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1683 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

4 immediately hazardous violations open. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
44
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
2024112
202520
2026 so far20

Plus 5 violations from 1987 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Fire and safety equipment 7
  • Doors and windows 4
  • Heat and hot water 2
Open per apartment
0.7 (4 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
18 Mar 2026 (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

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 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.

  • ×2Post 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 missing at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 24 Nov 2024 to 12 Feb 2025Not complied withHeat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective latch and lock set at vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 24 Nov 2024Not complied with 11 Mar 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • 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 in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 5 Nov 2010Defect letter issued 18 Mar 2026Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Paperwork and notices1 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 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 24 Nov 2024Not complied with 11 Mar 2026Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

18 closed violations, plus 12 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 infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 18 Mar 2026Violation dismissed 17 Jun 2026Pests§ 27-2017.4

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

    Issued 18 Mar 2026Violation dismissed 17 Jun 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... less than 10 sq ft at ceiling and all walls in the bathroom, 2nd story at south original violation 17441125 issued 24-nov-24 has been upgraded to class b per administrative code §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

    Issued 24 Nov 2024Violation closed 7 Apr 2026Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at apartment entrance door in the 4th room from east, 2nd story at south

    Issued 24 Nov 2024Violation closed 18 Mar 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

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

    Issued 24 Nov 2024Violation closed 18 Mar 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 24 Nov 2024Violation closed 18 Mar 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • 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 = 2, wg to replace = 0, wg to repair = 4 in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south

    Issued 24 Nov 2024Violation closed 18 Mar 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Replace with new the missing glass pane at apartment entrance door in the 4th room from east, 2nd story at south

    Issued 24 Nov 2024Violation closed 18 Mar 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department west wall in the bathroom, 2nd story at south

    Issued 24 Nov 2024Violation closed 18 Mar 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

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

    Issued 5 Nov 2010Violation closed 18 Mar 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 5 Nov 2010Violation closed 18 Mar 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination all stys pub hall night inspection.

    Issued 27 Mar 1987Violation closed 18 Mar 2026Electrical§ D26-19.05

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective lock at building front entrance door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 12 Feb 2025Violation closed 11 Mar 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch set at building entrance door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 29 Jul 2024Violation closed 11 Mar 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective locking device at building entrance door, 1st story

    Issued 26 Jul 2024Violation closed 11 Mar 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at door to roof at bulkhead at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 24 Nov 2024Violation closed 2 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... less than 10 sq ft at ceiling and all walls in the bathroom, 2nd story at south

    Issued 24 Nov 2024Violation closed 25 Mar 2025Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • 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 a minimum of 100 watts of incandescent light required. (light fixture present)

    Issued 1 Jun 2016Violation dismissed 7 Sept 2016Electrical§ 27-2040

35 violations on record in total, 5 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.

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

  • Heat and hot water0 / 5
  • Pests0 / 4
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 2
  • Doors and windows0 / 1
  • Floors and stairs0 / 1
  • Mold and damp0 / 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 4 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 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

    BASHEER ALLY

    Public records list BASHEER ALLY as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 14 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner and agent (2 in the records we hold)

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

  • Owner of record

    INDRAWATTEE ALLY

    Public records list INDRAWATTEE ALLY as the owner of record for this address as of 14 Aug 2025. 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 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 city recorded 2 mould violations here, most recently in 2024, 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.
  3. 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.
  4. This building dates from 1930 and has 1 open lead-paint violation on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
  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 4034470042 · Block 3447, Lot 42 · Building class C2