21-24 31 Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-00846-0042BIN 4017708

Concern level3 of 4

High

0134 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
027 of those issued in the last 3 years
0311 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0420 active DOB violation(s)
051 eviction executed in the last 3 years
0610 DOB fines lost by default (unpaid)

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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 78 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 116 apartments.

2018 — 86 units registered2023 — 78

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1929

Built

Floors

116

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building26 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

224

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

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 1LIssued 2026-01-05

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) 1st DOOR FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification Postponment Denied

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1LIssued 2026-01-05

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) NORTH WALL, SOUTH WALL, EAST WALL, WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification Postponment Denied

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1LIssued 2026-01-05

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS XRF TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 AND IS PRESUMED LEAD PAINT AS SET FORTH IN (28 RCNY §11-07(b)) AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE-USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(b)(2) 1st WINDOW FRAME FROM EAST AT SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification Postponment Denied

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1LIssued 2026-01-05

§ 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY §11-06(B)(2) NORTH WALL, WEST WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certification Postponment Denied

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

102

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water55

Unsanitary Condition12

Paint/Plaster12

Water Leak9

General3

Flooring/Stairs3

Elevator3

Safety3

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

462

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential138

Commercial123

Street/Sidewalk93

Unspecified59

Vehicle46

Helicopter3

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. 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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

146

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony48

Misdemeanor80

Violation18

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.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

Re-infestation reported

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20244 infested · 4 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-11-13Apt 1Kresidential

2019-09-25Apt 6Mresidential

2018-10-11Apt 4Iresidential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2024-05-08

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2023-03-21

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2021-04-23

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2018-04-11

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

ONEOTA ASSOCIATES LLC

Head officer

RONALD SWARTZ

Managing agent

GERMAN CACERES

26 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

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Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$11,595

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

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.

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 12023-09-12$6,250 penalty

DEFAULTElevatorsClass 22021-04-08$3,125 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1998-12-17 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2017-11-09 · $5,350,000

Mortgage2017-11-09$5,350,000

borrower ONEOTA ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. · lender SANTANDER BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2013-01-15$2,150,000

borrower ONEOTA ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. · lender PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK

Mortgage2008-02-06$1,607,966.03

borrower ONEOTA ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. · lender SOVEREIGN BANK

Mortgage2004-07-16$1,478,257.87

borrower ONEOTA ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2002-02-13$1,699,868.62

borrower ONEOTA ASSOCIATES, LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

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.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

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.

City debt & tax-lien sale