17-20 Linden Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Built 1930 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
No open housing violations. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.
- Tenant reviews
- None yetLived here? Reviews open soon.
- Open violations
- None openNo open housing violations on record.
- Public record
- Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 5 | 0 |
Plus 12 violations from 2019 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 4
- Heat and hot water 1
- Inspector last found a problem
- 4 Apr 2026 (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
Tenant-reportedNo tenant reviews yet. Lived here? Be the first.
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
Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 0 days, and inspectors issued 1 violation.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 violationNothing open. 27 violations in the record, all of them closed.
17 closed violations, plus 10 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.
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 sign missing on wall at public hall, 1st story
Issued 4 Apr 2026Violation dismissed 21 Jun 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west
Issued 4 Mar 2026Violation dismissed 31 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2
Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west
Issued 4 Mar 2026Violation dismissed 31 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3
Remove device preventing door from being self-closing hook device installed at building entrance door at public hall, 1st story
Issued 4 Mar 2026Violation dismissed 25 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Remove device preventing door from being self-closing hook device install at vestibule door at public hall, 1st story
Issued 4 Mar 2026Violation closed 17 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story
Issued 3 Jul 2019Violation closed 21 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story
Issued 3 Jul 2019Violation closed 21 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective.. in the entrance, 3rd story at south
Issued 13 Aug 2019Violation dismissed 30 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2
Abate the nuisance consisting of secondary egress door sealed shut in the 5th room from north, 3rd story at south
Issued 13 Aug 2019Violation dismissed 30 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Remove all encumbrances consisting of house hold items at public hall, 1st story
Issued 13 Aug 2019Violation dismissed 30 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Remove all encumbrances consisting of house hold items at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 13 Aug 2019Violation dismissed 30 Oct 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story
Issued 3 Jul 2019Violation closed 13 Aug 2019Pests§ 27-2017.4
Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story
Issued 3 Jul 2019Violation closed 13 Aug 2019Pests§ 27-2017.4
Properly secure the loose metal base cabinet door in the kitchen, 3rd story
Issued 3 Jul 2019Violation closed 13 Aug 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of north wall at public hall, 2nd story
Issued 26 Jun 2019Violation closed 13 Aug 2019Electrical§ 27-2005
Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination at ceiling light fixture at public hall, 1st story
Issued 26 Jun 2019Violation closed 13 Aug 2019Electrical§ 27-2039
Remove all encumbrances consisting of ladders at stairs leading to bulk head roor
Issued 26 Jun 2019Violation closed 13 Aug 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
27 violations on record in total, 0 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, 2 of them in the last twelve months.
- Electrical1 / 1
- Walls and ceilings1 / 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 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.
- 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
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- 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
- 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
- 2023No infested units reported (2021 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.
Registered managing agent
DAFNA DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Public records list DAFNA DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT as the registered managing agent for this address as of 25 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.
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Owner of record
1294 HALSEY LLC
Public records list 1294 HALSEY LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 25 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.
Other buildings listed under this owner (1 in the records we hold)
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What to ask at the viewing
17-20 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 owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2025). 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
No. HPD lists no open housing violations here. 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 (4) and heat and hot water (1).
On 4 Apr 2026. 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.
In the 2025–26 heat season the city received heat or hot-water complaints on 0 days, and HPD issued 1 heat violation.
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.
BBL 4034520019 · Block 3452, Lot 19 · Building class C2