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865 Onderdonk Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1913 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

6 immediately hazardous violations open. 23 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 23 violations before that, the first in 1982.

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Open per apartment
3.8 (23 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
14 Nov 1994 (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

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 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.

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in kitchen sink 1 sty north an apartment er1., section '' ''

    Issued 14 Nov 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in wasteline kitchen sink and bathroom bathtub 1 sty an apartment er1.

    Issued 31 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of cascading water leak ceiling cellar rear er1.

    Issued 31 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in wasteline kitchen sink and bathroom bathtub er1.

    Issued 20 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in bathtub 1 sty an apartment bathroom er1., section '' ''

    Issued 4 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of double cylinder lock entrance door to 1 sty north an apartment.

    Issued 25 Jun 1986Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Doors and windows§ D26-10.01 +1

Hazardous16 open

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

  • Replace with new the missing hot and cold water knobs kitchen sink 1 sty an apartment.

    Issued 20 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Repair the flushing apparatus and maintain same so as to flush effectively the water closet bathroom 1 sty an apartment.

    Issued 20 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair the broken or defective wood floor kitchen 1 st an apartment.

    Issued 20 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electrical wires ceiling bathroom 1 sty an apartment.

    Issued 20 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tile floor bathroom 1 sty an apartment.

    Issued 20 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls and ceilings thruout 1 sty an apartment.

    Issued 20 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing sash chain bottom sash front room north window 1 sty an apartment.

    Issued 20 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing hot water knob bathroom bathtub 1 sty an apartment.

    Issued 20 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling 1 sty an apartment east room., section '' ''

    Issued 4 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets 1 sty an apartment kitchen., section '' ''

    Issued 4 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets bathtub 1 sty an apartment bathroom., section '' ''

    Issued 4 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color wall and ceiling 1 sty an apartment kitchen., section '' ''

    Issued 4 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls 1 sty an apartment bathroom., section '' ''

    Issued 4 Oct 1994Notice sent out 15 Aug 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • And dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes flower pots etc 3 sty rear balcony.

    Issued 30 Apr 1987Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors bulkhead pub hall stairs.

    Issued 30 Apr 1987Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color clg bathroom 1 sty north an apartment.

    Issued 25 Jun 1986Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

Non-hazardous1 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.

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration wood & wire structure erected on roof.

    Issued 8 Jul 1982Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Roof and outside the building§ 300

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.

  • 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.

    Issued 25 Jun 1986Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box notice missing.

    Issued 25 Jun 1986Notice sent out 2 Jul 2008Paperwork and notices§ D26-20.08

29 violations on record in total, 25 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.

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

  • Heat and hot water0 / 2

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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
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  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2020No 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 and managing agent

    ANA SMOLIAH

    Public records list ANA SMOLIAH as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 22 Sept 2026. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    GEORGE SMOLIAH

    Public records list GEORGE SMOLIAH as the owner of record for this address as of 22 Sept 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 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. 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. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. 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 4034730069 · Block 3473, Lot 69 · Building class C2