115 recorded events, 1976–2026, from 9 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 50 311 service requests, 23 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 14 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 96% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 50. In ZIP 11103, 72% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 14 total — 8 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 2018-10-24. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$2,530 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (8) · Obstruction (4) · Graffiti (3) · Illegal Parking (3) · Blocked Driveway (2) · Abandoned Vehicle (2).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1929) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | DENKER-ASTORIA REALTY LLC |
| Head officer | CHRISTOPHER J DENKER;JR |
| Managing agent | MARIO CONTRERAS |
| Last registered | 2017-09-21 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,240,800 | $558,360 |
| 2026 | $1,279,000 | $575,550 |
| 2027 | $1,478,000 | $665,100 |
The city's market estimate has risen 19% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alegre Despertar | American | B | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
| Subway | Steinway St — M R · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Broadway / 44 St — Q104 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | 43 St & Broadway · 50 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter Middle: I.S. 010 Horace Greeley. 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.
42-20 Broadway
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
25 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $72,408 on 2004-05-07 (lender: Marathon Nation Bank Of New York). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05-07 | AL&R $250,000 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHER J to MARATHON NATION BANK OF NEW YORK | $250,000 | |
| 2004-05-07 | Mortgage $72,409 — from DENKER JR., CHRISTOPHER J to MARATHON NATION BANK OF NEW YORK | $72,409 | |
| 2004-05-07 | Agreement $250,000 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHER J to MARATHON NATION BANK OF NEW YORK | $250,000 | |
| 1996-10-07 | Mortgage $15,962 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ JR. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $15,962 | |
| 1992-01-24 | Mortgage $60,000 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ JR to OURAS, ROSEMARIE | $60,000 | |
| 1986-11-26 | Mortgage $250,000 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ.JR to ASTORIA FED S&L ASSN | $250,000 | |
| 1983-02-16 | Mortgage $25,000 — from DENKER,CHRISTOPHER J. JR to OTTERSTADT, VERA; GOUDES, HERMES | $25,000 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2024 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 2026 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Every one of the 115 recorded events, 1976–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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