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1879 Greene Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1930 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 19 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 71 violations before that, the first in 1981.

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Open per apartment
3.2 (19 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
31 Oct 2019 (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

The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments, or how many.

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 hazardous1 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.

  • Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 6 Oct 2019Notice of issuance sent to tenant 9 Oct 2019Pests§ 27-2017.4

Hazardous13 open

Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of bicycles chained with railing at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 31 Oct 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color.celing in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 6 Oct 2019Notice sent out 9 Oct 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 13 Jun 2018Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 29 Jun 2015Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes rear stack of bldg.

    Issued 12 Sept 1999Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of tv antenna wires laying across roof causing possible trip hazard.

    Issued 12 Sept 1999Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

  • Discontinue use of rooms for living, disconnect plumbing fixtures and properly seal pipe connections cellar at front.

    Issued 21 Jun 1989Not complied with 18 Apr 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2081

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household articles 3 sty public hall.

    Issued 31 Jan 1989Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing 3 sty north an apartment.

    Issued 31 Jan 1989First no access to re- inspect violation 24 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance to 3 sty north an apartment.

    Issued 31 Jan 1989First no access to re- inspect violation 24 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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  • Properly repair the broken or defective paving boiler rm cellar.

    Issued 27 Apr 1982Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ D26-10.01

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance to 3 sty north apartment

    Issued 27 Apr 1982First no access to re- inspect violation 24 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarding at cellar gypsum board.

    Issued 9 Jul 1981Not complied with 17 Apr 2019§ D26-10.01

Non-hazardous5 open

Class A. The least serious band: chipped plaster, a missing cabinet, a peeling ceiling in a hallway. The owner has 90 days to correct it.

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the books boxes etc cellar thruout.

    Issued 21 Jun 1989Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Provide a peep hole in entrance door of the dwelling unit so located so as to permit a person inside the dwelling to view any person outside entrance door 1 sty rear west apartment

    Issued 14 May 1987Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Doors and windows§ D26-20.01

  • Provide a peep hole in entrance door of the dwelling unit so located so as to permit a person inside the dwelling to view any person outside entrance door 2 sty rear east apartment

    Issued 14 May 1987Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Doors and windows§ D26-20.01

  • Provide a peep hole in entrance door of the dwelling unit so located so as to permit a person inside the dwelling to view any person outside entrance door 1 sty north apartment

    Issued 27 Apr 1982Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Doors and windows§ D26-20.01

  • Provide a lock and key to the entrance door of dwelling unit and, if a cl a multiple dwelling, also door chain guard 2 sty north apartment

    Issued 27 Apr 1982Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Doors and windows§ D26-20.05

Paperwork and notices7 open

The owner failed to file something the city requires, most often the annual property registration or the annual bedbug report. Real violations, and they say something about an owner, but not a condition anyone is living in. Kept out of the count at the top of this page for that reason.

  • File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.

    Issued 7 May 2026Notice sent out 6 May 2026Paperwork and notices

  • Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.

    Issued 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent out 20 Nov 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2107

  • Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agencys housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 31 Oct 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • Post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 31 Oct 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • Post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 16 Apr 2018Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 16 Apr 2018Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor missing 1 sty pub hall.

    Issued 12 Sept 1999Not complied with 17 Apr 2019Paperwork and notices§ 329

52 closed violations, plus 13 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.

  • Fire escape defective. adjust the dropladder so that it will slide easily in the guide rods at fire escape at rear

    Issued 31 Oct 2019Violation closed 23 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration partitions & plumbing fixtures removed 1 sty an apartment thruout.

    Issued 21 Jun 1989Violation closed 25 Apr 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 300

  • Replace with new the missing door knob entry door to 1 sty south an apartment.

    Issued 16 May 1988Violation closed 24 Apr 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of waste water back-up kitchen sink 1 sty south an apartment.

    Issued 16 May 1988Violation closed 24 Apr 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets kitchen sink & bathroom tub 1 sty south an apartment.

    Issued 16 May 1988Violation closed 24 Apr 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tile bathroom 1 sty south an apartment.

    Issued 16 May 1988Violation closed 24 Apr 2019Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance to 1 sty south an apartment.

    Issued 16 May 1988Violation closed 24 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors from vestibule at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 13 Jun 2018Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 13 Jun 2018Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of air conditioner installed at fire escape window in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 13 Jun 2018Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective cracked glasses at at lower & upper window sashes in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 13 Jun 2018Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors in bulkhead to roof at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 13 Jun 2018Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to buildings heating system at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 16 Apr 2018Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 29 Jun 2015Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 29 Jun 2015Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and walls in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 29 Jun 2015Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Provide adequate lighting at or near the outside of the front entranceway of the building and keep same burning from sunset every day to sunrise on the day following 200 watts required fixture present light not on

    Issued 5 Dec 2001Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to buildings heating system 1 sty pub hall.

