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1721 Bleecker Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

7 immediately hazardous violations open. 54 open in all.

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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. 55 violations before that, the first in 1986.

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Open per apartment
9 (54 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
26 Feb 2018 (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 hazardous7 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.

  • Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 3; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 0; in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Notice certified late 29 Apr 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • 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) north wall, south wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Invalid certification 1 Apr 2018Lead 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) 1st door frame from east at south wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the bathroom, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Invalid certification 1 Apr 2018Lead 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) north wall, south wall in the private hallway, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Invalid certification 1 Apr 2018Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at range in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 7 Mar 2016Notice sent out 9 Mar 2016Appliances§ 27-2070

  • Correct failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required to be maintained by owner

    Issued 2 May 2007Notice sent out 8 May 2007§ 27-2056.7

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mildew bathroom north wall west wall south wall east wall 1 sty north an apartment.

    Issued 21 Jul 1999Notice sent out 9 Aug 1999Mold and damp§ 27-2005 +1

Hazardous37 open

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

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors, in the entrance, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Notice certified late 29 Apr 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Notice certified late 29 Apr 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Notice certified late 29 Apr 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the west wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Notice sent out 27 Feb 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Notice certified late 29 Apr 2018Pests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Notice sent out 27 Feb 2018Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Notice certified late 29 Apr 2018Pests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Notice certified late 29 Apr 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the east wall in the private hallway, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Notice sent out 27 Feb 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak above the ceiling at bulkhead at public hall

    Issued 24 Jan 2018Notice certified late 29 Apr 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

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  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant plaster at ceiling at skylight

    Issued 24 Jan 2018Notice certified late 29 Apr 2018Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective light fixture at ceiling at 1st and 2nd story at public hall

    Issued 24 Jan 2018Notice certified late 29 Apr 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 29 Aug 2016Invalid certification 15 Sept 2016Pests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 29 Jun 2015Notice sent out 30 Jun 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at ceiling and walls. approx. 4 sq.ft. in the bathroom, 1st story at east

    Issued 29 Jun 2015Notice sent out 30 Jun 2015Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 29 Jun 2015Notice sent out 30 Jun 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 29 Jun 2015Notice sent out 30 Jun 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the 4th room from north, 1st story at east

    Issued 29 Jun 2015Notice sent out 30 Jun 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 26 Sept 2009Notice sent out 27 Sept 2009Pests§ 27-2018

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the 5th room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 26 Sept 2009Notice sent out 27 Sept 2009Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin bedbugs in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 26 Sept 2009Notice sent out 27 Sept 2009Pests§ 27-2018

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 26 Sept 2009Notice sent out 27 Sept 2009Pests§ 27-2018

  • Replace with new the missing 1 baluster at balustrade at public hall stairs, 2nd story

    Issued 26 Sept 2009Notice sent out 27 Sept 2009Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of airconditioner at fire escape window obstructing egress in the 1st room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 26 Sept 2009Notice sent out 27 Sept 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock installed at door to room leading to 2nd. means of egress in the 1st room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 26 Sept 2009Notice sent out 27 Sept 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of sewer odors from cellar thruout.

    Issued 21 Jul 1999Notice sent out 9 Aug 1999Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of moisture penetrating west wall kitchen 1 sty north an apartment.

    Issued 21 Jul 1999Notice sent out 9 Aug 1999Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color west wall kitchen 1 sty north an apartment.

    Issued 21 Jul 1999Notice sent out 9 Aug 1999Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective improperly counter balance at top sash center room 1 sty north an apartment.

    Issued 21 Jul 1999Notice sent out 9 Aug 1999§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective asphalt and roofing paper thruout roof.

    Issued 21 Jul 1999Notice sent out 9 Aug 1999Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes 2 and 3 sty rear fire escape.

    Issued 21 Jul 1999Notice sent out 9 Aug 1999Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 21 Jul 1999Notice sent out 9 Aug 1999Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2081

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

    Issued 21 Jul 1999Notice sent out 9 Aug 1999§ 27-2070

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors bulkhead pub hall stairs.

    Issued 2 Mar 1987Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • And dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes flower pots etc 3 sty rear balcony.

    Issued 2 Mar 1987Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of thru cellar egress from rear fire escape obstructed by iron bar & slide bolt on cellar rear door to yard.

    Issued 18 Sept 1986Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

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

    Issued 18 Sept 1986Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Leaks and plumbing§ D26-34.01

Non-hazardous10 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 3rd room from east, the 2nd room from east, the 1st room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Notice sent out 27 Feb 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the 1st base cabinet from east at south wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Invalid certification 29 Apr 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the 1st riser from south at west wall in the bathroom, 2nd story at north

    Issued 26 Feb 2018Notice sent out 27 Feb 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all walls and ceiling at all stories at public hall

    Issued 24 Jan 2018Invalid certification 29 Apr 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 1st room from north, the 4th room from north, the 5th room from north, the 6th room from north, the 7th room from north, the private hallway, 3rd story at east

    Issued 26 Sept 2009Notice sent out 27 Sept 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the 1st radiator from north at east wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 26 Sept 2009Notice sent out 27 Sept 2009Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the baseboard at east wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 26 Sept 2009Notice sent out 27 Sept 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

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

    Issued 21 Jul 1999Notice sent out 9 Aug 1999§ 300

  • Refit door bulkhead pub hall stairs.

    Issued 2 Mar 1987Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Doors and windows§ D26-10.01

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration suspended clg & floor to clg partitions with door creating rooms cellar rear.

    Issued 18 Sept 1986Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Doors and windows§ 300

Paperwork and notices11 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.

  • ×6File 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.

    6 issued 15 Apr 2021 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • ×4Owner 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.

    4 issued 16 Nov 2022 to 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107

  • 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 frame missing.

    Issued 18 Sept 1986Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Paperwork and notices§ 329

1 closed violation, plus 4 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.

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at range. in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 7 Mar 2016Violation closed 16 Mar 2016Appliances§ 27-2070

70 violations on record in total, 65 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, 0 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise0 / 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.

No bedbug report on file for this building. That usually means the owner did not file one, not that there is nothing to 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 2022 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

    MANUEL GONZALEZ

    Public records list MANUEL GONZALEZ as the owner of record for this address as of 18 Jul 2021. Source: HPD registration.

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

    No combined rating for this owner yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

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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 7 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. There are 2 open mould violations on record. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  3. This building dates from 1930 and has 3 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 4034360061 · Block 3436, Lot 61 · Building class C2