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30-34 44 Street, Astoria, NY 11103

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

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 25 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
253 · 17 · 5
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
202400
2025120
2026 so far10

Plus 17 violations from 2001 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Walls and ceilings 7
  • Roof and outside the building 2
  • Appliances 1
Open per apartment
4.2 (25 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
5 Feb 2026 (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

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

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.

  • Provide handset at the exterior of bulkhead door to allow unobstructed re-entry from the roof to the public hall stairs., 3rd story

    Issued 4 Sept 2025Notice sent out 7 Sept 2025Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Remove the illegal double cylinder key operated locking device at door.. in the entrance, 3rd story at north

    Issued 4 Sept 2025Notice sent out 7 Sept 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lock and assembly at bldg entrance door, 1st story

    Issued 28 Dec 2013Invalid certification 5 Jan 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

Hazardous17 open

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

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 4 Sept 2025Notice sent out 7 Sept 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose light fixture at ceiling in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 4 Sept 2025Notice sent out 7 Sept 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose light fixture at ceiling in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 4 Sept 2025Notice sent out 7 Sept 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 5th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 4 Sept 2025Notice sent out 7 Sept 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 4 Sept 2025Notice sent out 7 Sept 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 2 Sept 2025Notice sent out 4 Sept 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 2 Sept 2025Notice sent out 4 Sept 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective, 2nd story

    Issued 4 Oct 2019Notice sent out 8 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lower sashes at all windows throughout in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 4 Oct 2019Notice sent out 8 Oct 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective, 2nd story

    Issued 4 Oct 2019Notice sent out 8 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls & ceiling in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 27 Apr 2016Notice sent out 27 Apr 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective pilot light at gas range in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 15 Jul 2008Notice sent out 16 Jul 2008Appliances§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 15 Jul 2008Notice sent out 16 Jul 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 15 Jul 2008Notice sent out 16 Jul 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective all glass in french doors front room in the 1st bedroom from east, 1st story

    Issued 2 Jul 2001Notice sent out 11 Sept 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and north wall in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 24 Jun 2001Notice sent out 11 Sept 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 24 Jun 2001Notice sent out 11 Sept 2007Pests§ 27-2018

Non-hazardous5 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 ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 4 Oct 2019Notice sent out 8 Oct 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tile in the 1st room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 27 Apr 2016Notice sent out 27 Apr 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tile in the 2nd room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 27 Apr 2016Notice sent out 27 Apr 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tile in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story

    Issued 27 Apr 2016Notice sent out 27 Apr 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color south wall in the 3rd room from east, 1st story

    Issued 24 Jun 2001Notice sent out 11 Sept 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

Paperwork and notices3 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 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 4 Oct 2019Notice sent out 8 Oct 2019Paperwork 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 4 Oct 2019Notice sent out 8 Oct 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • 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 4 Oct 2019Notice sent out 8 Oct 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

6 closed violations, plus 9 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.

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective glass at skylight at roof

    Issued 2 Sept 2025Violation closed 6 Apr 2026Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at range in the kitchen, 3rd story at south

    Issued 5 Feb 2026Violation closed 2 Apr 2026Appliances§ 27-2070

  • Apartments have been vacated by this department and cannot be reoccupied until so ordered after proof of compliance for apartments vacate # 259840 at an apartment (south 1). date posted and mailed : september 11, 2025. effective date : september 12, 2025 in the entire apartment located at apt, 3rd story at south

    Issued 11 Sept 2025Violation closed 9 Feb 2026§ 27-2142

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 3rd story at south

    Issued 4 Sept 2025Violation closed 8 Feb 2026§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance, 1st story at south

    Issued 2 Sept 2025Violation closed 13 Nov 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective.. in the entrance, 2nd story

    Issued 4 Oct 2019Violation closed 24 Nov 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

43 violations on record in total, 28 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.

4 complaints in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Construction and illegal work0 / 3
  • Electrical0 / 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.

  • 20261 eviction
  • 20232 evictions

Filings

Public filing

Building permits

No permit currently in force. 1 permit filed in the last five years.

Show 1 expired or finished

  • General Construction

    APPLICATION HEREWITH FOR INTERIOR RENOVATION OF APT. #2L ON THE 2ND FLOOR OF EXISTING MULTITENANT BUILDING. ALSO, TO RESOLVE VIOLATION # 35671372X; 35671373H. NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.

    Issued 17 May 2024Expired 3 Feb 2025

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 3 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 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

    VITO BARRETTA

    Public records list VITO BARRETTA as the registered managing agent for this address as of 6 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    BARRETTA IRREVOCABLE TRUST

    Public records list BARRETTA IRREVOCABLE TRUST as the owner of record for this address as of 6 Aug 2026. 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. 3 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.
  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 4006970079 · Block 697, Lot 79 · Building class C2