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1707 Palmetto Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

2 immediately hazardous violations open. 4 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
42 · 1 · 1
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202372
202450
202500
2026 so far01

Plus 4 violations from 2019 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 4
  • Heat and hot water 3
  • Mold and damp 2
Open per apartment
0.7 (4 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
22 Sept 2026 (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 hazardous2 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.

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

    Issued 6 Sept 2023Notice certified late 11 Mar 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • 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 public hall, 1st story

    Issued 6 Sept 2023Notice certified late 11 Mar 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Hazardous1 open

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

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approximately 6 square feet at ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at east original violation 16208010 issued 06-sep-23 has been upgraded to class b per administrative code §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

    Issued 6 Sept 2023First no access to re- inspect violation 28 Sept 2024Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

Non-hazardous1 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.

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective mailbox lock at west wall, 1st story

    Issued 22 Sept 2026Notice sent out 23 Sept 2026Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

15 closed violations, plus 11 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 or replace the broken or defective electrical outlet at south wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 23 Feb 2024Violation dismissed 25 May 2026Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective glass upper sash window in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 23 Feb 2024Violation dismissed 25 May 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the 2nd room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 23 Feb 2024Violation dismissed 25 May 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Cleanse to the satisfaction of this department the at bathtub at west and north wall in the bathroom, 1st story at east

    Issued 6 Sept 2023Violation dismissed 25 May 2026Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2011

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

    Issued 6 Sept 2023Violation dismissed 25 May 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 26 Sept 2019Violation dismissed 25 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 26 Sept 2019Violation dismissed 25 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 26 Sept 2019Violation dismissed 25 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 26 Sept 2019Violation dismissed 25 May 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinge apartment door in the entrance, 3rd story at north

    Issued 23 Feb 2024Violation closed 4 Nov 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective fire escape window upper sash counterbalance in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 23 Feb 2024Violation closed 12 Apr 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approximately 6 square feet at ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at east

    Issued 6 Sept 2023Violation closed 5 Jan 2024Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of stopper (kickdown) at building front entrance door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 6 Sept 2023Violation closed 30 Oct 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective... in the entrance, 1st story at east

    Issued 6 Sept 2023Violation closed 25 Oct 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the kitchen, 1st story at east

    Issued 6 Sept 2023Violation closed 2 Oct 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

30 violations on record in total, 4 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.

23 complaints in three years, 8 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise0 / 11
  • Entry, buzzer and mail3 / 3
  • Leaks and plumbing1 / 2
  • Appliances2 / 2
  • Electrical2 / 2
  • Construction and illegal work0 / 1
  • Pests0 / 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 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.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 4 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    JOSEF ODDO

    Public records list JOSEF ODDO as the registered managing agent for this address as of 30 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (3 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    1707 PALMETTO STREET LLC

    Public records list 1707 PALMETTO STREET LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 30 Jul 2025. 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 2 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 is 1 open mould violation 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. 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.
  4. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. 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 4034530005 · Block 3453, Lot 5 · Building class C2