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23-20 36 Street, Astoria, NY 11105

Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 35 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
351 · 31 · 3
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 35 violations before that, the first in 2002.

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Open per apartment
5.8 (35 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
26 Oct 2008 (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

Immediately hazardous1 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 ready access to buildings heating system door locked at boiler room, cellar

    Issued 4 Jun 2002Notice sent out 6 Jun 2002Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Hazardous31 open

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

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at ceiling, east wall, north wall and south wall in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 26 Oct 2008Notice sent out 27 Oct 2008Mold and damp§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 26 Oct 2008Notice sent out 27 Oct 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 26 Oct 2008Notice sent out 27 Oct 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • ×2Replace the broken or defective washbasin in the bathroom, 1st story

    2 issued 30 May 2008 to 26 Oct 2008Notice sent out§ 27-2026

  • ×2Provide adequate supply of hot water for the fixtures at washbasin in the bathroom, 1st story

    2 issued 30 May 2008 to 26 Oct 2008Notice sent outHeat and hot water§ 27-2024

  • ×2Provide adequate supply of cold water for the fixtures at washbasin in the bathroom, 1st story

    2 issued 30 May 2008 to 26 Oct 2008Notice sent out§ 27-2024

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

    Issued 26 Oct 2008Notice sent out 27 Oct 2008Pests§ 27-2018

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination all stories at public hall

    Issued 24 Oct 2008Notice sent out 27 Oct 2008Electrical§ 27-2039

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at washbasin in the bathroom, 1st story at east

    Issued 10 Jul 2008Notice sent out 13 Jul 2008Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets sink in the kitchen, 1st story at east

    Issued 10 Jul 2008Notice sent out 13 Jul 2008Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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  • Replace with new the missing door knob in the bathroom, 1st story at east

    Issued 10 Jul 2008Notice sent out 13 Jul 2008Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace the broken or defective wash basin in the bathroom, 1st story at east

    Issued 10 Jul 2008Notice sent out 13 Jul 2008§ 27-2026

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story at east

    Issued 10 Jul 2008Notice sent out 13 Jul 2008Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 10 Jul 2008Notice sent out 13 Jul 2008Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at sink in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 30 May 2008Notice sent out 1 Jun 2008Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Provide adequate supply of cold water for the fixtures.. in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 12 May 2008Notice sent out 13 May 2008§ 27-2024

  • Provide adequate supply of hot water for the fixtures.. in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 12 May 2008Notice sent out 13 May 2008Heat and hot water§ 27-2024

  • Properly repair the broken or defective refrigerator gasket in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 9 Nov 2007Notice sent out 13 Nov 2007Appliances§ 27-2005

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 9 Nov 2007Notice sent out 13 Nov 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of cut hazard at cracked wash basin in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 9 Nov 2007Notice sent out 13 Nov 2007§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the missing door handle in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 9 Nov 2007Notice sent out 13 Nov 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing closet door handle in the private hallway, 1st story at north

    Issued 9 Nov 2007Notice sent out 13 Nov 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 9 Nov 2007Notice sent out 13 Nov 2007Pests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 15 Feb 2007Notice sent out 19 Feb 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 15 Feb 2007Notice sent out 19 Feb 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective ceiling light fixture at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 15 Feb 2007Notice sent out 19 Feb 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 3 Nov 2004Notice sent out 3 Nov 2004Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 27 Jun 2004Notice sent out 28 Jun 2004Pests§ 27-2018

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.

  • Replace with new the broken or defective rubber gasket at refrigerator lower door in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 26 Oct 2008Notice sent out 27 Oct 2008Appliances§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls and ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 9 Oct 2008Notice sent out 13 Oct 2008Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Replace with new the broken or defective gasket at refrigerator door in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 30 May 2008Notice sent out 1 Jun 2008Appliances§ 27-2005

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.

  • 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. in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 3 Nov 2004Notice sent out 3 Nov 2004Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

38 violations on record in total, 36 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.

No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.

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.

  • 2025No 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 (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.

  • Registered managing agent

    DEMETRIS DRAKONAKIS

    Public records list DEMETRIS DRAKONAKIS as the registered managing agent for this address as of 14 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.

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

    No combined rating for this agent yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

  • Owner of record

    DERKA REALTY LLC

    Public records list DERKA REALTY LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 14 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.

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

    No combined rating for this owner yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

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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 one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. There are 2 open mould violations on record. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  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 4008200047 · Block 820, Lot 47 · Building class C2