# 20-45 Crescent Street, Queens, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4008700012/20-45-crescent-street-queens).
BBL 4008700012 · BIN 4019023 · Generated 2026-11-01

## Concern level: moderate

- 4 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 11 apartments
- 1 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 open rent-impairing violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 45 stabilized units for 2023, of about 45 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 45, 2019: 45, 2020: 45, 2021: 45, 2022: 45, 2023: 45.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1949, 3 floors, 45 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

4 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 2, class A non-hazardous: 0); 19 on record.
This tax lot has 5 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

## DOB building violations

0 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 2 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

4 in the last 12 months; 35 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (23), HEAT/HOT WATER (7), PLUMBING (2), WATER LEAK (2), PAINT/PLASTER (1).

## Bedbugs

31 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: CENTRAL ASTORIA , LLC
- Agent: MARTIN KALT
- SiteManager: MARTIN KALT
- HeadOfficer: MARTIN KALT

The same owner is linked to 20 other buildings (MARTIN KALT at 626 SHEEPSHEAD BAY RD).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/4008700012/20-45-crescent-street-queens