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1715 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

5 immediately hazardous violations open. 13 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
135 · 6 · 2
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 15 violations before that, the first in 2005.

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Open per apartment
2.2 (13 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
29 Jun 2020 (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 hazardous5 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, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Jun 2020Notice sent out 29 Jun 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • 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) 1st door from north at east wall, 1st door frame from east at south wall, 1st door frame from north at east wall in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Jun 2020Notice sent out 29 Jun 2020Lead 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) south wall, east wall, west wall in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 1 May 2005Invalid certification 4 Jun 2005Lead 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) north wall, east wall, west wall in the 4th room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 1 May 2005Invalid certification 4 Jun 2005Lead 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) 1st door frame from south at west wall, north wall, west wall, 2nd window frame from west at north wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 1 May 2005Invalid certification 4 Jun 2005Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Hazardous6 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 missing, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Jun 2020Notice sent out 29 Jun 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 29 Jun 2020Notice sent out 29 Jun 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 29 Jun 2020Notice sent out 29 Jun 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective counter balance lower window sash in the 3rd room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Jun 2020Notice sent out 29 Jun 2020Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color all walls in the 2nd room from north, 1st story at east

    Issued 25 Jul 2017Notice sent out 26 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective window upper and lower sash counter balances in the kitchen, 1st story at east

    Issued 25 Jul 2017Notice sent out 26 Jul 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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 all peeling paint surfaces in the bathroom, the 2nd room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Jun 2020Notice sent out 29 Jun 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department 2nd window frame from west at north wall in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Jun 2020Notice sent out 29 Jun 2020Doors and windows§ 27-2013

Paperwork and notices3 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.

  • ×3File 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.

    3 issued 15 Apr 2024 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

2 closed violations, plus 14 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.

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl flooring in the 2nd room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Jun 2020Violation closed 26 Aug 2020Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose ceiling fan in the 2nd room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Jun 2020Violation closed 26 Aug 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

32 violations on record in total, 16 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.

13 complaints in three years, 7 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Leaks and plumbing6 / 6
  • Noise0 / 6
  • Walls and ceilings1 / 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.

  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    1715 GATES AVE INC.

    Public records list 1715 GATES AVE INC. as the registered managing agent for this address as of 18 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    17-15 GATES AVE INC

    Public records list 17-15 GATES AVE INC as the owner of record for this address as of 18 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 5 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 owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2023). 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. This building dates from 1930 and has 4 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. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 6 complaints in the last twelve months.
  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

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