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21-05 21 Street, Astoria, NY 11105

Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 10 apartments

4 immediately hazardous violations open. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 28 violations before that, the first in 1988.

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Open per apartment
0.4 (4 open across 10 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
17 Apr 2019 (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 hazardous4 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.

  • Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to buildings heating system at vestibule, 1st story

    Issued 6 Mar 2018Notice certified late 2 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at cellar. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 27 Oct 2016Notice certified late 2 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to buildings heating system missing. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 27 Oct 2016Notice certified late 2 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to building's heating system at mailboxes.

    Issued 20 Jun 1988Notice certified late 2 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ D26-17.10

Paperwork and notices7 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., 1st story

    Issued 6 Mar 2018Invalid certification 2 Apr 2019Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • 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, 1st story

    Issued 6 Mar 2018Invalid certification 2 Apr 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • 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., 1st story

    Issued 6 Mar 2018Invalid certification 2 Apr 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • 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.

    Issued 22 Nov 2017Invalid certification 2 Apr 2019Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • 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 Nov 2017Invalid certification 2 Apr 2019Paperwork 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..

    Issued 22 Nov 2017Invalid certification 2 Apr 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • 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.

    Issued 22 Nov 2017Invalid certification 2 Apr 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

24 closed violations, plus 13 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.

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at builkhead, 3rd story

    Issued 17 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 25 Jul 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls and ceiling in the foyer, 3rd story

    Issued 17 Feb 2016Violation dismissed 13 Jun 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective 3rd stry an apartment in the entire apartment -c, 3rd story

    Issued 24 Mar 2000Violation dismissed 13 Jun 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electric wires cellar rear.

    Issued 20 Jun 1988Violation dismissed 13 Jun 2019Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electric wires clg private hall & bathroom 3 sty east an apartment.

    Issued 20 Jun 1988Violation dismissed 13 Jun 2019Electrical§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electric wires clg light fixture 1 sty center an apartment kitchen.

    Issued 20 Jun 1988Violation dismissed 13 Jun 2019Electrical§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective fire retarded clg in boiler room of cellar.

    Issued 20 Jun 1988Violation dismissed 13 Jun 2019Heat and hot water§ D26-10.01

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective plasterboard clg at east of cellar.

    Issued 20 Jun 1988Violation dismissed 13 Jun 2019Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electric wires clg light fixture kitchen 3 sty east an apartment.

    Issued 20 Jun 1988Violation dismissed 13 Jun 2019Electrical§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bell & buzzer vestibule to 2 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 20 Jun 1988Violation dismissed 13 Jun 2019Entry, buzzer and mail§ D26-10.01

  • Properly repair the broken or defective door lock assembly front entrance door to bldg.

    Issued 7 Apr 1995Violation closed 20 Apr 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing window guard public hall all stys.

    Issued 20 Jun 1988Violation closed 20 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass roof dumbwaiter east & west bulkhead skylights.

    Issued 20 Jun 1988Violation closed 20 Apr 2019Roof and outside the building§ D26-10.01

  • Properly secure the loose slate roof southwest section.

    Issued 20 Jun 1988Violation closed 20 Apr 2019Roof and outside the building§ D26-10.01

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tile floor 3 sty public hall.

    Issued 20 Jun 1988Violation closed 20 Apr 2019Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of dryer & washing machine rear yard.

    Issued 15 Jun 1988Violation closed 20 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide gate in fence at front north & south fire escapes dropladder to afford egress from save.

    Issued 15 Jun 1988Violation closed 20 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01

  • Provide gate in fence for egress from fire escapes front east & west.

    Issued 15 Jun 1988Violation closed 20 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01

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

    Issued 15 Jun 1988Violation closed 20 Apr 2019Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Replace with new the broken or defective lower sash wired glass at window at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 6 Mar 2018Violation closed 23 Oct 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • 187, 231 m/d law and department rules and regulations. provide a shoe properly secured to bottom of string of dropladder at the building front north east at fire escape

    Issued 10 Nov 2016Violation dismissed 9 Feb 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 53

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 27 Oct 2016Violation dismissed 19 Jan 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 27 Oct 2016Violation dismissed 19 Jan 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at stove in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 27 Oct 2016Violation dismissed 17 Jan 2017Appliances§ 27-2070

48 violations on record in total, 11 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.

2 cases, all closed.

  • Access Warrant - Non-Lead

    Opened 13 Jul 2018

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 23 Nov 2016

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)
Show 3 earlier reports
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2017 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

    DANIEL BUFFA

    Public records list DANIEL BUFFA as the registered managing agent for this address as of 11 Jan 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (2 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    DVA, LLC

    Public records list DVA, LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 11 Jan 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 4 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. 7 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.

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