1688 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Built 1930 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
1 immediately hazardous violation open. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.
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- Public record
- Updated 2 days agoFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Walls and ceilings 3
- Roof and outside the building 2
- Fire and safety equipment 1
- Open per apartment
- 0.2 (1 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 16 Dec 2025 (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.
Tenant reviews
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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 hazardous1 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.
Remove the illegal fastening self lockable panicbar installed on bulkhead door to roof at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 16 Dec 2025Notice sent out 22 Dec 2025Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1
13 closed violations, plus 7 closed paperwork filingsShow fewer
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.
The premises have been vacated by an order of this department and cannot be reoccupied except for caretaker until a new certificate of occupancy has been obtained. entire building, vacate # 213759, date posted and mailed october 17, 2022. effective date october 18, 2022
Issued 17 Oct 2022Violation closed 21 Jan 2026§ 27-2089
Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 1st story at north
Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation closed 21 Dec 2025§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south
Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation closed 21 Dec 2025§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north
Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation closed 21 Dec 2025§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 3rd story at south
Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation closed 21 Dec 2025§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north
Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation closed 21 Dec 2025§ 27-2005 +1
2011, 2012 adm code cleanse and disinfect to the satisfaction of this department after removing the soot at ceiling and all walls at 2nd and 3rd story, public hall
Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation closed 21 Dec 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2010
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood decking and asphalt material at roof
Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation closed 21 Dec 2025Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005
Replace with new the broken or defective balusters at 2nd and 3rd story public hall
Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation closed 21 Dec 2025§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 1st story at south
Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation closed 21 Dec 2025§ 27-2005 +1
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at all walls and ceiling at public hall, all stories at public hall
Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation closed 21 Dec 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at all walls and ceiling at public hall, all stories at public hall
Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation closed 19 Dec 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective door hinges at bulkhead
Issued 11 Oct 2022Violation closed 19 Dec 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2
21 violations on record in total, 1 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.
9 complaints in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.
- Noise0 / 4
- Garbage and cleanliness0 / 3
- Leaks and plumbing1 / 1
- Fire and safety equipment0 / 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.
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 filingBuilding permits
No permit currently in force. 2 permits filed in the last five years.
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General Construction
APPLICATION FILED FOR THE INTERIOR REPAIR/ RENOVATION OF 1ST,2ND AND 3RD FLOOR IN EXISTING 3 FLOOR, MULTI-FAMILY WALK-UP BUILDINGDUE TO MINOR FIRE DAMAGE.ALL WORK IS AS PER PLANS SUBMITTED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE IN USE, BULK,OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS.
Issued 28 May 2024Expired 25 Aug 2024
Plumbing
Proposed plumbing work to existing 3-story Multi-family building. No change of use, egress or occupancy.
Issued 10 May 2024Expired 10 May 2025
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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- 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)
- 2019No infested units reported (2017 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.
Registered managing agent
NADA WAGNER
Public records list NADA WAGNER as the registered managing agent for this address as of 23 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.
Other buildings listed under this agent (3 in the records we hold)
- 1864 Putnam Avenue15 open violations · no reviews yet
- 1862 Putnam Avenue6 open violations · no reviews yet
- 1691 Gates Avenueno open violations · no reviews yet
No combined rating for this agent yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.
Owner of record
1688 GATES AVENUE LLC
Public records list 1688 GATES AVENUE LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 23 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.
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What to ask at the viewing
1688 Gates Avenue, 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 one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
- 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.
- 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 1 open housing violation: 1 immediately hazardous, 0 hazardous and 0 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for walls and ceilings (3), roof and outside the building (2) and fire and safety equipment (1).
On 16 Dec 2025. 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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