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1650 Putnam Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 3 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
31 · 2
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
202451
2025170
2026 so far00

Plus 8 violations from 2017 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Fire and safety equipment 8
  • Walls and ceilings 5
  • Floors and stairs 3
Open per apartment
0.5 (3 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
24 Dec 2025 (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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Heat season

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 2 days, and inspectors issued 2 violations.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26222

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 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.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges and latch set at bulkhead door to roof

    Issued 3 Dec 2025Notice sent out 8 Dec 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

Hazardous2 open

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

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color all walls and ceiling in the bathroom, 3rd story at north

    Issued 24 Mar 2025Not complied with 21 Jun 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and south walls in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 24 Mar 2025Not complied with 21 Jun 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

28 closed violations, plus 5 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.

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch assembly at door in the entrance, 3rd story at east

    Issued 18 Dec 2025Violation closed 13 Mar 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective latch assembly at door in the entrance, 3rd story at east

    Issued 18 Dec 2025Violation dismissed 12 Mar 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 18 Dec 2025Violation dismissed 8 Mar 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of hot water exceeding maximum temperature of 130 degrees fahrenheit at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 18 Dec 2025Violation dismissed 4 Mar 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from at least 1 window or provide approved type gate.., 1st story at west

    Issued 3 Dec 2025Violation dismissed 26 Feb 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch in the entrance, 1st story at west

    Issued 3 Dec 2025Violation dismissed 26 Feb 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch set (missing) at boiler room

    Issued 3 Dec 2025Violation dismissed 26 Feb 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at bulkhead, 3rd story

    Issued 24 Dec 2025Violation closed 4 Jan 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... greater than 10 square feet at ceiling and all walls in the bathroom, 3rd story at north

    Issued 24 Mar 2025Violation closed 8 Jul 2025Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective upper north wall cabinet in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 24 Mar 2025Violation closed 21 Jun 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tiles in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 24 Mar 2025Violation closed 21 Jun 2025Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tiles in the 2nd room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 24 Mar 2025Violation closed 21 Jun 2025Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tiles in the 1st room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 24 Mar 2025Violation closed 21 Jun 2025Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color all walls and ceiling in the 1st room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 24 Mar 2025Violation closed 21 Jun 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at all walls in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 23 Jan 2024Violation dismissed 2 May 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective countertop at base cabinet at sink in the kitchen, 1st story at west

    Issued 23 Jan 2024Violation dismissed 2 May 2024Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • ×2Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective porcelain enamel glaze at bathtub in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    2 issued 23 Jan 2024 to 3 Feb 2024Violation dismissedLeaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective ''hinge'', exit door to public hall in the 4th room from east, 1st story at west

    Issued 3 Feb 2024Violation dismissed 24 Apr 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinge in the entrance, 1st story at west

    Issued 23 Jan 2024Violation closed 7 Feb 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and south wall in the 2nd room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 14 Aug 2021Violation dismissed 30 Nov 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective door bell in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 14 Aug 2021Violation dismissed 30 Nov 2021Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock installed at door leading to secondary entrance door in the 1st room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 14 Aug 2021Violation dismissed 30 Nov 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical wires at ceiling light fixture in the 4th room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 14 Aug 2021Violation dismissed 30 Nov 2021Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak ceiling and south wall in the 2nd room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 14 Aug 2021Violation dismissed 31 Oct 2021Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of furniture blocking secondary entrance door in the 1st room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 14 Aug 2021Violation dismissed 31 Oct 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide approved wire screen below skylight 3rd story at public hall

    Issued 18 Oct 2017Violation closed 26 Mar 2020Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass pane at vestibule door, 1st story

    Issued 18 Oct 2017Violation closed 2 Aug 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

36 violations on record in total, 3 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, 2 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water2 / 3
  • Mold and damp0 / 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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Access Warrant - Non-Lead

    Opened 25 Apr 2018

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 (2024 report)
Show 5 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    DAFNA DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

    Public records list DAFNA DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT as the registered managing agent for this address as of 25 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (11 in the records we hold, 10 shown)

    Show 7 more

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  • Owner of record

    DAFNA DEVELOPMENT GROUP LLC

    Public records list DAFNA DEVELOPMENT GROUP LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 25 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

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

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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 one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. The city recorded 1 mould violation here, most recently in 2025, all since closed. Closed means the city stopped checking, not that the damp is gone. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  3. 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.
  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 4035460033 · Block 3546, Lot 33 · Building class C2