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42-20 Broadway · Queens · BBL 4006900042 · 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, AEP12
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class8
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE D

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

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

Open HPD violations14 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

Patterns

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.

What 311 hears from this address

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).

Filed construction activity

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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1929)
NoSix or more residential units (4)
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).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)DENKER-ASTORIA REALTY LLC
Head officerCHRISTOPHER J DENKER;JR
Managing agentMARIO CONTRERAS
Last registered2017-09-21

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed 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.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Alegre DespertarAmericanBMice 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.

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 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: Broadway / 44 St — Q104 · 300 ft
Citi Bike43 St & Broadway · 50 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
Bike facilityPainted 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.

Report a problem to 311

42-20 Broadway

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

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.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

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.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2004-05-07AL&R $250,000 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHER J to MARATHON NATION BANK OF NEW YORK $250,000
2004-05-07Mortgage $72,409 — from DENKER JR., CHRISTOPHER J to MARATHON NATION BANK OF NEW YORK $72,409
2004-05-07Agreement $250,000 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHER J to MARATHON NATION BANK OF NEW YORK $250,000
1996-10-07Mortgage $15,962 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ JR. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA $15,962
1992-01-24Mortgage $60,000 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ JR to OURAS, ROSEMARIE $60,000
1986-11-26Mortgage $250,000 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ.JR to ASTORIA FED S&L ASSN $250,000
1983-02-16Mortgage $25,000 — from DENKER,CHRISTOPHER J. JR to OTTERSTADT, VERA; GOUDES, HERMES $25,000

Ten-year activity

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2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
15
2023
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201700224
201803014
201904015
202002013
202106017
202203014
20230121215
202426019
20250120315
202605016
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The last 12 months — 10 records

DateRecord
2026-09-05311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-06-23311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Crosswalk
2026-05-07HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2026-03-26Boiler inspection
2026-03-18311: Illegal Parking — Paper License Plates
2026-03-02311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025-12-26311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025-12-16311: Illegal Parking — Paper License Plates
2025-11-21HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2025-10-26311: Obstruction — Merchandise

