Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.
The building
1926
Built
3
Floors
4
Residential units
Mixed residential / commercial
Type
Housing court
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
2
Open now
3
On record
2
Open Class C
0
Open Class B
0
Open Class A
Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2007-12-035+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) CEILING, NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
Status: Defect letter issued
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2007-12-035+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) EAST WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
Status: Defect letter issued
311 complaints from tenants
No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Rent regulation
Not on the rent-stabilized list
Not found in the DOF tax-bill records nor the 2024 DHCR registered building list. Absence isn't proof a unit is unregulated — buildings can be missing or newly deregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.
DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.
Concern level3 of 4
High
012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
021 active DOB violation(s)
How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.
Neighborhood crime
About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
154
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
13
≈ per month
Felony43
Misdemeanor70
Violation41
NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.
DOB building violations
1
Active
3
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2008-08-22
Bedbug history
No bedbugs reported
The owner filed 9 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
F&F ASTORIA LLC
Head officer
SANDRA FERRIER
Managing agent
SANDRA FERRIER
3 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.
Ownership & money
Speculation watch
·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal
A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.
10
Recorded sales
7
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2021-12-08 · $1,700,000
Most recent mortgage2021-12-08 · $4,900,000
Mortgage2021-12-08$4,900,000
borrower F & F SUNNYSIDE LLC, F&F ASTORIA LLC, F & F JACKSON HEIGHTS LLC, F&F ELMHURST LLC · lender CONNECTONE BANK
Sale2021-12-08$1,700,000
PORTELA REALTY CORP. → F&F ASTORIA LLC
Sale2008-07-02$1,700,000
A&GL REALTY, LLC → PORTELA REALTY CORP.
Sale2006-05-10$1,540,000
VASILOPOULOS, MARIA → A&GL REALTY, LLC
Mortgage2006-05-10$1,200,000
borrower A&GL REALTY, LLC · lender VASILOPOULOS, MARIA
From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.