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28-09 38 Street, Astoria, NY 11103

Built 1911 · 4-story walk-up · 8 apartments

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 6 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
63 · 3
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
202420
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 10 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
  • Pests 1
  • Fire and safety equipment 1
Open per apartment
0.8 (6 open across 8 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
26 Jun 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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Heat season

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26110

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.

  • 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 at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 22 Jul 2021Notice sent out 25 Jul 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak ceiling in the 3rd room from east, 4th story at south

    Issued 22 Jul 2021Notice sent out 25 Jul 2021Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 28 Jun 2021Invalid certification 26 Jul 2021Pests§ 27-2017.4

Hazardous3 open

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

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 4th story at south

    Issued 22 Jul 2021Notice sent out 25 Jul 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 4th story at south

    Issued 22 Jul 2021Notice sent out 25 Jul 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the 3rd room from east, 4th story at south

    Issued 22 Jul 2021Notice sent out 25 Jul 2021Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

Paperwork and notices5 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 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.

    Issued 22 Jul 2021Notice sent out 25 Jul 2021Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • 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 at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 22 Jul 2021Notice sent out 25 Jul 2021Paperwork 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. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 22 Jul 2021Notice sent out 25 Jul 2021Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • Post 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

    Issued 22 Jul 2021Notice sent out 25 Jul 2021Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • 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 22 Jul 2021Notice sent out 25 Jul 2021Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

6 closed violations, plus 7 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.

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

    Issued 26 Jun 2024Violation dismissed 24 Sept 2024Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 20 May 2024Violation dismissed 4 Sept 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling. in the 1st room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 28 Jun 2021Violation dismissed 6 Oct 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling. in the 6th room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 28 Jun 2021Violation dismissed 6 Oct 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at north wall. in the private hallway, 1st story at south

    Issued 28 Jun 2021Violation dismissed 6 Oct 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Refit door at apartment in the entrance, 1st story at south

    Issued 28 Jun 2021Violation dismissed 6 Oct 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005

24 violations on record in total, 11 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.

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

  • Walls and ceilings0 / 4
  • Floors and stairs0 / 3
  • Heat and hot water1 / 3
  • Electrical0 / 1
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 1
  • Pests0 / 1
  • Entry, buzzer and mail0 / 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.

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)
Show 6 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2018 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

    JOSEPH CAUCHI

    Public records list JOSEPH CAUCHI as the registered managing agent for this address as of 1 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    ONION BLIXT CORP

    Public records list ONION BLIXT CORP as the owner of record for this address as of 1 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. 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. 5 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.
  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

BBL 4006620017 · Block 662, Lot 17 · Building class C1