2018 to 14 May 2025Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2005
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 14 May 2025Notice sent out 14 May 2025Paperwork and notices§ 329
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 frame missing at public hall, 1st story
Issued 9 Jan 2018Notice sent out 10 Jan 2018Paperwork and notices§ 329
3 closed violations, plus 4 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.
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the kitchen, 1st story at east
Issued 16 Aug 2026Violation closed 28 Oct 2026Floors and stairs§ 27-2005
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch set at building entrance door at public hall, 1st story
Issued 17 Jul 2026Violation closed 28 Oct 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective. in the entrance, 1st story at east
Issued 23 May 2025Violation closed 9 Jan 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
45 violations on record in total, 38 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.
16 complaints in three years, 11 of them in the last twelve months.
- Doors and windows3 / 5
- Floors and stairs2 / 3
- Heat and hot water2 / 2
- Electrical2 / 2
- Walls and ceilings1 / 2
- Fire and safety equipment1 / 1
- Leaks and plumbing0 / 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.
- 20232 evictions
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.
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 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.
The most recent registration on file for this address expired 31 Aug 2019 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
MARIA BUFFA
Public records list MARIA BUFFA as the owner of record for this address as of 18 Jun 2018. Source: HPD registration.
Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.
What to ask at the viewing
25-81 36 Street, Astoria, NY 11103
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 6 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.
- This building dates from 1926 and has 5 open lead-paint violations on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 19 open housing violations: 6 immediately hazardous, 12 hazardous and 1 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 (5), doors and windows (4) and floors and stairs (3).
On 17 Aug 2026. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
It 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.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
City marshals carried out 2 residential evictions here since 2017. The record says nothing about why, and most follow a case for unpaid rent.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
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