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30-05 42 Street, Astoria, NY 11103

Built 1928 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

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

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Open violations
1917 · 2
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 19 violations before that, the first in 1989.

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Open per apartment
3.2 (19 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
29 May 2010 (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

Hazardous17 open

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

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 29 May 2010Notice sent out 1 Jun 2010Pests§ 27-2018

  • Properly repair the broken or defective ceiling light fixture at 3rd from east room, 2nd story

    Issued 29 May 2010Notice sent out 1 Jun 2010Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective improperly counterbalanced lower & upper sashes windows apartment throughout, 2nd story

    Issued 29 May 2010Notice sent out 1 Jun 2010Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor at east room, 2nd story

    Issued 29 May 2010Notice sent out 1 Jun 2010Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor at west room, 2nd story

    Issued 29 May 2010Notice sent out 1 Jun 2010Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective unique balance of lower sash in 2 room from rear at 1 sty an apartment.

    Issued 8 Nov 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008§ 27-2005

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the cellar thruout.

    Issued 8 Nov 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at entrance to boiler room at cellar.

    Issued 8 Nov 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant ceiling of cellar thruout.

    Issued 8 Nov 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective tile floor vestibule 1 sty pub hall r49.

    Issued 8 Nov 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Floors and stairs§ D26-10.01

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  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes rear stack all stys.

    Issued 8 Nov 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the missing locking assembly at entrance door to 1 sty an apartment at front r89.

    Issued 8 Nov 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at entrance from pub hall bulkhead to roof.

    Issued 8 Nov 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination pub hall all stys.

    Issued 8 Nov 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Electrical§ D26-19.05

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice & roaches 1 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 8 Nov 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Pests§ 27-2018

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance to 1 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 8 Nov 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed wires at ceiling light fixtures in front room & in 2 room from rear at 1 sty an apartment.

    Issued 8 Nov 1989Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

Non-hazardous2 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, ceilings & trims apartment throughout, 2nd story

    Issued 29 May 2010Notice sent out 1 Jun 2010Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Refit entrance door in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 29 May 2010Notice sent out 1 Jun 2010Doors and windows§ 27-2005

26 violations on record in total, 19 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.

2 complaints in three years, 2 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Leaks and plumbing2 / 2

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)
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  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 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.

  • Owner of record and managing agent

    KOULA DAMOULAKIS

    Public records list KOULA DAMOULAKIS as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 4 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner and agent (1 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    NICK DAMOULAKIS

    Public records list NICK DAMOULAKIS as the owner of record for this address as of 4 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 has 17 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. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  4. 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 4006960036 · Block 696, Lot 36 · Building class C2