152 recorded events, 1979–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 71 311 service requests, 16 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 16 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 67% 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 7. In ZIP 11105, 80% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
25 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Blocked Driveway (6) · Noise (5) · Air Quality (2) · Building/Use (2) · General Construction/Plumbing (2) · Indoor Air Quality (1).
$76,200 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1890) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (7) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | SMARADA REALTY CORP. |
| Head officer | SMARAGDA VASSILIADIS |
| Managing agent | SMARAGDA VASSILIADIS |
| Last registered | 2025-09-02 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,147,000 | $516,150 |
| 2026 | $991,000 | $445,950 |
| 2027 | $1,189,000 | $535,050 |
The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taste of Gyro | Greek | A | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Hurricane evacuation zone 5 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.
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 | Astoria-Ditmars Blvd — N W · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 14-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Steinway St / 21 Av — Q101 · 500 ft |
| Citi Bike | 20 Ave & 42 St · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 084 Steinway Middle: I.S. 141 The Steinway. 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.
20-48 42 Street
| 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: $300,000 on 2020-07-23 (lender: Maspeth Federal Savings And Loan Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-23 | Mortgage $300,000 — from SMARAGDA REALTY CORP. to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $300,000 | |
| 2020-07-23 | AL&R $300,000 — from SMARAGDA REALTY CORP. to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $300,000 | |
| 2005-02-25 | AL&R $375,000 — from MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOC. to SMARAGDA REALTY CORP | $375,000 | |
| 2005-02-25 | Agreement $375,000 — from MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOC. to SMARAGDA REALTY CORP | $375,000 | |
| 2005-02-25 | Mortgage $232,936 — from SMARAGDA REALTY CORP to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOC. | $232,936 | |
| 1998-12-11 | Mortgage $59,342 — from SMARAGDA REALTY CORP to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK FSB | $59,342 | |
| 1992-01-13 | Mortgage $4,018 — from SMARGDA REALTY CORP to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK | $4,018 | |
| 1986-07-09 | Mortgage $200,000 — from SMARAGDA REALTY to FLUSHING SAVINGS BANK | $200,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Every one of the 152 recorded events, 1979–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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