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1721 Putnam Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

No open housing violations.

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Open violations
None openNo open housing violations on record.
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 82 violations before that, the first in 1998.

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Inspector last found a problem
18 Oct 2015 (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

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

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26330

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

Nothing open. 85 violations in the record, all of them closed.

82 closed violations, plus 3 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.

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... walls in the 4th room from north, 1st story

    Issued 17 Aug 2011Violation closed 11 Oct 2018Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective connection at wash basin in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 17 Aug 2011Violation closed 11 Oct 2018§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the 3rd room from north, 1st story

    Issued 17 Aug 2011Violation closed 11 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • ×2Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 1st story

    2 issued 22 Feb 2000 to 17 Aug 2011Violation closedFire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 17 Aug 2011Violation closed 11 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls in the 4th room from north, 1st story

    Issued 17 Aug 2011Violation closed 11 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective spring balance at bottom sash of second window from east at south in the 4th room from north, 1st story at east

    Issued 18 Oct 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 18 Oct 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly secure the loose washbasin in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 18 Oct 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 18 Oct 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 18 Oct 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 15 Oct 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 15 Oct 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective torn vinyl floor covering in the 1st room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 15 Oct 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 15 Oct 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 15 Oct 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all walls ceiling and trim at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 15 Oct 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Refit window top and bottom sash in the bathroom, 3rd story at north

    Issued 15 Oct 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice, 2nd story at north

    Issued 8 Aug 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Pests§ 27-2018

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches, 2nd story at north

    Issued 8 Aug 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Pests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 8 Aug 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at north

    Issued 8 Aug 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the kitchen, 2nd story at north

    Issued 8 Aug 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 8 Aug 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose wash basin to wall in the bathroom, 2nd story at north

    Issued 8 Aug 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tile at west wall in the bathroom, 2nd story at north

    Issued 8 Aug 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 8 Aug 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules., 2nd story at north

    Issued 8 Aug 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at west wall 4 sq ft and at south wall 4 sq ft in the bathroom, 2nd story at north

    Issued 8 Aug 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 19 Jun 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at ceiling and west wall in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 19 Jun 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Mold and damp§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 19 Jun 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic wall tiles around bathtub in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 19 Jun 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 19 Jun 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice, 2nd story

    Issued 19 Jun 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing, 2nd story

    Issued 19 Jun 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 19 Jun 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches, 2nd story

    Issued 19 Jun 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Pests§ 27-2018

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of house hold articles at public hall, all stories.

    Issued 13 Jun 2015Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing----tenant guzman jose in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 13 Aug 2014Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass at upper sash window in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 13 Aug 2014Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood base cabinet at sink in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 13 Aug 2014Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 13 Aug 2014Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors --- in the entrance, 2nd story

    Issued 13 Aug 2014Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls & ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 13 Aug 2014Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective gasket at refrigerator door in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 13 Aug 2014Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Appliances§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective burners at gas range in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 13 Aug 2014Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Appliances§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bell & return buzzer system in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 13 Aug 2014Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • ×2Properly repair the broken or defective mail-boxes at vestibule at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 28 Jun 2014 to 13 Aug 2014Violation closed§ 27-2005

  • ×2Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    2 issued 9 May 2009 to 13 Aug 2014Violation closedFire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective light fixture at ceiling in the 1st room from east, 2nd story

    Issued 9 May 2009Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective inoperative burners at gas range stove in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 9 May 2009Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Appliances§ 27-2005

  • 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 1st story public hall

    Issued 27 Aug 2008Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor 2nd story public hall

    Issued 27 Aug 2008Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Cleanse to the satisfaction of this department the floor all stories public hall

    Issued 27 Aug 2008Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Floors and stairs§ 27-2011

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department street entrance door to building

    Issued 27 Aug 2008Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • And dept. rules and regulations. scrape and remove rust scales and paint with 2 coats of paint rear fire escape all balconies

    Issued 1 Oct 2002Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2014

  • ×2Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story

    2 issued 13 Mar 2001 to 1 Oct 2002Violation closedPests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 1 Oct 2002Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color north wall and ceiling in the 4th room from north, 1st story

    Issued 1 Oct 2002Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department around window mouldings in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 1 Oct 2002Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mold and mildew north wall in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 1 Oct 2002Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Mold and damp§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mold and mildew around window mouldings in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 1 Oct 2002Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Mold and damp§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of concealed water leak at westwall in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 1 Oct 2002Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at sink in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 1 Oct 2002Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mold and mildew westwall north wall in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 1 Oct 2002Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Mold and damp§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors bulkhead door to roof

    Issued 1 Oct 2002Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes household items 2nd story balcony rear fire escape

    Issued 1 Oct 2002Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 30 Oct 2001Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of conceal water leak at ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 30 Oct 2001Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • 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 incandescant or equivalent

    Issued 29 Oct 2001Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector which is missing tenant cruz zerlina in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 13 Mar 2001Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in waste line at bathtub in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 13 Mar 2001Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Provide adequate supply of hot water for the fixtures bathtub in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 22 Feb 2000Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2024

  • And dept. rules and regulations. scrape and remove rust scales and paint with 2 coats of paint rear fire escape from 2 sty to roof.

    Issued 24 Jun 1999Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2014

  • 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 1 sty public hall vestibule above mailboxes.

    Issued 24 Jun 1999Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation fire escape at rear 2 roof.

    Issued 17 Dec 1998Violation closed 4 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective gate at front yard

    Issued 3 Sept 2009Violation closed 29 Aug 2017Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

85 violations on record in total, 0 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.

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

  • Noise1 / 53
  • Garbage and cleanliness4 / 6
  • Heat and hot water4 / 4
  • Pests2 / 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.

3 cases, all closed.

  • Comprehensive

    Opened 6 Mar 2017

  • Comprehensive

    Opened 13 Jul 2016

  • Comprehensive

    Opened 9 Mar 2016

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 5 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    FREESTONE PROPERTY GROUP LLC

    Public records list FREESTONE PROPERTY GROUP LLC as the registered managing agent for this address as of 23 Jun 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (26 in the records we hold, 10 shown)

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  • Owner of record

    TOWNHOUSE RENTAL V, LLC

    Public records list TOWNHOUSE RENTAL V, LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 23 Jun 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner (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. There were 4 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.
  2. The city recorded 6 mould violations here, most recently in 2015, all since closed. Closed means the city stopped checking, not that the damp is gone. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  3. There were 2 pest complaints here in the last twelve months. 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

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