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1709 Palmetto Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

19 open violations, none immediately hazardous. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
1914 · 5
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 24 violations before that, the first in 1988.

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Open per apartment
3.2 (19 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
29 Nov 2011 (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

Hazardous14 open

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

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the 4th room from north, 2nd story at west

    Issued 27 Jan 2010Notice sent out 28 Jan 2010Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 2nd story at west

    Issued 27 Jan 2010Notice sent out 28 Jan 2010Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 27 Jan 2010Notice sent out 28 Jan 2010Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the 1st closet from north at east wall ceiling in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    Issued 27 Jan 2010Notice sent out 28 Jan 2010Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at bathtub in the bathroom, 2nd story at north

    Issued 27 Mar 2006Not complied with 22 Jan 2010Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair the broken or defective wood drawers at closets throughout in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 27 Mar 2006Not complied with 22 Jan 2010§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 27 Mar 2006Not complied with 22 Jan 2010Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls and ceilings throughout in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 11 Feb 2004First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Jan 2010Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor throughout front room, 2nd story

    Issued 6 Nov 2002First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Jan 2010Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing missing glass all windows throughout at cellar

    Issued 6 May 2002Not complied with 29 Jan 2010Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarded ceiling throughout at cellar

    Issued 6 May 2002Not complied with 29 Jan 2010Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the 4th room from north, 2nd story

    Issued 28 Mar 2002First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Jan 2010Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing caulking around bathtub in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 28 Mar 2002First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Jan 2010Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing guard rail front yard stairs to cellar.

    Issued 27 Oct 1988Not complied with 22 Jan 2010Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous5 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 the 1st closet from north at east wall door frame, 1st window frame from west at north wall, 1st door frame from west at north wall in the 4th room from north, 2nd story at west

    Issued 27 Jan 2010Notice sent out 28 Jan 2010Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the 1st closet from north at east wall door frame, baseboard at west wall, 1st window frame from south at west wall, 1st door frame from west at north wall, 1st door from west at north wall in the 3rd room from north, 2nd story at west

    Issued 27 Jan 2010Notice sent out 28 Jan 2010Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 5th room from north, the 2nd room from north, the bathroom, 2nd story at west

    Issued 27 Jan 2010Notice sent out 28 Jan 2010Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly secure the loose light at ceiling in the 4th room from north, 2nd story

    Issued 13 Jan 2005Not complied with 22 Jan 2010Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Refit door to boiler room at cellar

    Issued 6 May 2002Not complied with 29 Jan 2010Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

5 closed violations, plus 1 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.

  • 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 ***minimum 100 watts of incandescent light required***

    Issued 29 Nov 2011Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination 1 2 & 3 sty rear all stys.

    Issued 27 Oct 1988Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Electrical§ 27-2039

  • Properly repair the broken or defective paving front yard.

    Issued 27 Oct 1988Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective masonry landing stair street to 1 sty pub vestibule.

    Issued 27 Oct 1988Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of low hanging tv & phone wires roof thruout.

    Issued 27 Oct 1988Violation closed 16 Jul 2015Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

25 violations on record in total, 19 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.

No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.

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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Comprehensive

    Opened 19 Oct 2005

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)
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  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2020No 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 and managing agent

    PALMETTO LLC

    Public records list PALMETTO LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 6 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 has 14 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
  2. 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.
  3. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 0 complaints in the last twelve months.
  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 4034530052 · Block 3453, Lot 52 · Building class C2