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1678 Woodbine Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 3 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
31 · 2
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202240
202300
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 16 violations from 2014 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 3
  • Pests 1
Open per apartment
0.5 (3 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
30 Sept 2022 (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 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.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective... in the entrance, 3rd story at west

    Issued 30 Sept 2022Invalid certification 18 Oct 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

Hazardous2 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 defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 30 Sept 2022Invalid certification 18 Oct 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 30 Sept 2022Invalid certification 18 Oct 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

17 closed violations, plus 10 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 mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 30 Sept 2022Violation dismissed 11 Jan 2023Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color east wall in the 4th room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 13 May 2021Violation dismissed 4 Nov 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose sink base cabinet in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 13 May 2021Violation dismissed 4 Nov 2021Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color south west corner wall in the 3rd room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 13 May 2021Violation dismissed 4 Nov 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective shuff off valve handle to radiator in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 13 May 2021Violation dismissed 4 Nov 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective tilt latch assembly at lower window sash in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 13 May 2021Violation dismissed 8 Sept 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective door knob in the 4th room from north, 1st story at north

    Issued 13 May 2021Violation dismissed 8 Sept 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors secondary entrance door in the 4th room from north, 1st story at north

    Issued 13 May 2021Violation dismissed 24 Aug 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors in the entrance, 1st story at north

    Issued 13 May 2021Violation dismissed 24 Aug 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal double cylinder key operated locking device at door seconday entrance door in the 4th room from north, 1st story at north

    Issued 13 May 2021Violation dismissed 8 Aug 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock installed at door leading to room with seconday entrance door in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 13 May 2021Violation dismissed 8 Aug 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide approved wire screan above and below the skylight

    Issued 26 Jun 2019Violation dismissed 24 Oct 2019Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes at 3rd and 2nd stories balconys, building rear

    Issued 26 Jun 2019Violation dismissed 24 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of bikes and house hold items at all stories at public hall

    Issued 26 Jun 2019Violation dismissed 24 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective wood hatch doors leading to cellar, building rear yard

    Issued 26 Jun 2019Violation dismissed 24 Oct 2019Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass pane at skylight

    Issued 26 Jun 2019Violation closed 28 Jul 2019Roof and outside the building§ 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 100 watts minimum required. light fixture present

    Issued 8 Oct 2014Violation dismissed 18 Feb 2015Electrical§ 27-2040

30 violations on record in total, 3 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, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 2
  • Electrical1 / 1
  • Noise0 / 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 5 earlier reports
  • 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)

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

    CHOI KWOK

    Public records list CHOI KWOK as the owner of record for this address as of 24 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

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

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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 one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. 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.
  3. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  4. 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 4034500033 · Block 3450, Lot 33 · Building class C2