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1896 Cornelia Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1911 · 3-story walk-up · 7 apartments

17 open violations, none immediately hazardous.

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Open violations
1711 · 6
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 1985.

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Open per apartment
2.4 (17 open across 7 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
22 Oct 2018 (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

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 household items at roof bulkhead stair at 3rd story

    Issued 22 Oct 2018Notice sent out 23 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors between building vestibule and 1st story public hall

    Issued 22 Oct 2018Notice sent out 23 Oct 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak at roof bulkhead

    Issued 22 Oct 2018Notice sent out 23 Oct 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • 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 minimum required, light fixture present

    Issued 1 Jan 2016Notice sent out 13 Jan 2016Electrical§ 27-2040

  • 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 200 watts required fixture present light not on at front areaway

    Issued 22 Oct 2001Notice sent out 29 Aug 2007Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of 2 sty an apartment excessive storage of boxes household good books fire hazard., section '' ''

    Issued 4 Jan 1988Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008§ D26-10.01 +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 night inspection lights not on.

    Issued 31 Dec 1987Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Electrical§ D26-19.07

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling 2 sty an apartment bathroom., section '' ''

    Issued 4 Dec 1987Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective metal clg bathroom 2 sty north an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 5 Nov 1987Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008§ D26-10.01

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls bathroom 2 sty north an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 5 Nov 1987Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

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  • Repair or replace the smoke detector 3 sty an apartment missing., section '' ''

    Issued 10 Dec 1985Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08

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 all peeling surfaces at wall and ceiling in public hall, at all story

    Issued 22 Oct 2018Notice sent out 23 Oct 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls & ceilings 2 sty an apartment thruout., section '' ''

    Issued 4 Dec 1987Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective metal ceiling 2 sty an apartment bathroom., section '' ''

    Issued 4 Dec 1987Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective tile floor 2 sty an apartment bathroom., section '' ''

    Issued 4 Dec 1987Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Refit entry door to 2 sty north an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 5 Nov 1987Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Doors and windows§ D26-10.01

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls & clgs entry foyer & bathroom 2 sty north an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 5 Nov 1987Notice sent out 18 Jun 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-12.01

Paperwork and notices2 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.

  • File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or as described on hpds website, www.nyc.gov\hpd, search bed bugs.

    Issued 7 May 2026Notice sent out 6 May 2026Paperwork and notices

  • Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.

    Issued 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent out 20 Nov 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2107

27 violations on record in total, 19 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.

7 complaints in three years, 5 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Garbage and cleanliness4 / 5
  • Noise0 / 1
  • Fire and safety equipment1 / 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.

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 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 (2023 report)
Show 3 earlier reports
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 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.

The most recent registration on file for this address expired 31 Aug 2025 and has not been renewed since, so it is more than a full cycle old. Whoever is named below may no longer be responsible for the building.

  • Owner of record and managing agent

    GEORGINA VISACKI

    Public records list GEORGINA VISACKI as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 30 Dec 2024. 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 has 11 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. The building's HPD registration is out of date or names nobody we could identify. Ask who the managing agent is and get a name, a phone number and an address in writing before you sign.
  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 4034730032 · Block 3473, Lot 32 · Building class C1