18-10 21 Avenue

Queens, NY

BBL 4-00896-0053BIN 4431166Plain-text version

Concern level3 of 4

High

014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 42 apartments
023 of those issued in the last 3 years
036 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 OATH/ECB 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 126 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 168 apartments.

2018 — 126 units registered2023 — 126

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1950

Built

Floors

168

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

115

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. This tax lot has 6 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3AIssued 2026-09-10

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

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-08-03

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT 3RD FIRE ESCAPE FROM SOUTH AT EAST EXTERIOR WALL AT FIRE ESCAPE, 4th STORY

Status: Nov Certified On Time

CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 3EIssued 2025-04-08

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE RADIATOR COVER AT EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3E, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

261

All time

Last 12 months

General64

Heat/Hot Water62

Unsanitary Condition51

Paint/Plaster24

Appliance18

Water Leak18

Door/Window7

Plumbing6

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

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

239

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential85

Street/Sidewalk85

Commercial30

Unspecified19

Vehicle19

Park1

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

Lower than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony30

Misdemeanor47

Violation15

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

2024–20251 infested · 1 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

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-07-20Apt 1Cresidential

2026-03-26Apt 2Bresidential

2026-01-07Apt 2Gresidential

2026-01-07Apt 3Cresidential

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: repair & harassment cases

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 2018-06-14

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2014-04-16

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2011-03-21

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2010-11-22

Heat / hot water

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

ASTORIA TERRACE GARDENS 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.

18-19 21 AVENUEQUEENS 19-09 21 AVENUEQUEENS 20-09 21 AVENUEQUEENS 20-15 CRESCENT STREETQUEENS 20-44 CRESCENT STREETQUEENS

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2008-04-15 · $27,500,000

Most recent mortgage2022-08-11 · $3,433,360.85

Mortgage2022-08-11$3,433,360.85

borrower ASTORIA TERRACE GARDENS LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage2013-05-31$657,015.61

borrower ASTORIA TERRACE GARDENS LLC · lender BEECH STREET CAPITAL, LLC

Sale2008-04-15$27,500,000

SHORE TERRACE REALTY LLC → ASTORIA TERRACE GARDENS, LLC

Mortgage2008-04-15$16,452,414.71

borrower ASTORIA TERRACE GARDENS LLC · lender SOVEREIGN BANK

Mortgage2001-06-29$4,600,000

borrower SHORE REALTY TERRACEREALTY LLC · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOC

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