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1711 Putnam Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

11 immediately hazardous violations open. 57 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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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
202300
2024203
2025120
2026 so far00

Plus 30 violations from 2008 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 9
  • Walls and ceilings 8
  • Floors and stairs 4
Open per apartment
9.5 (57 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
31 May 2025 (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 hazardous11 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.

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of rats and all underlying causes creating the pest infestations, by using integrated pest management (ipm), eliminate all burrow entry and passageways, pest nests, holes, gaps or cracks in walls, ceilings, floors, fixing leaks and managing garbage in public areas. evidence found at front yard

    Issued 31 May 2025Notice sent out 1 Jun 2025Pests§ 27-2017 +6

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of hot water exceeding the maximum allowable temperature of 130 degress at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 15 Mar 2025Notice sent out 16 Mar 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 21 Jan 2025Notice sent out 26 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • ×2Post 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 missing at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 3 Dec 2019 to 21 Jan 2025Notice sent outHeat and hot water§ 27-2033

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

    Issued 21 Jan 2025Notice sent out 21 Jan 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Oct 2024Notice of issuance sent to tenant 29 Oct 2024Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 28 Oct 2024Notice of issuance sent to tenant 29 Oct 2024Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • 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 16 Jul 2015Notice sent out 16 Jul 2015Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system, door locked at cellar.

    Issued 16 Jul 2015Notice sent out 16 Jul 2015Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures, 3rd story

    Issued 16 Jul 2015Notice sent out 16 Jul 2015Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

Hazardous40 open

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

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of consisting of household items at 1st, 2nd and 3rd stories at public hall

    Issued 21 Jan 2025Notice sent out 26 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective latch set at building front entrance door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 21 Jan 2025Notice sent out 26 Jan 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 29 Oct 2024Notice sent out 29 Oct 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tiles at floor in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Oct 2024Notice sent out 29 Oct 2024Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective latch set at building front entrance door, 1st story

    Issued 29 Oct 2024Notice sent out 29 Oct 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 5th room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 29 Oct 2024Notice sent out 29 Oct 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 28 Oct 2024Notice sent out 29 Oct 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles. in the bathroom, 1st story at south

    Issued 28 Oct 2024Notice sent out 29 Oct 2024Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • ×3Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at sink in the kitchen, 1st story at south

    3 issued 31 May 2024 to 28 Oct 2024Notice sent outLeaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardent material at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Oct 2024Notice sent out 29 Oct 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Oct 2024Notice sent out 29 Oct 2024Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective. in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 28 Oct 2024Notice sent out 29 Oct 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • ×2Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the bathroom, 1st story at south

    2 issued 31 May 2024 to 19 Sept 2024Notice sent outFloors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the ceiling in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 19 Sept 2024Notice sent out 22 Sept 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 31 May 2024Notice sent out 3 Jun 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). which is missing, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Dec 2019Notice sent out 8 Dec 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector which is missing, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Dec 2019Notice sent out 8 Dec 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the 3rd room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Nov 2016Notice sent out 6 Nov 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Nov 2016Notice sent out 6 Nov 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin moths in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Nov 2016Notice sent out 6 Nov 2016Pests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 11 May 2015Notice sent out 11 May 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 11 May 2015Notice sent out 11 May 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    2 issued 12 Dec 2012 to 11 May 2015Notice sent outPests§ 27-2018

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 12 Dec 2012Notice sent out 16 Dec 2012Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... mildew at north wall. appox. 2 sq.ft. in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 27 Apr 2011Notice sent out 28 Apr 2011Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electric outlet at west wall in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 27 Apr 2011Notice sent out 28 Apr 2011Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of water leak at ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 27 Apr 2011Notice sent out 28 Apr 2011Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 27 Apr 2011Notice sent out 28 Apr 2011Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective counter balance at lower window sash in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 27 Apr 2011Notice sent out 28 Apr 2011Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the construction material, wood door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 27 Apr 2011Notice sent out 28 Apr 2011Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

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

    Issued 18 Feb 2009Notice sent out 19 Feb 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of leak at ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 18 Feb 2009Notice sent out 19 Feb 2009Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the missing door knob in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 18 Feb 2009Notice sent out 19 Feb 2009Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 18 Feb 2009Notice sent out 19 Feb 2009Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the missing ceiling light fixture in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 18 Feb 2009Notice sent out 19 Feb 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 8 Jun 2008Not complied with 3 Sept 2008Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous6 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 ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 28 Oct 2024Notice sent out 29 Oct 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

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

    Issued 19 Sept 2024Notice sent out 22 Sept 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceilings and all walls in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 31 May 2024Notice sent out 3 Jun 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color all walls and ceiling in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Nov 2016Notice sent out 6 Nov 2016Walls 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 wood panel all walls in the kitchen, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Nov 2016Notice sent out 6 Nov 2016Walls and ceilings§ 300

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

    Issued 12 Dec 2012Notice sent out 16 Dec 2012Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

Paperwork and notices11 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.

  • Post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 21 Jan 2025Not complied with 21 Jun 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling.

    Issued 21 Jan 2025Not complied with 21 Jun 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 21 Jan 2025Not complied with 21 Jun 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 3 Dec 2019Notice sent out 8 Dec 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • ×2Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling. at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 11 May 2015 to 3 Dec 2019Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • ×2Post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 11 May 2015 to 3 Dec 2019Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agencys housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 3 Dec 2019Notice sent out 8 Dec 2019Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box, at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 11 May 2015Notice sent out 11 May 2015Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agency?s housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 11 May 2015Notice sent out 11 May 2015Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

8 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.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch at building front entrance door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 21 Jan 2025Violation closed 12 Sept 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective latch at building entrance door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 15 Mar 2025Violation dismissed 12 Jun 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of hot water temperature exceeds the allowable maximum of 130 degrees in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 21 Jan 2025Violation closed 11 Apr 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch at building entrance door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 15 Mar 2025Violation closed 7 Apr 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the 4th room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 21 Jan 2025Violation closed 13 Feb 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges and latch set at building front entrance door, 1st story

    Issued 29 Oct 2024Violation closed 29 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

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

    Issued 28 Oct 2024Violation closed 29 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at apartment entrance, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Dec 2019Violation closed 6 Feb 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

87 violations on record in total, 68 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.

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

  • Pests0 / 14
  • Heat and hot water0 / 7
  • Doors and windows0 / 5
  • Walls and ceilings0 / 5
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 4
  • Floors and stairs0 / 4
  • Fire and safety equipment0 / 2
  • Noise0 / 1
  • Electrical0 / 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 14 Nov 2024

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 2 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 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

    17-11 PUTNAM LLC.

    Public records list 17-11 PUTNAM LLC. as the registered managing agent for this address as of 17 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    17-11 PUTNAM LLC

    Public records list 17-11 PUTNAM LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 17 Jul 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 currently has 11 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 are 2 open mould violations 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. 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 4034600053 · Block 3460, Lot 53 · Building class C2