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31-01 Newtown Avenue · Queens · BBL 4006190023 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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Where the penalty points come from

ComponentWhat it coversPoints
Housing codeHPD violations by class, complaints, emergency repairs, litigation, vacate orders, AEP0
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% 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 0. In ZIP 11102, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

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.

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

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

What 311 hears from this address

23 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (5) · Homeless Person Assistance (4) · Street Condition (3) · Sidewalk Condition (2) · Noise (2) · Dirty Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$55,500 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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 (1925)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
No421-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).

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,006,000 $452,700
2026$1,018,000 $458,100
2027$1,049,000 $472,050

The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Mela PizzaPizzaAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

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.

2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (1 in the last three years).

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

Getting around

Subway30 Av — N W · 300 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 30 Av / 31 St — Q18 · 400 ft
Citi Bike31 St & Newtown Ave · 100 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 017 Henry David Thoreau
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

31-01 Newtown Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

23 311 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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $112,661 on 2014-05-08 (lender: Astoria Federal Savings Bank And Loan Association). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2014-05-08Agreement $750,000 — from ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK AND LOAN AS $750,000
2014-05-08Mortgage $112,662 — from ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK AND LOAN AS $112,662
2006-03-13Deed $1,055,000 — from A.J.S. PRINTERS, INC.; CAVALLO, AS EXECUTOR, ANGELO to ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC $1,055,000
2006-03-13Mortgage $725,000 — from ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC to FIRST CENTRAL SAVINGS BANK $725,000
2006-03-13AL&R $725,000 — from FIRST CENTRAL SAVINGS BANK to ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC $725,000

Ten-year activity

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2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201714005
201804004
20191140015
202007007
202109009
20220100212
20230140115
202405038
202509009
2026193013
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The last 12 months — 14 records

DateRecord
2026-07-23311: Homeless Person Assistance — Non-Chronic
2026-06-16Mortgage satisfied — from ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC to ASTORIA BANK; STERLING NATIONAL BANK; WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; ASTORIA FEDERAL
2026-06-16Mortgage satisfied — from ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC to ASTORIA BANK; STERLING NATIONAL BANK; WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; ASTORIA FEDERAL
2026-06-16Mortgage satisfied — from ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC to ASTORIA BANK; STERLING NATIONAL BANK; WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; ASTORIA FEDERAL
2026-06-10311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2026-04-05311: Street Condition — Rough, Pitted or Cracked Roads
2026-03-27311: Illegal Parking — Overnight Commercial Storage
2026-03-27311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2026-03-18311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2026-03-18311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2026-03-09FDNY inspection (COM_OCPCY)
2026-02-28311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2026-02-28311: Consumer Complaint — Street Fair Vendor
2025-10-21311: Homeless Person Assistance — Non-Chronic

