21-05 21 Road

Queens, NY

BBL 4-00880-0039BIN 4019640

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments

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 8 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 10 apartments.

2018 — 8 units registered2023 — 8

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.

How to request your rent history →

Rent regulation

The building

1931

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2019-03-205+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM MISSING. AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2019-03-205+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT CELLAR. AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2019-03-205+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM AT VESTIBULE , 1st STORY

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2019-03-205+ YRS OLD

D26-17.10 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDING'S HEATING SYSTEM AT MAILBOXES.

Status: Certified late

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water1

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2020-10-28 · closed

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

173

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential97

Commercial29

Unspecified26

Street/Sidewalk15

Vehicle5

Helicopter1

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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

144

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony63

Misdemeanor54

Violation27

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 4 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

No executed evictions on record for this building.

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 2018-07-13

Access Warrant - Non-Lead

CLOSEDOpened 2016-11-23

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

DVA, LLC

Head officer

DANIEL BUFFA

Managing agent

DANIEL BUFFA

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2000-06-08 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage1990-07-13 · $100,000

Sale2000-06-08no recorded price

BUFFA, VINCENZO → DVA L.L.C.

Sale2000-06-07no recorded price

BUFFA, ANNA, BUFFA, VINCENZO → BUFFA, VINCENZO

Mortgage1990-07-13$100,000

borrower BUFFA, VINCENZO, BUFFA, ANNA · lender ASTORIA FED S&L ASSN

Sale1990-07-05no recorded price

RAMIREZ, BAUDILIO → BUFFA, VINCENZO, BUFFA, ANNA

Sale1976-11-26no recorded price

PRAMBERGER STEVE, PRAMBERGER ERNESTINE → BAUDILIO RAMIREZ

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