17-27 Stephen Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
2 immediately hazardous violations open. 3 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.
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- Open violations
- 32 · 1
- Public record
- Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 6 violations from 2017 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Fire and safety equipment 2
- Doors and windows 1
- Open per apartment
- 0.5 (3 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 16 May 2022 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?Where each of these comes from
- 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.
Tenant reviews
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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.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 filingThe 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 violationImmediately 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.
Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock installed at door leading to room with secondary entrance door in the 2nd room from north, 2nd story at west
Issued 16 May 2022Notice certified late 3 Jun 2022Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock installed at door leading to room with secondary egress door in the 5th room from north, 2nd story at north
Issued 30 Dec 2020Notice certified late 25 Jan 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Hazardous1 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
187,231 m/d law & dept rules & reg. provide means of egress from yard to street by fireproof passageway for which application must be filed for approval,or by unlocked door or gate in fence to adjoining premises with consent of adjacent owner.
Issued 29 Apr 2017Not complied with 22 Jan 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 53
Paperwork and notices1 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
6 closed violations, plus 10 closed paperwork filingsShow fewer
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 missing within 15 feet of all sleeping areas in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
Issued 16 May 2022Violation dismissed 11 Aug 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing within 15 feet of all sleeping areas in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west
Issued 16 May 2022Violation dismissed 11 Aug 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Arrange and make self-closing the doors.. in the entrance, 2nd story at north
Issued 30 Dec 2020Violation closed 12 Mar 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Properly repair the broken or defective shutoff valve to radiator at south wall in the 3rd room from north, 2nd story at north
Issued 30 Dec 2020Violation closed 25 Jan 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2005
Properly repair the broken or defective shut off to radiator in the 2nd room from north, 2nd story at north
Issued 30 Dec 2020Violation closed 25 Jan 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2005
Discontinue use of rooms for living, disconnect plumbing fixtures and properly seal pipe connections water closet, wash basin, shower stall at cellar
Issued 29 Apr 2017Violation dismissed 21 Jan 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2081
20 violations on record in total, 4 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.
Complaints to the city
Public complaintComplaints 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.
No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.
Court records
Court recordHousing 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.
Tenant Action/Harassment
Opened 30 Nov 2021
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.
- 20231 eviction
- 20201 eviction
- 20171 eviction
Filings
Public filingBuilding 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.
- 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
Show 3 earlier reportsShow fewer
- 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
- 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
- 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
Ownership and management
Public filingAssociations 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
IRENEUSZ NIEMIEC
Public records list IRENEUSZ NIEMIEC as the owner of record for this address as of 1 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.
Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.
What to ask at the viewing
17-27 Stephen Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
- 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
Yes. HPD lists 3 open housing violations: 2 immediately hazardous, 1 hazardous and 0 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for fire and safety equipment (2) and doors and windows (1).
On 16 May 2022. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments. A tenant can ask the state for an apartment's rent history to be sure.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
City marshals carried out 3 residential evictions here since 2017. The record says nothing about why, and most follow a case for unpaid rent.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
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