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1681 Palmetto Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

8 immediately hazardous violations open. 16 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 todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 16 violations before that, the first in 2001.

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Open per apartment
2.7 (16 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
12 Dec 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

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 hazardous8 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 consisting of an unacceptable electromagnetic locking device installed on door at street entrance to building at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 12 Dec 2017Notice sent out 13 Dec 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +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) baseboard at north wall, baseboard at south wall, baseboard at east wall, 1st door from east at south wall, 1st door frame from east at south wall, 2nd door frame from east at south wall, 1st radiator from south at west wall, north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall, 2nd window frame from west at north wall in the 1st room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 13 Jan 2005Defect letter issued 21 Jun 2009Lead 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) baseboard at south wall, 1st door from south at west wall, 1st door frame from south at west wall, 1st radiator from east at south wall, north wall, south wall, east wall, west wall, 1st window frame from east at south wall in the 1st bathroom from north at east, 3rd story at west

    Issued 13 Jan 2005Defect letter issued 21 Jun 2009Lead 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) baseboard at west wall, ceiling, 1st door frame from west at north wall, 1st radiator from south at west wall, south wall, east wall, west wall in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 13 Jan 2005Defect letter issued 21 Jun 2009Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • ×2Correct 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)

    2 issued 13 Jan 2005Defect letter issuedLead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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 or near mailboxes at 1 story public hall

    Issued 19 Dec 2004Not complied with 16 Jun 2009Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at 1 story public hall

    Issued 19 Dec 2004Not complied with 17 Jun 2009Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Hazardous6 open

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

  • Provide (in the event of a power failure) an acceptable heavy-duty lock-and-latch set on door at street entrance at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 12 Dec 2017Notice sent out 13 Dec 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... covering approximately 1 square feet at the west wall in the bathroom, 3rd story

    Issued 12 Dec 2017Notice sent out 13 Dec 2017Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... ceiling & east wall in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 12 Jul 2011Notice sent out 14 Jul 2011Mold and damp§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 12 Jul 2011Notice sent out 14 Jul 2011Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes house hold items all stories rear yard at fire escape

    Issued 21 Jun 2009Notice sent out 22 Jun 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice and roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 14 Feb 2001Not complied with 21 Jun 2009Pests§ 27-2018

Non-hazardous2 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 ceiling & west wall in the 1st room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 12 Jul 2011Notice sent out 14 Jul 2011Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • And dept. rules and regulations. scrape and remove rust scales and paint with 2 coats of paint all stories rear yard at fire escape

    Issued 21 Jun 2009Notice sent out 22 Jun 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2014

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 16 Apr 2021 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • 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 14 Jun 2009Notice sent out 17 Jun 2009Paperwork 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 near mailboxes 1 story public hall.

    Issued 14 Jun 2009Notice sent out 17 Jun 2009Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • Paint or post a sign indicating floors at all stories public hall.

    Issued 14 Jun 2009Notice sent out 17 Jun 2009Paperwork and notices§ 27-2048

  • 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 14 Jun 2009Notice sent out 17 Jun 2009Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box 1 story public hall

    Issued 14 Jun 2009Notice sent out 17 Jun 2009Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

37 violations on record in total, 27 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.

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

  • Noise2 / 3
  • Heat and hot water0 / 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.

  • Owner of record and managing agent

    PALMETTO PROPERTIES LLC

    Public records list PALMETTO PROPERTIES LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 25 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

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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 8 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 5 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. 11 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.
  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 4034480044 · Block 3448, Lot 44 · Building class C2