The full timeline

2026
2026-09-05311: Noise - Residential — Loud Music/Party
2026-06-23311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Crosswalk
2026-05-07HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2026-03-26Boiler inspection
2026-03-18311: Illegal Parking — Paper License Plates
2026-03-02311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2025
2025-12-26311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2025-12-16311: Illegal Parking — Paper License Plates
2025-11-21HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2025-10-26311: Obstruction — Merchandise
2025-08-10311: Obstruction — Merchandise
2025-08-07311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2025-08-03311: Obstruction — Merchandise
2025-07-11311: Obstruction — Merchandise
2025-07-06311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2025-06-17Boiler inspection
2025-06-12HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2025-06-11311: Litter Basket Request — Replacement Basket
2025-05-08Restaurant inspection: ALEGRE DESPERTAR — grade B
2025-03-12Restaurant inspection: ALEGRE DESPERTAR
2025-02-07311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2024
2024-12-02HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2024-10-22Boiler inspection
2024-10-20311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2024-10-01ECB CLASS - 1 violation: FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED PARKING STRUCTURE INITIAL OBSERVATION REPORT FOR AN EXISTING PARKING STRUCTURE DOCUMENTING THE COND$2,530
2024-09-23DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
2024-08-24311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2024-04-15HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2024-03-12311: Consumer Complaint — Tobacco Sales
2024-02-13311: Snow or Ice — Sidewalk
2023
2023-12-02311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-26311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-24HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2023-11-23311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-21311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-18311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-18311: Noise - Street/Sidewalk — Loud Music/Party
2023-11-13Restaurant inspection: ALEGRE DESPERTAR — grade B
2023-11-13311: Noise - Commercial — Loud Music/Party
2023-05-16311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2023-04-20311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2023-03-29HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2023-03-01RPTT&RET — from LYNDA CALIMANO, CO EXECUTOR; ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER J DENKER, JR; CHRISTOPHER JON DENKER, C to DENKER, MARGARET; CHRISTOPHER JON DENKER, CO TRUSTEE; LYNDA CALIMANO, CO TRUSTEE; UNIFIED
2023-02-13311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2023-01-26Restaurant inspection: ALEGRE DESPERTAR · mice evidence
2022
2022-11-15HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2022-08-01Boiler inspection
2022-03-04HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2022-03-04HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021
2021-11-04311: Consumer Complaint — Locksmith
2021-09-20311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2021-09-12311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2021-07-30Boiler inspection
2021-04-15HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021-04-15HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2021-01-27311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2020
2020-12-30Boiler inspection
2020-02-19311: Illegal Parking — Detached Trailer
2020-01-08311: Damaged Tree — Entire Tree Has Fallen Down
2019
2019-11-01HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2019-10-15311: Street Sign - Dangling — No Parking, Standing, Stopping
2019-09-05311: Consumer Complaint — Retail Store
2019-07-14311: Sidewalk Condition — Sidewalk Staircase
2019-06-18Boiler inspection
2018
2018-10-24HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2018-02-09Boiler inspection
2018-01-24311: Illegal Parking — Commercial Overnight Parking
2018-01-05311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2017
2017-06-26Mortgage satisfied — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHER JR. to INVESTORS BANK
2017-06-26TL&R — from INVESTORS BANK to DENKER, CHRISTOPHER JR.
2017-03-09Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2017-02-15Rodent inspection: Bait applied
2016
2016-12-01Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2016-11-05311: Broken Muni Meter — Coin or Card Did Not Register
2016-09-27Rodent inspection: Failed for Rat Activity
2016-03-13311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2015
2015-09-28311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2015-08-03311: Other Enforcement — ECR Commercial Routing Sticker
2015-07-08311: Consumer Complaint — Exchange/Refund/Return
2015-05-29311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2015-03-13311: Blocked Driveway — Partial Access
2015-03-09311: Blocked Driveway — No Access
2014
2014-12-15311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2014-01-28311: Consumer Complaint — Damaged/Defective Goods
2013
2013-01-02311: Public Payphone Complaint — Illegal Activity by Phone
2008
2008-01-14Deed — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHER J JR to DENKER-ASTORIA REALTY, LLC
2004
2004-05-07AL&R $250,000 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHER J to MARATHON NATION BANK OF NEW YORK$250,000
2004-05-07Mortgage assigned — from DENKER JR., CHRISTOPHER J to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
2004-05-07Mortgage $72,409 — from DENKER JR., CHRISTOPHER J to MARATHON NATION BANK OF NEW YORK$72,409
2004-05-07TL&R — from DENKER JR., CHRISTOPHER J to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA
2004-05-07Agreement $250,000 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHER J to MARATHON NATION BANK OF NEW YORK$250,000
2004-02-13DOB violation LL6291:
1998
1998-05-04DOB violation LL6291:
1997
1997-09-16DOB violation LL6291:
1997-02-10DOB violation LL6291:
1996
1996-10-10Permit AL — ISSUED
1996-10-07Agreement — from ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOC to DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ. JR.
1996-10-07Mortgage $15,962 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ JR. to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA$15,962
1996-10-07Mortgage assigned — from DENKERS, CHRISTOPHERJ JR to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOC.
1996-04-08Permit EW — ISSUED
1996-03-18Permit EW — ISSUED
1995
1995-08-29DOB violation LL6291:
1994
1994-06-07DOB violation LL6291:
1993
1993-12-06Mortgage satisfied — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ JR to LOURAS, ROSEMARIE
1993-02-17Permit SG — ISSUED
1992
1992-01-24Mortgage $60,000 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ JR to OURAS, ROSEMARIE$60,000
1986
1986-11-26Mortgage satisfied — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ. to OTTERSTADAT, VERA STETTL
1986-11-26Mortgage $250,000 — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ.JR to ASTORIA FED S&L ASSN$250,000
1986-11-26Mortgage satisfied — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ. to STETTLER, EMMA
1983
1983-02-16Mortgage $25,000 — from DENKER,CHRISTOPHER J. JR to OTTERSTADT, VERA; GOUDES, HERMES$25,000
1982
1982-08-17Mortgage satisfied — from DENKER, CHRISTOPHERJ.JR to BLENDERMANN, EDWARDJ.JR
1981
1981-02-17Mortgage — from DENKER CHRISTOPHER J JR to EDWARD L BLENDERMANN
1980
1980-03-25EASE — from STETTLER EMMA to NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO
1976
1976-10-28Deed — from STETTLER EMMA to CHRISTOPHER J DENKER JR
1976-10-28Mortgage — from DENKER CHRISTOPHER JR to EMMA STETTLER

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