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689 Seneca Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

5 immediately hazardous violations open. 16 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
165 · 7 · 4
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202281
202300
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 9 violations from 1976 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Leaks and plumbing 2
  • Fire and safety equipment 2
  • Walls and ceilings 2
Open per apartment
2.7 (16 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
12 Dec 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

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 3 days.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26350

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.

It is listed under a tax-benefit program (421-a or J-51). Stabilization that comes from one of these can end when the benefit does, so ask when it expires.

It is also listed as a co-op or condo conversion, where usually only some apartments are still stabilized.

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 self closing hinges in the entrance, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Dec 2022Notice sent out 12 Dec 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Dec 2022Notice of issuance sent to tenant 12 Dec 2022Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of air condition unit installed at window to fire escape in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Dec 2022Notice sent out 13 Dec 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide adequate supply of hot water for the fixtures bathroom 1 sty an apartment rear., section '' ''

    Issued 7 Apr 1989Notice sent out 12 Aug 2008Heat and hot water§ 27-2024

  • Provide adequate supply of hot water for the fixtures bathroom washbasin & bathtub 1 sty rear an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 2 Mar 1989Notice sent out 12 Aug 2008Heat and hot water§ 27-2024

Hazardous7 open

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

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at wash basin in the bathroom, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Dec 2022Notice sent out 12 Dec 2022Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Discontinue use of illegal space and/or hot water heater and provide filed for & approved heater which obtains combustion air directly from outside the building or approved central system at north wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Dec 2022Notice sent out 13 Dec 2022Heat and hot water§ 27-2032 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electrical light fixture at ceiling in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Dec 2022Notice sent out 12 Dec 2022Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Install and maintain sufficient light or lights of at least 100 watts incandescent or equivalent each, to light adequately from sunset to sunrise the 100 watts incandescent court

    Issued 26 Apr 2002Notice sent out 4 Sept 2007Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing 1 sty an apartment rear., section '' ''

    Issued 7 Apr 1989Notice sent out 12 Aug 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective 1 sty rear an apartment mr soto., section '' ''

    Issued 2 Mar 1989Notice sent out 12 Aug 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors bulkhead to roof r 51.

    Issued 17 Jun 1976Notice sent out 12 Aug 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

Non-hazardous4 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.

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling and walls in the bathroom, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Dec 2022Notice sent out 12 Dec 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration side exterior wall of bldg removed to expand 1 sty resturant 6768c.

    Issued 12 Aug 1999Notice sent out 4 Sept 2007Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration 1 sty rear apartment converted into commecial business 6768c.

    Issued 12 Aug 1999Notice sent out 4 Sept 2007§ 300

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department roof cornice front & south.

    Issued 17 Jun 1976Notice sent out 12 Aug 2008Roof and outside the building§ D26-12.01

2 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.

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Dec 2022Violation closed 8 Jun 2023Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Dec 2022Violation closed 8 Jun 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

28 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.

11 complaints in three years, 5 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water5 / 5
  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 4
  • Construction and illegal work0 / 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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 6 Dec 2022

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 permit currently in force. 1 permit filed in the last five years.

Show 1 expired or finished

  • Plumbing

    To register kitchen equipment for restaurant on first floor and two 2 pc bathroom.

    Issued 7 Apr 2023Expired 7 Apr 2024

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 2 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 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

    BOYNTON BEACH PALMS, LLC

    Public records list BOYNTON BEACH PALMS, LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 8 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner and agent (1 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 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. There were 5 heat or hot-water complaints here in the last twelve months. Ask who handles heat, how quickly it is usually restored, and whether the boiler has been replaced.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  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

BBL 4034550001 · Block 3455, Lot 1 · Building class S5