The full timeline

2026
2026-07-23311: Homeless Person Assistance — Non-Chronic
2026-06-16Mortgage satisfied — from ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC to ASTORIA BANK; STERLING NATIONAL BANK; WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; ASTORIA FEDERAL
2026-06-16Mortgage satisfied — from ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC to ASTORIA BANK; STERLING NATIONAL BANK; WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; ASTORIA FEDERAL
2026-06-16Mortgage satisfied — from ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC to ASTORIA BANK; STERLING NATIONAL BANK; WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; ASTORIA FEDERAL
2026-06-10311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2026-04-05311: Street Condition — Rough, Pitted or Cracked Roads
2026-03-27311: Illegal Parking — Overnight Commercial Storage
2026-03-27311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2026-03-18311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2026-03-18311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2026-03-09FDNY inspection (COM_OCPCY)
2026-02-28311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2026-02-28311: Consumer Complaint — Street Fair Vendor
2025
2025-10-21311: Homeless Person Assistance — Non-Chronic
2025-09-15311: Harboring Bees/Wasps — Bees/Wasps - Not a beekeper
2025-09-12311: Derelict Vehicles — Derelict Vehicles
2025-09-06311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2025-05-10311: Sidewalk Condition — Broken Sidewalk
2025-04-25311: Damaged Tree — Tree Alive - in Poor Condition
2025-04-09311: Sewer — Catch Basin Clogged/Flooding (Use Comments) (SC)
2025-03-03311: Street Condition — Pothole
2025-01-16311: Street Condition — Pothole
2024
2024-12-19Restaurant inspection: MELA PIZZA — grade A
2024-10-08311: Street Sign - Dangling — St Name - Over Intersection
2024-10-06311: Sidewalk Condition — Broken Sidewalk
2024-09-25311: Homeless Person Assistance
2024-07-30Rodent inspection: Passed
2024-06-10311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2024-05-13Restaurant inspection: MELA PIZZA
2024-01-20311: Homeless Person Assistance
2023
2023-09-08311: Panhandling — N/A
2023-08-21311: Missed Collection — Trash
2023-07-02311: Missed Collection — Trash and Bulky Trash
2023-06-28311: Noise - Commercial — Banging/Pounding
2023-06-24311: Noise - Vehicle — Engine Idling
2023-05-25Rodent inspection: Passed
2023-05-08311: Rodent — Rat Sighting
2023-05-08311: Dirty Condition — Trash
2023-05-08311: Industrial Waste — Grease In Sewer/Catch Basin (IDG)
2023-02-03311: Homeless Person Assistance
2023-02-02311: Derelict Vehicles — Derelict Vehicles
2023-02-02311: Derelict Vehicles — Derelict Vehicles
2023-02-01311: Derelict Vehicles — Derelict Vehicles
2023-02-01311: Derelict Vehicles — Derelict Vehicles
2023-01-27311: Encampment — N/A
2022
2022-12-27Restaurant inspection: MELA PIZZA — grade A
2022-11-09311: Homeless Person Assistance
2022-11-04311: Encampment — N/A
2022-09-24311: Encampment — N/A
2022-09-21311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2022-09-13311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2022-07-09311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2022-07-05311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2022-06-13Restaurant inspection: MELA PIZZA · mice evidence
2022-06-09311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2022-05-13311: Homeless Person Assistance — Chronic
2022-04-25311: Outdoor Dining — Site Setup Condition
2021
2021-11-09311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2021-10-29311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-10-26311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2021-10-19311: Mobile Food Vendor — Permit/License/Certificate
2021-10-19311: Consumer Complaint — Vendor
2021-09-27311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2021-09-15311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2021-08-30311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2021-04-26311: Damaged Tree — Tree Alive - in Poor Condition
2020
2020-09-29311: Noise — Noise: air condition/ventilation equipment (NV1)
2020-08-01311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-07-07311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-04-24311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Social Distancing
2020-03-15311: Street Condition — Pothole
2020-02-17311: Dirty Conditions — E1 Improper Disposal
2020-02-10311: Derelict Vehicles — Derelict Vehicles
2019
2019-12-15311: Unsanitary Pigeon Condition — Pigeon Waste
2019-11-13311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2019-10-09311: Noise — Noise: Construction Before/After Hours (NM1)
2019-09-19311: Mobile Food Vendor — Permit/License/Certificate
2019-09-19311: Vending — Unlicensed
2019-09-09311: Mobile Food Vendor — Permit/License/Certificate
2019-07-30311: Water System — Leak (Use Comments) (WA2)
2019-06-29311: Consumer Complaint — Stoop Line
2019-04-05DOB violation EVCAT1: VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2017 INSPECTION/TEST
2019-04-03311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2019-04-02311: Water System — Hydrant Running (WC3)
2019-03-30311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2019-03-28311: Water System — Hydrant Running (WC3)
2019-02-06311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2019-01-29311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2018
2018-09-14311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2018-08-02311: Street Sign - Dangling — Do Not Enter
2018-05-11311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2018-04-28311: Water System — Hydrant Leaking (WC1)
2017
2017-10-23FDNY inspection (RISK)
2017-10-16311: Food Establishment — Letter Grading
2017-06-19311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2017-04-14311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2017-04-07311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2016
2016-10-25311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2016-10-22311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2016-10-11311: Food Establishment — Rodents/Insects/Garbage
2016-09-29311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2016-08-08311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2016-07-15Permit PL — ISSUED
2016-07-07311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2016-07-06Permit EW — ISSUED
