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1709 Putnam Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1930 · 3-story walk-up · 8 apartments

4 immediately hazardous violations open. 17 open in all.

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Open violations
174 · 11 · 2
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 17 violations before that, the first in 2005.

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Open per apartment
2.1 (17 open across 8 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
16 Jul 2014 (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

Immediately hazardous4 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 with new the missing 1 wood baluster at railing at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 16 Jul 2014Notice sent out 17 Jul 2014§ 27-2005

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st door from north at east wall, 1st door frame from north at east wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 31 Oct 2005Defect letter issued 3 Sept 2008Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) west wall in the 3rd room from east at south, 3rd story at west

    Issued 31 Oct 2005Defect letter issued 3 Sept 2008Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st door frame from south at west wall in the bathroom, 3rd story at west

    Issued 31 Oct 2005Defect letter issued 3 Sept 2008Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Hazardous11 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 construction material at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 16 Jul 2014Notice sent out 17 Jul 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • ×2Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    2 issued 15 Feb 2014 to 12 Jun 2014Notice sent outFire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • ×2Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    2 issued 15 Feb 2014 to 12 Jun 2014Notice sent outFire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • ×2Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    2 issued 15 Feb 2014 to 12 Jun 2014Notice sent outPests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 12 Jun 2014Notice sent out 15 Jun 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... at walls. appox. 2 sq.ft. in the bathroom, 3rd story at west

    Issued 12 Jun 2014Notice sent out 15 Jun 2014Mold and damp§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 15 Feb 2014Notice sent out 17 Feb 2014Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 15 Feb 2014Notice sent out 17 Feb 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous2 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.

  • Refit door in the entrance, 3rd story at west

    Issued 15 Feb 2014Notice sent out 17 Feb 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling and walls in the 5th room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 15 Feb 2014Notice sent out 17 Feb 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

27 violations on record in total, 17 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.

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

  • Noise0 / 4

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.

2 cases, all closed.

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 25 Jun 2014

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 5 Jun 2014

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.

  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
Show 2 earlier reports
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No 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

    ANTONIO VARVARO

    Public records list ANTONIO VARVARO as the owner of record for this address as of 31 Mar 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 currently has 4 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 is 1 open mould violation 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 2024). 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. This building dates from 1930 and has 3 open lead-paint violations on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
  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 4034600055 · Block 3460, Lot 55 · Building class C1