20-15 Crescent Street

Queens, NY

BBL 4-00870-0028BIN 4019024

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

012 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 14 apartments
021 of those issued in the last 3 years
031 open rent-impairing violation(s)
042 evictions executed in the last 3 years

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 27 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 27 apartments.

2018 — 27 units registered2023 — 27

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1949

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building12 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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 3BIssued 2024-04-15

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1AIssued 2023-03-24

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: Certified late

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3BIssued 2024-04-15RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK ABOVE CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 3BIssued 2024-04-15

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOWER WOODEN CABINETS IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water30

Unsanitary Condition2

Appliance2

Water Leak1

Paint/Plaster1

Electric1

Plumbing1

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

182

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Commercial80

Residential54

Unspecified20

Vehicle20

Street/Sidewalk8

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly commercial) — 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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony37

Misdemeanor32

Violation12

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

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 16 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-03-13Apt 1Bresidential

2017-04-03Apt 2Cresidential

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

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

Central Astoria, LLC

Head officer

Martin Kalt

Managing agent

Martin Kalt

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

18-08 21 AVENUEQUEENS 18-19 21 AVENUEQUEENS 19-09 21 AVENUEQUEENS 20-09 21 AVENUEQUEENS 20-44 CRESCENT STREETQUEENS

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

No DOB/ECB violations on record for this building.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2001-02-23 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2021-09-01 · $44,827,900.77

Mortgage2021-09-01$44,827,900.77

borrower CENTRAL ASTORIA LLC · lender NEWPOINT REAL ESTATE CAPITAL LLC

Mortgage2011-11-07$29,694,422.28

borrower CENTRAL ASTORIA LLC · lender BEECH STREET CAPITAL, LLC

Mortgage2006-01-12$2,124,150.99

borrower CENTRAL ASTORIA LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2003-09-30$12,770,144.31

borrower CENTRAL ASTORIA LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2001-06-08$21,093,347.64

borrower CENTRAL ASTORIA 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