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689 Onderdonk Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

6 immediately hazardous violations open. 33 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
336 · 22 · 5
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202230
202300
202400
2025204
2026 so far00

Plus 19 violations from 1998 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 6
  • Pests 5
  • Doors and windows 4
Open per apartment
5.5 (33 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
14 Oct 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.

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 hazardous6 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 infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 14 Oct 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by performing activities necessary to abate tested lead-based paint from required window and/or door friction surfaces for apartment and make floors smooth and cleanable, positive lead-based paint in an apartment with a child under six, 3rd story at east

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Notice sent out 15 Oct 2025Lead paint§ 27-2056.7 +2

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 14 Oct 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at door in the entrance, 3rd story at east

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Notice sent out 14 Oct 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story at south

    Issued 12 Aug 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 12 Aug 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

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

    Issued 12 Aug 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 12 Aug 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

Hazardous22 open

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

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Notice sent out 14 Oct 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2

  • Properly secure the loose upper and lower cabinet doors at west wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Notice sent out 14 Oct 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Notice sent out 14 Oct 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Notice sent out 14 Oct 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3

  • Fire escape defective. adjust the dropladder so that it will slide easily in the guide rods at rear at fire escape

    Issued 18 Sept 2025Notice sent out 18 Sept 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the kitchen, 3rd story at south

    Issued 12 Aug 2025Notice sent out 12 Aug 2025Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective wall cabinet door at north in the kitchen, 3rd story at south

    Issued 12 Aug 2025Notice sent out 12 Aug 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the infestation consisting of bedbugs in the entire apartment, 3rd story at south

    Issued 12 Aug 2025Notice sent out 12 Aug 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective 1st window from east at south lower sash spring balance in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story at south

    Issued 12 Aug 2025Notice sent out 12 Aug 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Provide adequate lighting.. at cellar

    Issued 20 Jul 2022Notice sent out 26 Jul 2022Electrical§ 27-2037

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  • Discontinue unlawful cooking space or file plans and application with this department to legalize same, if lawfully feasible, gas cooking range at cellar east section at cellar

    Issued 20 Jul 2022Notice sent out 26 Jul 2022Appliances§ 27-2070

  • Discontinue use of rooms for living, disconnect plumbing fixtures and properly seal pipe connections water closet, wash basin, shower stall and kitchen sink at cellar east section at cellar

    Issued 20 Jul 2022Notice sent out 26 Jul 2022Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2081

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

    Issued 24 Sept 2015Notice sent out 27 Sept 2015Pests§ 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 at south

    Issued 24 Sept 2015Notice sent out 27 Sept 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective counter balance at lower and upper window sash in the 1st room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 24 Sept 2015Notice sent out 27 Sept 2015Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes at 3rd story balcony at east at fire escape

    Issued 10 Sept 2015Notice sent out 13 Sept 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing, 3rd story at south

    Issued 28 Jul 2010Notice sent out 29 Jul 2010Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes flower pots stored on all stys fire escape.

    Issued 27 Feb 1998Notice sent out 19 Aug 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Fire escape defective. replace with new the broken, defective and/or missing shoe on dropladder fire escape.

    Issued 27 Feb 1998Notice sent out 19 Aug 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Fire escape defective. adjust the dropladder so that it will slide easily in the guide rods fire escape at north.

    Issued 27 Feb 1998Notice sent out 19 Aug 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective bulkhead door to roof.

    Issued 27 Feb 1998Notice sent out 19 Aug 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wall plaster bulkhead to roof.

    Issued 27 Feb 1998Notice sent out 19 Aug 2009Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

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.

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 4th room from north, the 2nd room from north, the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Notice sent out 14 Oct 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at west wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Notice sent out 14 Oct 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the kitchen, the 2nd room from east, 3rd story at south

    Issued 12 Aug 2025Notice sent out 12 Aug 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department, north wall, 1st closet from north at east wall door, west wall, south wall, 2nd closet from north at east wall door in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story at south

    Issued 12 Aug 2025Notice sent out 12 Aug 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • 187, 231 m/d law and department rules and regulations. provide a shoe properly secured to bottom of string of dropladder at east at fire escape

    Issued 10 Sept 2015Notice sent out 13 Sept 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 53

Orders and notices1 open

An order issued against the building as a whole rather than a condition in one apartment: a vacate order, or selection for HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program for buildings with persistent violations.

  • 207563; / effective date : tuesday, august 2, 2022.

    Issued 1 Aug 2022Info notice sent out 4 Aug 2022§ 27-2142

Paperwork and notices4 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 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 1 Aug 2022Notice sent out 2 Aug 2022Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • 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 frame missing at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 1 Aug 2022Notice sent out 2 Aug 2022Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • Post 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

    Issued 1 Aug 2022Notice sent out 2 Aug 2022Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • 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 1 Aug 2022Notice sent out 2 Aug 2022Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

13 closed violations, plus 9 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.

  • Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 2, wg to replace = 0, wg to repair = 1 in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Violation closed 17 Jun 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • 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, east wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 14 Oct 2025Violation closed 8 Mar 2026Lead 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 north at east wall, 1st window frame from east at south wall, 1st window frame from south at west wall, 2nd window frame from south at west wall in the 4th room from east, 3rd story at south

    Issued 12 Aug 2025Violation closed 24 Nov 2025Lead 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 window frame from east at south wall, 2nd window frame from east at south wall in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story at south

    Issued 12 Aug 2025Violation closed 24 Nov 2025Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective defective hinges in the entrance, 3rd story at south

    Issued 12 Aug 2025Violation closed 22 Oct 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 3rd story at south

    Issued 28 Jul 2010Violation closed 16 Apr 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 8 Jan 2015Violation closed 8 Apr 2015Pests§ 27-2018

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of bedbugs in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 8 Jan 2015Violation closed 8 Apr 2015Pests§ 27-2018

  • ×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 1 Nov 2009 to 26 Nov 2014Violation closedFire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • ×2Repair or replace the smoke detector which is missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    2 issued 1 Nov 2009 to 26 Nov 2014Violation closedFire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair the broken or defective radiator in the 1st room from east at north, 2nd story

    Issued 26 Nov 2014Violation closed 8 Apr 2015Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

60 violations on record in total, 38 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.

34 complaints in three years, 3 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise3 / 21
  • Pests0 / 9
  • Appliances0 / 3
  • Doors and windows0 / 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.

3 cases, all closed.

  • Tenant Action/Harassment

    Opened 24 Sept 2025

  • Tenant Action/Harassment

    Opened 18 Aug 2025No harassment found

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 20 Aug 2015

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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
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  • 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 6 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. 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.
  3. This building dates from 1930 and has 1 open lead-paint violation on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
  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 4034680001 · Block 3468, Lot 1 · Building class S5