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862 Woodward Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1912 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

2 immediately hazardous violations open. 7 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
72 · 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
202200
202300
202430
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 4 violations from 2019 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

See every violation
Found most often since 2022
  • Doors and windows 1
  • Fire and safety equipment 1
Open per apartment
1.2 (7 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
16 Oct 2024 (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

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26110

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 hazardous2 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.

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of hook and eye at building front entrance door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 11 May 2024Notice sent out 12 May 2024Fire 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 public hall, 1st story

    Issued 29 Nov 2019Notice sent out 1 Dec 2019Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Hazardous5 open

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

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective transition marble saddle at vestibule at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 16 Oct 2024Notice sent out 16 Oct 2024§ 27-2005

  • Refit building front entrance door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 11 May 2024Notice sent out 12 May 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of house hold items at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 29 Nov 2019Notice sent out 1 Dec 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination ceiling light fixture at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 29 Nov 2019Notice sent out 1 Dec 2019Electrical§ 27-2039

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 21 Nov 2019Notice sent out 24 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

Paperwork and notices24 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.

  • ×6File 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.

    6 issued 16 Apr 2021 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • ×8Owner 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.

    8 issued 24 Oct 2018 to 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107

  • ×2Post, 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

    2 issued 29 Nov 2019 to 4 Jan 2020Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • ×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 29 Nov 2019 to 4 Jan 2020Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • 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 4 Jan 2020Notice sent out 5 Jan 2020Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • ×2Post 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

    2 issued 29 Nov 2019 to 4 Jan 2020Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • 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. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 29 Nov 2019Notice sent out 1 Dec 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • 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.. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 29 Nov 2019Notice sent out 1 Dec 2019Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • 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 29 Nov 2019Notice sent out 1 Dec 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

33 violations on record in total, 31 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.

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

  • Noise4 / 11
  • Heat and hot water0 / 2
  • Construction and illegal work0 / 2
  • Mold and damp1 / 2
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 1
  • Floors and stairs1 / 1
  • Entry, buzzer and mail1 / 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.

No bedbug report on file for this building. That usually means the owner did not file one, not that there is nothing to 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 2018 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    JGM MGMT CORP

    Public records list JGM MGMT CORP as the registered managing agent for this address as of 26 Oct 2017. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (1 in the records we hold)

    No combined rating for this agent yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

  • Owner of record

    JGM MANAGEMENT CORP

    Public records list JGM MANAGEMENT CORP as the owner of record for this address as of 26 Oct 2017. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner (1 in the records we hold)

    No combined rating for this owner yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

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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 2 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 was 1 mould complaint here in the last twelve months. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  3. 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.
  4. 24 open violations for not filing something the city requires, usually the annual registration or the annual bedbug report. Nothing anyone lives in, but it is the record's plainest measure of whether this owner follows through. No bedbug report has ever been filed here, so the record cannot tell you the building's history — ask.
  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 4034730035 · Block 3473, Lot 35 · Building class C2