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68-10 Forest Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1930 · 4-story walk-up · 16 apartments

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 11 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 yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 14 violations before that, the first in 2011.

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Open per apartment
0.7 (11 open across 16 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
24 Sept 2014 (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 hazardous3 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.

  • 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) north wall, east wall in the 3rd room from north at west, 1st story at north

    Issued 24 Sept 2014Certification postponment denied 2 Nov 2014Lead 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 from east at south wall in the 3rd room from north at east, 1st story at north

    Issued 24 Sept 2014Certification postponment denied 2 Nov 2014Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Replace with new the broken or defective west window glass upper sash in the 3rd room from north at west, 1st story at north

    Issued 24 Sept 2014Notice certified late 9 Oct 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

Hazardous4 open

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

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 26 Oct 2011Notice sent out 30 Oct 2011Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 26 Oct 2011Notice sent out 30 Oct 2011Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair the broken or defective cabinet base in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 26 Oct 2011Notice sent out 30 Oct 2011Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective caulking around bath tub in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 26 Oct 2011Notice sent out 30 Oct 2011§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous4 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.

  • Properly repair the broken or defective inoperable locking device at west window at fire escape in the 3rd room from north at west, 1st story at north

    Issued 24 Sept 2014Notice sent out 25 Sept 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 24 Sept 2014Notice sent out 25 Sept 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the west wall, baseboard at west wall, 1st window frame from south at west wall, ceiling in the 3rd room from north at west, 1st story at north

    Issued 24 Sept 2014Notice sent out 25 Sept 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 1st room from north at west, the kitchen, the bathroom, the private hallway, 1st story at north

    Issued 24 Sept 2014Notice sent out 25 Sept 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

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.

  • ×2File 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.

    2 issued 12 Jun 2025 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • 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 21 Dec 2019Notice sent out 22 Dec 2019Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • 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 21 Dec 2019Notice sent out 22 Dec 2019Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

3 closed violations, plus 10 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.

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector inoperative, 1st story at north

    Issued 24 Sept 2014Violation dismissed 25 Dec 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • 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 = 0; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 3;, 1st story at north

    Issued 24 Sept 2014Violation dismissed 25 Dec 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). inoperative, 1st story at north

    Issued 24 Sept 2014Violation dismissed 25 Dec 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

28 violations on record in total, 15 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.

4 complaints in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 2
  • Noise1 / 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.

  • 20172 evictions

Filings

Public filing

Building permits

No permit currently in force. 1 permit filed in the last five years.

Show 1 expired or finished

  • Antenna

    Carrier: T-Mobile. Mod. to an existing antenna site. Replace (9) antennas and (9) RRUs on existing mounts. Replace (2) existing telecom cabinets. Install (1) additional telecom cabinet on an existing platform. Relocate (1) sector, install (1) antenna.

    Issued 18 May 2023Expired 31 Mar 2024

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.

  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
Show 2 earlier reports
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    SANELA HANDANOVIC

    Public records list SANELA HANDANOVIC as the registered managing agent for this address as of 23 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    HARRY HANDANOVIC

    Public records list HARRY HANDANOVIC as the owner of record for this address as of 23 Aug 2025. 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 3 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 2024). 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 2 open lead-paint violations 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. 4 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.
  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 4034830021 · Block 3483, Lot 21 · Building class C1