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1829 Woodbine Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1913 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

17 open violations, none immediately hazardous.

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Open violations
1712 · 5
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 18 violations before that, the first in 1972.

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Open per apartment
2.8 (17 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
9 Jan 2012 (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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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

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

This building is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.

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

Hazardous12 open

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

  • 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, 100 watts required.

    Issued 9 Jan 2012Notice sent out 23 Jan 2012Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 3 Mar 2008Notice sent out 4 Mar 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 3 Mar 2008Notice sent out 4 Mar 2008Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household articles 3 sty pub hall.

    Issued 5 May 1987Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors pub hall bulkhead.

    Issued 5 May 1987Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination all stys pub hall & vestibule.

    Issued 5 May 1987Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Electrical§ D26-19.05

  • 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 night inspection lights not on.

    Issued 18 Jul 1985Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Electrical§ D26-19.07

  • 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 night inspection fixture present lights not on.

    Issued 10 Aug 1982Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Electrical§ D26-19.07

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing angle iron secured tovertical guide lug to b bracket at gateway 2 sty balcony rear stack.

    Issued 15 Jun 1982Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01

  • Fire escape defective. properly secure tread 1 up from bottom 2 to 3 sty balcony rear stack er1.

    Issued 15 Jun 1982Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01

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  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination public hall all stys.

    Issued 8 Jun 1982Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Electrical§ D26-19.05

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in waste line of 3 sty an apartment wash basin bathroom.

    Issued 5 Feb 1974Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Leaks and plumbing§ D26-16.01

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.

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration installed 2 wood doors and trim in north wall rear south air intake.

    Issued 15 Jun 1982Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ 300

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of inner court obstructed by door & window installed in air intake remove same or provide 5 sq ft of fixed ventilation ther in north & south court.

    Issued 8 Jun 1982Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ D26-10.01

  • Replace with new the broken or defective marble saddle public vestibule door.

    Issued 8 Jun 1982Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ D26-10.01

  • Replace with new the missing wall of north air intake for north inner court cellar.

    Issued 5 Feb 1974Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tile floor 3 sty south an apartment bathroom., section '' ''

    Issued 21 Sept 1972Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Floors and stairs§ D26-10.01

Paperwork and notices8 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.

  • ×6File 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.

    6 issued 16 Apr 2021 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.

    Issued 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent out 20 Nov 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2107

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor missing frame.

    Issued 8 Jun 1982Notice sent out 11 Jun 2008Paperwork and notices§ 329

1 closed violation, plus 8 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.

  • File certification of satisfactory installation of smoke detecting device in accordance with h.p.d. rules and regulations.

    Issued 20 Jan 1982Violation closed 17 Oct 2017Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08 +1

34 violations on record in total, 25 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.

2 complaints in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise0 / 2

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.

No bedbug report on file for this building. That usually means the owner did not file one, not that there is nothing to 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.

The most recent registration on file for this address expired 31 Aug 2025 and has not been renewed since, so it is more than a full cycle old. Whoever is named below may no longer be responsible for the building.

  • Owner of record and managing agent

    DRAGA GUCU

    Public records list DRAGA GUCU as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 8 Jan 2025. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    TRAIAN GUCU

    Public records list TRAIAN GUCU as the owner of record for this address as of 8 Jan 2025. Source: HPD registration.

Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.

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 12 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
  2. 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.
  3. The building's HPD registration is out of date or names nobody we could identify. Ask who the managing agent is and get a name, a phone number and an address in writing before you sign.
  4. 8 open violations for not filing something the city requires, usually the annual registration or the annual bedbug report. Nothing anyone lives in, but it is the record's plainest measure of whether this owner follows through. No bedbug report has ever been filed here, so the record cannot tell you the building's history — ask.
  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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