17-21 Linden Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Built 1930 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
11 immediately hazardous violations open. 17 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 yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 35 violations from 2002 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Fire and safety equipment 2
- Floors and stairs 1
- Open per apartment
- 2.8 (17 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 10 Jan 2022 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?Where each of these comes from
- 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.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 filingThe 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 violationImmediately 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.
Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at north
Issued 3 Nov 2021Invalid certification 1 Dec 2021Pests§ 27-2017.4
Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west
Issued 23 Apr 2019Notice sent out 23 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2031
Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at public hall, 1st story
Issued 23 Apr 2019Notice sent out 23 Apr 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west
Issued 23 Apr 2019Notice of issuance sent to tenant 23 Apr 2019Pests§ 27-2017.4
Abate the nuisance consisting of privacy lock installed at door leading to room to fire escape in the 6th room from east, 3rd story at west
Issued 23 Apr 2019Notice sent out 23 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of privacy lock and chain installed at door leading to room with fire escape in the 2nd room from east, 3rd story at west
Issued 23 Apr 2019Notice sent out 23 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 7 Apr 2017Not complied with 9 May 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Provide ready access to buildings heating system lock door at boiler room
Issued 7 Apr 2017Not complied with 9 May 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
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 boiler room
Issued 7 Apr 2017Not complied with 9 May 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Remove the illegal fastening a key operated door konb lock at room to fireescape in the 5th room from east, 3rd story at west
Issued 23 Mar 2017Notice sent out 26 Mar 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1
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Abate the nuisance consisting of scalding hot water in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
Issued 27 Jan 2017Notice sent out 29 Jan 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1
Hazardous5 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective cracked and spalled, brown stone masonry, at 1st and 2nd story lintels, at front areaway, 1st story
Issued 18 Apr 2020Notice sent out 19 Apr 2020§ 27-2005
Arrange and make self-closing the doors fire egress door in the 1st room from east, 3rd story at west
Issued 23 Apr 2019Invalid certification 7 May 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at the sink in the kitchen, 3rd story
Issued 6 Dec 2017Notice sent out 7 Dec 2017Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Properly repair the broken or defective bell/buzzer intercom system in the entrance, 3rd story at north
Issued 29 Mar 2017Not complied with 9 May 2017Entry, buzzer and mail§ 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 fixture present lights not on at front areaway
Issued 23 Jan 2002Notice certified late 7 Apr 2002Electrical§ 27-2040
Non-hazardous1 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 partition erected from floor to ceiling in the 2nd room from east, 3rd story
Issued 10 May 2017Notice sent out 10 May 2017Floors and stairs§ 300
Paperwork and notices5 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.
Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling. at public hall, 1st story
Issued 9 Jan 2008Notice sent out 10 Jan 2008Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1
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 27 Nov 2006Notice sent out 4 Dec 2006Paperwork and notices§ 329
Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling.
Issued 27 Nov 2006Notice sent out 4 Dec 2006Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1
Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box sign missing
Issued 27 Nov 2006Notice sent out 4 Dec 2006Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045
Post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building.
Issued 27 Nov 2006Notice sent out 4 Dec 2006Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104
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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.
Arrange and make self-closing the doors secondary entrance door in the 6th room from north, 1st story at north
Issued 10 Jan 2022Violation dismissed 3 Apr 2022Fire 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 sheetrock and wood/metal framing, partition errected from floor to ceiling creating extra room (west wall) in the 5th room from north, 1st story at north
Issued 10 Jan 2022Violation dismissed 3 Apr 2022Floors and stairs§ 300
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 = 4, wg to replace = 0, wg to repair = 0 in the entire apartment, 1st story at north
Issued 10 Jan 2022Violation dismissed 29 Mar 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1
Remove all encumbrances consisting of baby strollers and other house hold items at public hall, 1st story
Issued 3 Nov 2017Violation dismissed 25 Feb 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Remove the illegal fastening a hasp and eye cabable of being padlocked at the gate at the building front yard
Issued 3 Nov 2017Violation dismissed 25 Feb 2018Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1
Remove all encumbrances consisting of baby strollers and other house hold items at public hall, 2nd story
Issued 3 Nov 2017Violation dismissed 25 Feb 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east
Issued 7 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 19 Sept 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2029
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 = 4; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 0; in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north
Issued 29 Mar 2017Violation closed 28 Aug 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 4th room from north, the bathroom, 2nd story at east
Issued 5 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 25 Jun 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
×2Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north
2 issued 29 Mar 2017Violation dismissedPests§ 27-2018
Replace with new the missing two balusters at balustrade at public hall stairs, 3rd story
Issued 29 Mar 2017Violation dismissed 25 Jun 2017Floors and stairs§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east
Issued 7 Apr 2017Violation closed 9 May 2017Pests§ 27-2018
Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north
Issued 29 Mar 2017Violation closed 9 May 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north
Issued 29 Mar 2017Violation closed 9 May 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling amd north wall in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story at west
Issued 23 Mar 2017Violation closed 9 May 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west
Issued 23 Mar 2017Violation closed 9 May 2017Pests§ 27-2018
Paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the steam riser in the bathroom, 3rd story at west
Issued 23 Mar 2017Violation closed 9 May 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2005
Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at the ceiling (2 sq ft) in the bathroom, 3rd story at west
Issued 23 Mar 2017Violation closed 9 May 2017Mold and damp§ 27-2005
Properly repair the broken or defective door knob at the door in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story at west
Issued 23 Mar 2017Violation closed 9 May 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Replace with new the broken or defective glass pane at lower sash at first window from west at north in the 4th room from north, 3rd story at north
Issued 29 Mar 2017Violation closed 27 Apr 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005
54 violations on record in total, 22 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.
Complaints to the city
Public complaintComplaints 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, 1 of them in the last twelve months.
- Garbage and cleanliness0 / 1
- Electrical1 / 1
Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.
Court records
Court recordHousing 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.
3 cases, all closed.
False Certification Non-Lead
Opened 16 Oct 2017
Access Warrant - Non-Lead
Opened 30 Jun 2017
Heat and Hot Water
Opened 18 Feb 2009
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 filingBuilding 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)
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- 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
- 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
- 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
- 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 (2020 report)
- 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
Ownership and management
Public filingAssociations 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
A J P REALTY NY CORP
Public records list A J P REALTY NY CORP as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 23 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.
Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.
What to ask at the viewing
17-21 Linden Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
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.
- 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.
- The city recorded 1 mould violation here, most recently in 2017, all since closed. Closed means the city stopped checking, not that the damp is gone. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
- 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
Yes. HPD lists 17 open housing violations: 11 immediately hazardous, 5 hazardous and 1 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for fire and safety equipment (2) and floors and stairs (1).
On 10 Jan 2022. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments. A tenant can ask the state for an apartment's rent history to be sure.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
No residential evictions by a city marshal are recorded here since 2017.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
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