2016-07-01Job filed: RENOVATION WORK OF EXISTING MINI RESTARUNT & ALSO MINOR PLUMBING WORKS AS PER PLAN NO CHANGE USE EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY$18,500
2016-07-01Job filed: RENOVATION WORK OF EXISTING MINI RESTARUNT & ALSO MINOR PLUMBING WORKS AS PER PLAN NO CHANGE USE EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY$18,500
2016-07-01Job filed: RENOVATION WORK OF EXISTING MINI RESTARUNT & ALSO MINOR PLUMBING WORKS AS PER PLAN NO CHANGE USE EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY$18,500
2016-06-12311: Street Condition — Pothole
2016-04-26311: Food Establishment — Food Worker Hygiene
2016-04-22311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2016-03-18311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2016-01-21311: Broken Muni Meter — Timer Defect - Fast/Fail
2015
2015-11-14311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2015-03-23311: Street Condition — Pothole
2015-02-18311: Water System — NO WATER - WNW
2015-02-05311: Snow — E9 Snow / Icy Sidewalk
2014
2014-08-08311: Illegal Parking — Double Parked Blocking Vehicle
2014-05-08Mortgage assigned — from FIRST CENTRAL SAVINGS BANK to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK AND LOAN AS
2014-05-08TL&R — from FIRST CENTRAL SAVINGS BANK
2014-05-08Agreement $750,000 — from ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK AND LOAN AS$750,000
2014-05-08Mortgage $112,662 — from ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK AND LOAN AS$112,662
2014-05-07311: New Tree Request — For One Address
2014-05-03311: Sewer — Sewer Backup (Use Comments) (SA)
2014-03-22311: Food Establishment — Food Contains Foreign Object
2014-02-06311: Snow — E9 Snow / Icy Sidewalk
2013
2013-12-18311: Snow — E9 Snow / Icy Sidewalk
2013-08-16Permit EW — ISSUED
2013-07-02Job filed: MODIFY FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY #410152481, NO CHANGE IN USE EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$3,000
2013-05-28311: Street Condition — Pothole
2013-04-22311: Plumbing — Sprinkler System - Inadequate
2013-04-22DOB complaint, category ?
2013-02-13Permit EW — ISSUED
2012
2012-12-07Permit PL — ISSUED
2012-12-07Permit EW — ISSUED
2012-12-07Permit EW — ISSUED
2012-12-07Permit EW — ISSUED
2012-11-16311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2012-10-18Job filed: FILE TO INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, EXHAUST SYSTEM & PLUMBING FIXTURES FOR RESTAURANT. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS.$34,500
2012-10-18Job filed: FILE TO INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, EXHAUST SYSTEM & PLUMBING FIXTURES FOR RESTAURANT. NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS.$34,500
2012-08-13311: Water System — Hydrant Defective (WC2)
2011
2011-11-22Permit PL — ISSUED
2011-09-26Permit PL — ISSUED
2011-07-18Permit EW — ISSUED
2011-07-18Permit EW — ISSUED
2011-07-11Job filed: INTERIOR RENOVATION AND INSTALLATION OF NEW PLUMBING FIXTURES AS SHOWN ON PLAN.NO CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS.$43,200
2011-02-08311: Street Condition — Pothole
2010
2010-11-13311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2010-10-08DOB violation VCAT1:
2010-05-20311: Public Payphone Complaint — Lost Coin
2008
2008-11-24DOB complaint, category ?
2008-11-24DOB complaint, category ?
2008-09-11Permit EW — ISSUED
2008-09-04ECB CLASS - 2 violation: WORK W/O PERMIT NEW METAL CHIMNEY ERECTED ON SIDE OF BUILDING. REMEDY:OBTAIN PERMIT.$4,000
2008-08-25DOB complaint, category ?
2008-08-14Job filed: INSTALLATION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCU PANCY$3,000
2008-02-08Permit PL — ISSUED
2008-02-05Job filed: INSTALL PLUMBING FIXTURES AS SHOWN ON PLAN NO CHANGE IN USE OCUPANCY OR EGRESS$5,000
2007
2007-10-31Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-10-12Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUP ANCY$3,000
2007-06-06DOB complaint, category ?
2007-03-29Permit PL — ISSUED
2007-03-28Permit EW — ISSUED
2007-02-26Job filed: PROPOSED INTERIOR RENOVATION TO EXISTING STORE, INSTALLATION OF PLUMBING FIXTURES, NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$20,000
2007-02-26Job filed: PROPOSED INTERIOR RENOVATION TO EXISTING STORE, INSTALLATION OF PLUMBING FIXTURES, NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$20,000
2007-01-26Permit AL — ISSUED
2007-01-25Job filed: PROPOSED REMOVAL OF INTERIOR NON-LOADING PARTITIONS. NO CHANGE TO USE,EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$10,000
2007-01-25Job filed: PROPOSED REMOVAL OF INTERIOR NON-LOADING PARTITIONS. NO CHANGE TO USE,EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$10,000
2006
2006-07-28Permit EQ — ISSUED
2006-07-28Permit EW — ISSUED
2006-05-16Job filed: INSTALL A NEW STOREFRONT NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY$8,000
2006-03-13Deed $1,055,000 — from A.J.S. PRINTERS, INC.; CAVALLO, AS EXECUTOR, ANGELO to ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC$1,055,000
2006-03-13Mortgage $725,000 — from ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC to FIRST CENTRAL SAVINGS BANK$725,000
2006-03-13AL&R $725,000 — from FIRST CENTRAL SAVINGS BANK to ASTORIA SQUARE, LLC$725,000
2006-03-13Mortgage satisfied — from AJS PRINTERS, INC. to CAVALLO, JOSEPH
2005
2005-08-02Permit EW — ISSUED
2005-07-13Job filed: Install kitchen fire suppression system, as shown on plan. No change in use, occupancy, or egress.$3,000
2005-03-14DOB complaint, category ?
2004
2004-07-22Permit AL — ISSUED
2004-07-12Job filed: NON ILLUMINATED NON ADVERTISING ACCESSORY STOREFRONT AWNING READING- HIMALAYA'S CONVENIENCE INC 28-27 NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCU$2,000
2004-07-12Job filed: NON ILLUMINATED NON ADVERTISING ACCESSORY STOREFRONT AWNING READING- HIMALAYA'S CONVENIENCE INC 28-27 NO CHANGE TO USE, EGRESS OR OCCU$2,000
2003
2003-08-12Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-08-12Permit EW — ISSUED
2003-07-23Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPA NCY.$3,000
2003-07-23Job filed: INSTALL FIRE SUPRESSION SYSTEM ONLY. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPA NCY.$3,000
1974
1974-11-20Mortgage assigned — from KREMER GEORGE W JR EXECUTOR OF to JOSEPH CAVALLO
1966
1966-06-30Deed — from RIDDER HERMAN EDWARD; RIDDER ANNA to AJS PRINTERS INC
1966-06-30Mortgage — from AJS PRINTERS INC to GEORGE W KREMER JR

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