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1728 Bleecker Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

4 immediately hazardous violations open. 29 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. 34 violations before that, the first in 1988.

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Open per apartment
4.8 (29 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
24 Oct 2017 (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 hazardous4 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.

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tiles at west wall in the bathroom, 2nd story at west

    Issued 21 Aug 2012Notice certified late 15 Oct 2012Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 21 Aug 2012Notice certified late 15 Oct 2012Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective upper and lower window glass complete at south wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    Issued 21 Aug 2012Notice certified late 15 Oct 2012Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing glass upper and lower sash 3 sty north an apartment bathroom er1., section '' ''

    Issued 13 May 1996Notice sent out 27 Aug 2007§ 27-2005

Hazardous19 open

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

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

    Issued 24 Oct 2017Notice certified late 18 Dec 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west

    Issued 24 Oct 2017Notice certified late 18 Dec 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate... in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west

    Issued 24 Oct 2017Notice certified late 18 Dec 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 13 Mar 2015Notice sent out 15 Mar 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 13 Mar 2015Notice sent out 15 Mar 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 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

    Issued 13 Mar 2015Notice sent out 15 Mar 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 13 Mar 2015Notice sent out 15 Mar 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarding plaster walls 7 ceiling bulkhead to roof at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 13 Mar 2015Notice sent out 15 Mar 2015Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardent material at the ceilings and walls to the bulk head. at public hall stairs, 3rd story

    Issued 21 Aug 2012Notice certified late 15 Oct 2012Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardent material at the ceiling at public hall stairs, 3rd story

    Issued 21 Aug 2012Notice certified late 15 Oct 2012Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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  • Properly repair the broken or defective locking device at door in the entrance, 2nd story at west

    Issued 21 Aug 2012Notice certified late 15 Oct 2012Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 21 Aug 2012Notice certified late 15 Oct 2012Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Provide under completed permit,a proper enclosure with fireproof selfclosing doors and assemblies,at the top and the bottom of the cellar stairs, to 1 sty public hall

    Issued 5 Jun 2004Notice sent out 27 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 242

  • Replace with new the missing mesh screen under skylight bulkhead to roof

    Issued 5 Jun 2004Notice sent out 27 Aug 2007Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective brick and eroded mortar joint north west corner exterior wall near cornice

    Issued 5 Jun 2004Notice sent out 27 Aug 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarding plaster ceilings and walls all sty public hall bulkhead to roof

    Issued 5 Jun 2004Notice sent out 27 Aug 2007Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes 2nd and 3rd storys rear at fire escape

    Issued 2 Aug 2000Notice sent out 27 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of boxes garbage at 2 and 3 sty pub hall.

    Issued 13 Aug 1999Notice sent out 27 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 17 Oct 1988Notice sent out 13 Aug 2008Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

Non-hazardous6 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.

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration drop ceilling in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 13 Mar 2015Notice sent out 15 Mar 2015§ 300

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls & ceiling bulkhead to roof at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 13 Mar 2015Notice sent out 15 Mar 2015Roof and outside the building§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls and ceilings all sty public hall bulkhead to roof

    Issued 5 Jun 2004Notice sent out 27 Aug 2007Roof and outside the building§ 27-2013

  • And dept. rules and regulations. scrape and remove rust scales and paint with 2 coats of paint all sty balcony fire escape rear stack

    Issued 5 Jun 2004Notice sent out 27 Aug 2007Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2014

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration window sealed with sheetrock in the bathroom, 3rd story

    Issued 3 Feb 2003Notice sent out 27 Aug 2007Doors 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 partitions erected creating rooms cellar front to center at north.

    Issued 17 Oct 1988Notice sent out 13 Aug 2008§ 300

Paperwork and notices9 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

  • ×3Owner 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.

    3 issued 27 Nov 2023 to 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107

6 closed violations, plus 7 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.

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of free standing radiator at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 24 Oct 2017Violation dismissed 2 Jan 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation cornice roof front.

    Issued 17 Oct 1988Violation closed 23 Feb 2015Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Refit the door in the entrance, 2nd story at west

    Issued 21 Aug 2012Violation dismissed 26 Dec 2012Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Apartments have been vacated by this department and cannot be reoccupied until so ordered after proof of compliance for an apartment-r at 1st story west (vacate order # 98645)

    Issued 6 Sept 2012Violation closed 18 Nov 2012§ 27-2142

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 21 Aug 2012Violation closed 18 Nov 2012§ 27-2005 +1

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from at least 1 window or provide approved type gate 1 sty west an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 1 Aug 1994Violation closed 18 Nov 2012Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

51 violations on record in total, 38 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.

2 complaints in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water0 / 2

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 2023 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

    CHUNG KANG TOM

    Public records list CHUNG KANG TOM as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 18 Apr 2023. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    HUNG KWAI TOM

    Public records list HUNG KWAI TOM as the owner of record for this address as of 18 Apr 2023. 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 4 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 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.
  3. 9 open violations for not filing something the city requires, usually the annual registration or the annual bedbug report. Nothing anyone lives in, but it is the record's plainest measure of whether this owner follows through. No bedbug report has ever been filed here, so the record cannot tell you the building's history — ask.
  4. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. 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 4034370017 · Block 3437, Lot 17 · Building class C2