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30-80 37 Street

538Records
16City systems
16Open violations
482.7Penalty rate
Queens · ZIP 11103 · Neighborhood: Astoria (Central)
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538 recorded events, 1993–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 224 311 service requests, 181 HPD complaints, 85 HPD housing violations.

BoroughQueens 11103
Built1923
Floors3
Res. units6
ClassC2
Owner (PLUTO)FERRARA, VINCENZO
BBL4006510079
BIN4010046, 4542568

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GRADE D

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 482.7. In ZIP 11103, 72% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations16 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 12 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 2012-07-23.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

49 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 2 · winter 2025–26: 45). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

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’23–24
2
’24–25
45
’25–26

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

69 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (21) · DOOR/WINDOW (8) · FLOORING/STAIRS (7) · PAINT/PLASTER (7) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (6) · Asbestos (5).

Filed construction activity

$50,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1923)
YesSix or more residential units (6)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)VINCENZO FERRARA
Managing agentVincenzo Ferrara
Last registered2025-11-17

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$874,000 $393,300
2026$1,049,000 $472,050
2027$1,259,000 $566,550

The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwaySteinway St — M R · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
30 Av — N W · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Steinway St / 31 Av — Q101 · 650 ft
Citi Bike31 Ave & 34 St · 650 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 166 Henry Gradstein
Middle: Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts. Confirm with the DOE's school search.

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.

Report a problem to 311

30-80 37 Street

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

69 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 21 of them about heat or hot water.

311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $499,990 on 2023-10-02 (lender: Island Federal Credit Union). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2023-10-02AL&R $499,990 — from FERRARA, VINCENZO to ISLAND FEDERAL CREDIT UNION $499,990
2023-10-02Mortgage $499,990 — from FERRARA, VINCENZO to ISLAND FEDERAL CREDIT UNION $499,990
2023-10-02Deed $1,680,000 — from QUITO, INC. to FERRARA, VINCENZO $1,680,000
2023-09-25Sold for $1,680,000 $1,680,000 $280,000
2011-10-28Deed $1,170,000 — from RERECICH, MARILYN to QUITO, INC. $1,170,000
1996-09-30Mortgage $125,000 — from RERECICH, MARILYN to GREENPOINT BANK $125,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017002002
2018006017
2019003003
2020003014
2021005016
20220280111
2023012418
202451140323
20250011801119
202600560157
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The full timeline

Construction 10Enforcement 11Housing & tenants 497Ownership & money 10Health & systems 10

Every one of the 538 recorded events, 1993–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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