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21-81 38 Street, Astoria, NY 11105

Built 1992 · 4-story building · 38 apartments

2 immediately hazardous violations open. 7 open in all.

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Open violations
72 · 4 · 1
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202220
202300
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 10 violations from 2014 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Heat and hot water 1
  • Fire and safety equipment 1
Open per apartment
0.2 (7 open across 38 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
22 Aug 2022 (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

This 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 violation

Immediately hazardous2 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.

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of scalding hot water exceeding the maximum allowable temperatr of 130 degrees at all fixtures. in the entire apartment, 1st story at south, section at west

    Issued 22 Aug 2022Notice sent out 22 Aug 2022Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of scalding hot water in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 19 May 2016Notice sent out 22 May 2016Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

Hazardous4 open

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

  • Properly repair the broken or defective the counter balance at the lower sash window in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 19 May 2016Notice sent out 22 May 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of furniture and other house hold items at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 19 May 2016Notice sent out 22 May 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 19 May 2016Notice sent out 22 May 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 19 May 2016Notice sent out 22 May 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

Non-hazardous1 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.

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration wooden deck approx 20 feet by 40 feet installed at roof west section

    Issued 11 Apr 2016Notice sent out 12 Apr 2016Roof and outside the building§ 300

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, 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

    Issued 22 Aug 2022Notice sent out 23 Aug 2022Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 22 Aug 2022Notice sent out 23 Aug 2022Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • 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 Aug 2022Notice sent out 23 Aug 2022Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • 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 Aug 2022Notice sent out 23 Aug 2022Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • 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 Aug 2022Notice sent out 23 Aug 2022Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

6 closed violations, plus 10 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.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective at vestibule, 1st story

    Issued 22 Aug 2022Violation closed 4 Dec 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • Apartments have been vacated by this department and cannot be reoccupied until so ordered after proof of compliance for an apartment story west 1 an apartment(vacate #118943)

    Issued 2 Sept 2014Violation closed 21 Apr 2016§ 27-2142

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of fire and water damaged walls and ceilings, in the entire apartment, 4th story at west

    Issued 11 Aug 2014Violation closed 11 Apr 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective door, in the entrance, 4th story at west

    Issued 11 Aug 2014Violation dismissed 2 Nov 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of hasp and padlock installed on the door, in the entrance, 4th story at west

    Issued 11 Aug 2014Violation dismissed 2 Nov 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective mortise lock on the door, in the entrance, 4th story at west

    Issued 11 Aug 2014Violation dismissed 2 Nov 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

28 violations on record in total, 12 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, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 1
  • Heat and hot water0 / 1
  • Leaks and plumbing1 / 1
  • Noise0 / 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.

2 cases, all closed.

  • Access Warrant - Non-Lead

    Opened 12 Jun 2023

  • Access Warrant - Non-Lead

    Opened 30 Jan 2023

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 permit currently in force. 1 permit filed in the last five years.

Show 1 expired or finished

  • Equipment work

    Issued 24 Mar 2021Expired 25 Jul 2021

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)

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

    DIRECT MANAGEMENT CORP.

    Public records list DIRECT MANAGEMENT CORP. as the registered managing agent for this address as of 30 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (19 in the records we hold, 10 shown)

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  • Owner of record

    SARACEL COURT OWNERS CORP.

    Public records list SARACEL COURT OWNERS CORP. as the owner of record for this address as of 30 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 2 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. 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.
  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 4008077501 · Block 807, Lot 7501 · Building class RM (not translated)