42-07 23 Avenue, Astoria, NY 11105
Built 1922 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
3 immediately hazardous violations open. 7 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.
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- Open violations
- 73 · 1 · 3
- 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 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 11 violations from 1988 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Doors and windows 1
- Fire and safety equipment 1
- Open per apartment
- 1.2 (7 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 4 Nov 2024 (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 filingThe 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 violationImmediately 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.
Properly repair the broken or defective mortise lock from vestibule to public hall, 1st story
Issued 21 Jun 2016Notice sent out 21 Jun 2016§ 27-2005
Provide ready access to buildings heating system lock door at 1st story public hall
Issued 18 Jul 2002Notice certified late 10 Sept 2007Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Provide ready access to buildings heating system locked at 1 sty public hall entrance to cellar
Issued 17 Jul 2002Notice certified late 10 Sept 2007Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Hazardous1 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the household items 3rd floor up to bulkhead at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 21 Jun 2016Notice sent out 21 Jun 2016Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010
Non-hazardous3 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.
Refit entrance door in the 2nd room from east at north, 1st story
Issued 17 Jul 2002Notice sent out 27 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Refit entrance door in the 1st room from east at north, 1st story
Issued 17 Jul 2002Notice sent out 27 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls & clg kitchen 2 sty rear apartment
Issued 2 Mar 1988Notice sent out 20 Aug 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-12.01
Paperwork and notices1 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.
Paint or post a sign indicating floors missing at all stories.
Issued 17 Jul 2002Notice sent out 27 Aug 2007Paperwork and notices§ 27-2048
6 closed violations, plus 7 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 or replace the broken or defective latch set at vestibule door, 1st story
Issued 4 Nov 2024Violation dismissed 26 Jan 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch set at vestibule door, 1st story
Issued 4 Nov 2024Violation closed 30 Nov 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 1st room from north at west, 3rd story at north
Issued 8 Sept 2020Violation dismissed 3 Jan 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling and west wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at north
Issued 8 Sept 2020Violation dismissed 3 Jan 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Replace with new the broken or defective vestibule to 1st floor door glass
Issued 8 Sept 2020Violation dismissed 3 Jan 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Replace with new the missing vestibule to 1st floor door lock
Issued 8 Sept 2020Violation dismissed 2 Dec 2020Doors and windows§ 27-2005
21 violations on record in total, 8 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.
9 complaints in three years, 6 of them in the last twelve months.
- Walls and ceilings4 / 4
- Heat and hot water0 / 3
- Electrical1 / 1
- Floors and stairs1 / 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.
- 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 5 earlier reportsShow fewer
- 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 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.
Registered managing agent
JAMES TSEMPELIS
Public records list JAMES TSEMPELIS as the registered managing agent for this address as of 23 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.
Other buildings listed under this agent (1 in the records we hold)
- 25-40 31 Streetno open violations · no reviews yet
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Owner of record
BIETNAM REALTY LLC
Public records list BIETNAM REALTY LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 23 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.
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What to ask at the viewing
42-07 23 Avenue, Astoria, NY 11105
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 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.
- The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2025). 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.
- 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 7 open housing violations: 3 immediately hazardous, 1 hazardous and 3 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for doors and windows (1) and fire and safety equipment (1).
On 4 Nov 2024. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments. A tenant can ask the state for an apartment's rent history to be sure.
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.
BBL 4007830038 · Block 783, Lot 38 · Building class C2