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1974 Starr Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 2008 · 4-story building · 32 apartments

3 immediately hazardous violations open.

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Open violations
33
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
202430
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 8 violations from 2015 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

See every violation
Found most often since 2022
  • Heat and hot water 2
  • Roof and outside the building 1
Open per apartment
less than 0.1 (3 open across 32 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
4 Mar 2024 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?
Tenant-reported
A resident's firsthand account of living here, moderated before it publishes, and labelled with whether we verified they lived there.
Official violation
A city inspector visited and recorded a code violation. HPD's own words, and its own hazard class.
Public complaint
A complaint somebody made to a city system, through HPD or 311. A report, not a finding: nobody has necessarily inspected it.
Public filing
A permit, a registration, a bedbug report: a document the owner filed with the city because the law requires it.
Court record
A Housing Court case HPD brought against the owner, or an eviction a city marshal carried out. A court's record: a case is an allegation until it ends in a finding.
Insufficient data
Not enough current information here to infer a pattern either way.

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Nothing above this section came from a tenant. It is all filed by the city, which means it only holds what somebody reported and an inspector wrote down, not what it is actually like to live here.

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Heat season

No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here last winter (2025–26). That is the city's record: it only holds what somebody reported.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26000

The rules, 1 October to 31 May: from 6am to 10pm, when it is below 55°F outside, the apartment must be at least 68°F; overnight it must be at least 62°F whatever the weather. Hot water must be at least 120°F all year. A tenant without heat can report it to 311.

Rent stabilization

Public filing

This building is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.

Source: Rent Guidelines Board building list, from the state's 2024 registrations. To know about one apartment, a tenant can ask the state for its rent history through Ask HCR.

City violations

Official violation

Immediately hazardous3 open

Class C. HPD considers the condition an immediate danger: no heat in winter, no hot water, lead paint where a child lives, a broken lock on the front door. The owner has 24 hours to correct it.

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 4 Mar 2024Notice sent out 4 Mar 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system door leading to boiler room locked at public hall 1st story at boiler room, 1st story

    Issued 4 Mar 2024Notice sent out 5 Mar 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of door leading to west yard unable to open at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 4 Mar 2024Notice sent out 6 Mar 2024Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

8 closed violations, plus 17 closed paperwork filings

Closed means HPD recorded the violation as corrected, or dismissed it. Both appear here, because the difference matters and only HPD’s own status line says which it was.

  • Post sign on wall of entrance story bearing name, address including apartment number if any, and telephone number of superintendent, janitor or housekeeper. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 9 Jan 2020Violation dismissed 16 Apr 2023Super and management§ 27-2053

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective, 3rd story at south

    Issued 27 Sept 2018Violation dismissed 16 Apr 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defctive, 3rd story at south

    Issued 27 Sept 2018Violation dismissed 16 Apr 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 3rd story at south

    Issued 22 Aug 2018Violation dismissed 16 Apr 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electrical outlet at north wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at south

    Issued 22 Aug 2018Violation dismissed 16 Apr 2023Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules., 3rd story at south

    Issued 22 Aug 2018Violation dismissed 16 Apr 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Remove the illegal fastening double cylinder key operated building entrance door lock at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 16 May 2017Violation dismissed 16 Apr 2023Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening double cylinder lock on entrance door to building. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 3 Dec 2015Violation dismissed 16 Apr 2023Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

28 violations on record in total, 3 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.

Complaints to the city

Public complaint

Complaints are reports made to the city. They are not confirmed findings. They come from HPD and from 311, and the same problem can appear more than once if more than one neighbour called.

10 complaints in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water0 / 3
  • Electrical0 / 2
  • Doors and windows0 / 1
  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 1
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 1
  • Noise0 / 1
  • Fire and safety equipment1 / 1

Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.

Court records

Court record

Housing Court cases

Cases the city’s housing department (HPD) brought against the owner, usually to force repairs or restore heat. A case is an allegation; where the court recorded an outcome, it is shown.

1 case, all closed.

  • Tenant Action/Harassment

    Opened 23 Aug 2018

Evictions

Residential evictions carried out by a city marshal since 2017. Most follow a case for unpaid rent, so a count here is not by itself a finding about the building or the landlord. We show how many, never which apartment.

  • 20181 eviction
  • 20172 evictions

Filings

Public filing

Building permits

No DOB permits filed for this building in the last five years.

Annual bedbug report

Every multiple dwelling in New York must file this once a year. A report of zero infested units is good news. No report is not: failing to file is itself a violation.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 3 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)

Ownership and management

Public filing

Associations come from registration records and may be incomplete. Owners register with HPD once a year, so a change of hands can go unrecorded for a full cycle.

  • Registered managing agent

    SPARROW REALTORS LLC

    Public records list SPARROW REALTORS LLC as the registered managing agent for this address as of 9 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (1 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    HIGHVIEW HOME OWNERS CONDOMINIUM

    Public records list HIGHVIEW HOME OWNERS CONDOMINIUM as the owner of record for this address as of 9 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.

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What to ask at the viewing

Drawn from this building’s record above. They are questions, not conclusions: the point is to find out, in the twenty minutes you get inside, what the public record cannot tell you.

  1. The city currently has 3 open immediately-hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern, how many are in the one you would be renting, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2025). Ask when the building was last treated, how often an exterminator comes, and whether treatment covers the whole line of apartments or only the one that complained.
  3. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  4. Ask who to call when something breaks, what happens after hours and at weekends, and how long a repair normally takes.

Ask for anything that matters in writing; an email after the viewing is enough. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice.

Questions about this building

BBL 4033787501 · Block 3378, Lot 7501 · Building class RD (not translated)