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1717 Greene Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

11 immediately hazardous violations open. 29 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
2911 · 14 · 4
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202250
202300
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 24 violations from 1989 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

See every violation
Found most often since 2022
  • Lead paint 5
Open per apartment
4.8 (29 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
7 May 2022 (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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Heat season

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26110

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 hazardous11 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.

  • Correct failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required to be maintained by owner pursuant to local law 1 of 2004 related to lead-based paint notices, inspections and remediation/abatement activities.

    Issued 22 Feb 2022Notice sent out 17 Apr 2022Lead paint§ 27-2056.4 +1

  • Correct failure to notify occupants and/or to investigate lead-based paint hazards.

    Issued 22 Feb 2022Notice sent out 17 Apr 2022Lead paint§ 27-2056.4

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) ceiling, south wall in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2019Notice sent out 8 Dec 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) ceiling, east wall in the 3rd room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2019Notice sent out 5 Dec 2019Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2019Notice of issuance sent to tenant 5 Dec 2019Pests§ 27-2017.4

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

    Issued 4 Dec 2019Notice certified late 6 Jan 2020Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective... in the entrance, 1st story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2019Notice certified late 6 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) baseboard at west wall, 1st door frame from south at west wall, east wall, west wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall, 2nd window frame from west at north wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 15 Feb 2007Notice sent out 19 Feb 2007Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) ceiling, 1st door frame from west at north wall, north wall in the 3rd room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 15 Feb 2007Notice sent out 19 Feb 2007Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) west wall, 1st window frame from east at south wall, 2nd window frame from east at south wall in the 4th room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 15 Feb 2007Notice sent out 19 Feb 2007Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

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  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st closet from south at west wall door, 1st closet from south at west wall door frame, 1st closet from south at west wall shelf, 1st closet from south at west wall wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the 2nd room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 15 Feb 2007Notice sent out 19 Feb 2007Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Hazardous14 open

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

  • Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by submitting required supporting documentation and affidavits for apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 7 May 2022Notice sent out 9 May 2022Lead paint§ 27-2056.7 +1

  • Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by submitting required supporting documentation and affidavits for apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 7 May 2022Notice sent out 9 May 2022Lead paint§ 27-2056.7 +1

  • Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by submitting required supporting documentation and affidavits for apartment, 3rd story at south

    Issued 7 May 2022Notice sent out 9 May 2022Lead paint§ 27-2056.7 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the east wall in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2019Invalid certification 6 Jan 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing, 1st story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2019Invalid certification 6 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 1st story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2019Invalid certification 6 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the 1st room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2019Invalid certification 6 Jan 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electric light fixture at ceiling in the 3rd room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 15 Feb 2007Notice sent out 19 Feb 2007Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color, ceiling in the 4th room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 15 Feb 2007Notice sent out 19 Feb 2007Walls 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 fixtures present lights not on 200 watts required. at front areaway

    Issued 3 Dec 2001Notice sent out 12 Dec 2001Electrical§ 27-2040

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  • Install and maintain sufficient light or lights of at least 40 watts incandescent or equivalent each, to light adequately from sunset to sunrise the rear yard night inspection.

    Issued 5 Apr 1989Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Electrical§ D26-19.07

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

    Issued 30 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Leaks and plumbing§ D26-34.01

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors top & bottom of stairs enclosure 1 sty pub hall to cellar.

    Issued 30 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Discontinue unlawful cooking space or file plans and application with this department to legalize same, if lawfully feasible, cellar rear r30.

    Issued 30 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008§ D26-32.01

Non-hazardous4 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.

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 1st room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 4 Dec 2019Invalid certification 6 Jan 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Maintain on the premises and make available to the department upon request records of installation and maintenance of smoke detectors in the building.

    Issued 30 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08 +1

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration wood cross partition with door installed cellar front r31.

    Issued 30 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Doors and windows§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration sheetrock partitions erected cellar rear.

    Issued 30 Mar 1989Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008§ 300

Paperwork and notices2 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.

  • 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 at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 4 Dec 2019Invalid certification 6 Jan 2020Paperwork 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.. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 26 Nov 2019Invalid certification 3 Jan 2020Paperwork and notices§ 329

40 violations on record in total, 31 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.

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

  • Heat and hot water1 / 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.

No HPD Housing Court cases on record for this building.

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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 5 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 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.

  • Owner of record and managing agent

    BALDASSARE LARUSSA

    Public records list BALDASSARE LARUSSA as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 2 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    GIUSEPPINA LARUSSA

    Public records list GIUSEPPINA LARUSSA as the owner of record for this address as of 2 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 11 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 2026). 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. This building dates from 1930 and has 11 open lead-paint violations on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
  4. 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.
  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 4034330064 · Block 3433, Lot 64 · Building class C2