28-27 37 Street, Astoria, NY 11103
Built 1921 · 5-story walk-up · 30 apartments
1 immediately hazardous violation open. 16 open in all.
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- Open violations
- 161 · 11 · 4
- Public record
- Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 4 | 0 |
Plus 12 violations from 1993 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 3
- Leaks and plumbing 1
- Open per apartment
- 0.5 (16 open across 30 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 3 Jun 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 hazardous1 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 hinges in the entrance, 5th story at west
Issued 3 Jun 2026Notice sent out 3 Jun 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Hazardous11 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 the ceiling in the 1st room from east, 5th story at west
Issued 3 Jun 2026Notice sent out 3 Jun 2026Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005
Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations defective in the entire apartment, 5th story at west
Issued 3 Jun 2026Notice sent out 3 Jun 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2
Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules defective in the entire apartment, 5th story at west
Issued 3 Jun 2026Notice sent out 3 Jun 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3
Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice and roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story
Issued 28 Nov 2000Notice sent out 29 Aug 2007Pests§ 27-2018
Arrange and make self-closing the doors boiler room at cellar.
Issued 10 Jun 1993Notice sent out 29 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Discontinue use of rooms for living, disconnect plumbing fixtures and properly seal pipe connections cellar rear.
Issued 10 Jun 1993Notice sent out 29 Aug 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2081
Repair or replace the smoke detector inoperative at 2 sty an apartment tenant john doe.
Issued 10 Jun 1993Notice sent out 29 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Abate the nuisance consisting of smoke detector is not installed ceiling at 2 sty an apartment.
Issued 10 Jun 1993Notice sent out 29 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of smoke detector is not installed within 4 to 12 from ceiling at 4 sty an apartment.
Issued 10 Jun 1993Notice sent out 29 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance to 2 sty southwest an apartment., section '' ''
Issued 10 Jun 1993Notice sent out 29 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
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Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance door to 5 sty an apartment., section '' ''
Issued 5 Jan 1993Notice sent out 13 Aug 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Non-hazardous4 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 the broken or defective and or balance window lower sashes bathroom and north room 2 sty northwest an apartment., section '' ''
Issued 10 Jun 1993Notice sent out 29 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Refit door entrance to 5 sty an apartment., section '' ''
Issued 10 Jun 1993Notice sent out 29 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005
File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration sheet rock partitions erected cellar rear creating apartment
Issued 10 Jun 1993Notice sent out 29 Aug 2007§ 300
File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration partition erected creating rooms cellar centerwest & north.
Issued 10 Jun 1993Notice sent out 13 Aug 2008§ 300
Paperwork and notices6 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
34 violations on record in total, 22 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.
1 complaint in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.
- Mold and damp1 / 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.
No marshal evictions recorded at this building since 2017.
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 Oct 2020 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
FOTIOS VELIS
Public records list FOTIOS VELIS as the owner of record for this address as of 6 Jan 2020. Source: HPD registration.
Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.
What to ask at the viewing
28-27 37 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 one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
- There was 1 mould complaint here in the last twelve months. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
- 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 16 open housing violations: 1 immediately hazardous, 11 hazardous and 4 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 (3) and leaks and plumbing (1).
On 3 Jun 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.
No residential evictions by a city marshal are recorded here since 2017.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
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