1878 Putnam Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Built 1911 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
1 immediately hazardous violation open. 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
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 1 violation from 2016 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Heat and hot water 4
- Pests 1
- Fire and safety equipment 1
- Open per apartment
- 0.2 (1 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 23 Mar 2025 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?Where each of these comes from
- 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.
Tenant reviews
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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.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 filingThe 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 violationImmediately hazardous1 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.
Provide ready access to buildings heating system boiler room door lock at cellar at boiler room
Issued 23 Mar 2025Notice sent out 23 Mar 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
6 closed violations, plus 15 closed paperwork filingsShow fewer
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.
Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the 1st room from north, 1st story at east
Issued 23 Mar 2025Violation dismissed 15 Jun 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2029
Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
Issued 25 Nov 2024Violation closed 17 Apr 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4
Abate the nuisance consisting of hot water exceeding the maximum temperature of 130 degrees in fahrenheit at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
Issued 25 Nov 2024Violation closed 14 Jan 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1
Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 2nd story
Issued 25 Nov 2024Violation closed 14 Jan 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
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 wall at public hall, 1st story
Issued 25 Nov 2024Violation closed 14 Jan 2025Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
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 a minimum of 100 watts of incandescent light required. (light fixture present)
Issued 24 May 2016Violation closed 24 Jul 2016Electrical§ 27-2040
22 violations on record in total, 1 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.
Complaints to the city
Public complaintComplaints 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.
- Heat and hot water0 / 4
Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.
Court records
Court recordHousing 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 filingBuilding permits
No permit currently in force. 2 permits filed in the last five years.
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General Construction
Proposed renovation of apartment 1R and show it connected to recreation space in the cellar, relocating entrance door to apartment 1L. replacing window at rear of building with a new door, existing lintel to remain. Removing and replacing minor interior
Issued 27 Jun 2022Expired 1 Mar 2023
Plumbing
Filing for plumbing work in conjunction with GC application number Q00627592. No change to use, egress or occupancy proposed under this application.
Issued 7 Feb 2022Expired 1 Jan 2023
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)
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- 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
- 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
- 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
- 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
- 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
- 2020No infested units reported (2018 report)
Ownership and management
Public filingAssociations 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
ZA1878 LLC
Public records list ZA1878 LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 11 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.
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What to ask at the viewing
1878 Putnam Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385
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.
- The city currently has one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
- 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.
- Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
- 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
Yes. HPD lists 1 open housing violation: 1 immediately hazardous, 0 hazardous and 0 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for heat and hot water (4), pests (1) and fire and safety equipment (1).
On 23 Mar 2025. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments. A tenant can ask the state for an apartment's rent history to be sure.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
No residential evictions by a city marshal are recorded here since 2017.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
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