25-20 21 Street, Astoria, NY 11102
Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up with stores · 7 apartments
6 immediately hazardous violations open. 21 open in all.
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- Open violations
- 216 · 12 · 3
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom 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 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 3 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 5 violations from 1993 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Fire and safety equipment 5
- Pests 4
- Doors and windows 3
- Open per apartment
- 3 (21 open across 7 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 19 Dec 2025 (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
Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 2 days.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 2 | 2 | 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 filingThis 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 violationImmediately hazardous6 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.
×3Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
3 issued 27 Oct 2025 to 19 Dec 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenantPests§ 27-2017.4
Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
Issued 27 Oct 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 27 Oct 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4
Correct failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required to be maintained by owner pursuant to local law 1 of 2004 related to lead-based paint notices, inspections and remediation/abatement activities.
Issued 18 Jun 2025Notice sent out 11 Aug 2025Lead paint§ 27-2056.7
Correct failure to notify occupants and/or to investigate lead-based paint hazards.
Issued 18 Jun 2025Notice sent out 11 Aug 2025Lead paint§ 27-2056.4
Hazardous12 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
Issued 19 Dec 2025Notice sent out 21 Dec 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2
×2Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
2 issued 27 Oct 2025 to 19 Dec 2025Notice sent outFire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3
Properly repair or replace the broken or defective lower sash spring balance at 1st window from south at west wall in the 3rd room from east at south, 2nd story at west
Issued 19 Dec 2025Notice sent out 21 Dec 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Properly repair or replace the broken or defective spring balance lower sash at the 1st window from south at west in the 3rd room from east at south, 2nd story at west
Issued 27 Oct 2025Notice sent out 27 Oct 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations defective in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
Issued 27 Oct 2025Notice sent out 27 Oct 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2
Properly repair or replace the broken or defective spring balance lower sash at the 1st window from south at west in the 3rd room from east at north, 2nd story at west
Issued 27 Oct 2025Notice sent out 27 Oct 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of mice, 3rd story at north
Issued 18 Jun 2018Notice sent out 19 Jun 2018Pests§ 27-2018
Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 3rd story at north
Issued 18 Jun 2018Notice sent out 19 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules., 3rd story at north
Issued 18 Jun 2018Notice sent out 19 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches, 3rd story at north
Issued 18 Jun 2018Notice sent out 19 Jun 2018Pests§ 27-2018
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Arrange and make self-closing the doors bulkhead at pub hall stairs.
Issued 17 Mar 1993Notice sent out 20 Aug 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1
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.
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 3rd room from east at south, the 3rd room from east at north, the kitchen, 2nd story at west
Issued 19 Dec 2025Notice sent out 21 Dec 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the bathroom, the 3rd room from east at north, the kitchen, the 3rd room from east at south, 2nd story at west
Issued 27 Oct 2025Notice sent out 27 Oct 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Discontunue unlawful use of kitchen for sleeping purposes in the kitchen, 2nd story at west
Issued 27 Oct 2025Notice sent out 27 Oct 2025§ 27-2076
Paperwork and notices6 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.
×6File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.
6 issued 14 Apr 2021 to 6 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices
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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.
Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 2, wg to replace = 0, wg to repair = 2 in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
Issued 27 Oct 2025Violation closed 22 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1
38 violations on record in total, 27 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.
15 complaints in three years, 3 of them in the last twelve months.
- Pests0 / 5
- Fire and safety equipment0 / 4
- Heat and hot water2 / 2
- Appliances0 / 1
- Electrical1 / 1
- Doors and windows0 / 1
- Walls and ceilings0 / 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.
1 case, all closed.
Tenant Action
Opened 6 Oct 2025
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.
- 20262 evictions
Filings
Public filingBuilding permits
No permit currently in force. 3 permits filed in the last five years.
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General Construction
FACADE REPAIR AS PER PLAN.
Issued 13 Nov 2025Expired 26 Mar 2026
Supported Scaffold
PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER PLANS. WORK SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF 2022 THE NYC BUILDING CODE. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY, OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLICATION.
Issued 31 Oct 2025Expired 31 Oct 2026
Sidewalk Shed
INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH CHAPTER #33 OF 2022 THE NYC BUILDING CODE. LIVE LOAD 300PSF.
Issued 12 Sept 2025Expired 12 Sept 2026
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.
No bedbug report on file for this building. That usually means the owner did not file one, not that there is nothing to 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.
Owner of record and managing agent
CHRIS QURAISHI
Public records list CHRIS QURAISHI as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 26 Mar 2026. Source: HPD registration.
Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.
What to ask at the viewing
25-20 21 Street, Astoria, NY 11102
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 6 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.
- This building dates from 1931 and has 2 open lead-paint violations on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
- 6 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. No bedbug report has ever been filed here, so the record cannot tell you the building's history — ask.
- 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 21 open housing violations: 6 immediately hazardous, 12 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 fire and safety equipment (5), pests (4) and doors and windows (3).
On 19 Dec 2025. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
It 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.
In the 2025–26 heat season the city received heat or hot-water complaints on 2 days, and HPD issued 0 heat violations.
City marshals carried out 2 residential evictions here since 2017. The record says nothing about why, and most follow a case for unpaid rent.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
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