    Issued 12 Sept 1999Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system locked door at 1 sty pub hall leading to cellar.

    Issued 12 Sept 1999Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at 3 sty pub hall up to bulkhead.

    Issued 12 Sept 1999Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and all walls of bulkhead to roof.

    Issued 12 Sept 1999Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the owner to have key to buildings heating system 1 sty pub vestibule.

    Issued 21 Jun 1989Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entry to 3 sty north an apartment.

    Issued 31 Jan 1989Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors boiler room at cellar front.

    Issued 21 Oct 1988Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electrical wiring ceiling 1 sty pub hall rear.

    Issued 16 May 1988Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide adequate lighting at or near the outside of the front entranceway of the building and keep same burning from sunset every day to sunrise on the day following 50 watts incandescent or equivalent night inspection.

    Issued 14 May 1987Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Electrical§ D26-19.07

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance to 2 sty north apartment

    Issued 27 Apr 1982Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of device present on central heating system capable of causing an operable system.

    Issued 27 Apr 1982Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ D26-10.01

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of device present on central heating system which is capable of causing an other wise operable system to become inoperable.

    Issued 27 Apr 1982Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ D26-10.01

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of bolt installed in inside of fire door & rear cellar door blocking egress from rear yard.

    Issued 9 Jul 1981Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance to 3 sty an apartment.

    Issued 9 Jul 1981Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of storage of refrigerator with door intact at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 13 Jun 2018Violation dismissed 15 Jul 2018Appliances§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 29 Jun 2015Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 29 Jun 2015Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing occupant co owner 3 sty south an apartment.

    Issued 31 Jan 1989Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • File certification of satisfactory installation of smoke detecting device in accordance with h.p.d. rules and regulations.

    Issued 17 Dec 1982Violation closed 17 Oct 2017Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 29 Jun 2015Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of bedbugs, 3rd story at east

    Issued 31 Jul 2012Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling east and west walls of 3 sty pub hall.

    Issued 12 Sept 1999Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all walls and ceilings thruout all stys of pub hall.

    Issued 12 Sept 1999Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling east and west walls of 2 sty pub hall.

    Issued 12 Sept 1999Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling of 1 sty pub hall and vestibule of 1 sty pub hall.

    Issued 12 Sept 1999Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective door handle on outside of bulkhead door to roof.

    Issued 12 Sept 1999Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing ceramic floor tiles of vestibule of 1 sty pub hall.

    Issued 12 Sept 1999Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Refit door entry to 3 sty south an apartment.

    Issued 31 Jan 1989Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of stroller & household articles 1 sty pub hall.

    Issued 16 May 1988Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling 1 sty pub hall rear.

    Issued 16 May 1988Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls 1 sty pub vestibule.

    Issued 16 May 1988Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling 1 sty pub vestibule.

    Issued 16 May 1988Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination vestibule & 2 sty pub hall night inspection.

    Issued 14 May 1987Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Electrical§ D26-19.05

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination 2nd & 3rd stys public hall.

    Issued 20 Apr 1982Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Electrical§ D26-19.05

  • Provide a lock and key to the entrance door of dwelling unit and, if a cl a multiple dwelling, also chain door guard 3rd sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 9 Jul 1981Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Doors and windows§ D26-20.05

91 violations on record in total, 26 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.

No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.

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.

  • Comprehensive

    Opened 24 Oct 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.

No marshal evictions recorded at this building since 2017.

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.

  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
Show 3 earlier reports
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 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.

The most recent registration on file for this address expired 31 Aug 2025 and has not been renewed since, so it is more than a full cycle old. Whoever is named below may no longer be responsible for the building.

  • Owner of record and managing agent

    PATRIZIA QUINTANA

    Public records list PATRIZIA QUINTANA as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 23 Jul 2024. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    VIVIANA QUINTANA

    Public records list VIVIANA QUINTANA as the owner of record for this address as of 23 Jul 2024. Source: HPD registration.

Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.

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 one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2024). 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. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 0 complaints in the last twelve months.
  4. The building's HPD registration is out of date or names nobody we could identify. Ask who the managing agent is and get a name, a phone number and an address in writing before you sign.
  5. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  6. 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 4034040052 · Block 3404, Lot 52 · Building class C2