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17-30 Stephen Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

4 open violations, none immediately hazardous. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
42 · 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
2022166
202300
202400
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 28 violations from 2011 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
  • Lead paint 3
  • Walls and ceilings 3
Open per apartment
0.7 (4 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
25 Nov 2022 (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.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26220

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

Hazardous2 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 vinyl floor tiles in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 24 Jul 2022Not complied with 5 Oct 2022Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing lower exterior sash south window in the 4th room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 23 May 2022Notice sent out 23 May 2022Doors and windows§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous2 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 with similar material the broken or defective wood sub floor in the kitchen, 3rd story

    Issued 5 Oct 2022Notice sent out 6 Oct 2022Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls & ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 15 Feb 2011Not complied with 5 Jun 2011Walls 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.

  • 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 10 Jan 2020Not complied with 12 Apr 2020Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • 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 10 Jan 2020Not complied with 12 Apr 2020Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • 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 10 Jan 2020Not complied with 12 Apr 2020Paperwork 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 10 Jan 2020Not complied with 12 Apr 2020Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

46 closed violations, plus 4 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 defective in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 25 Nov 2022Violation dismissed 28 Feb 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 1st story at west

    Issued 25 Nov 2022Violation dismissed 28 Feb 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of hook and eye installed at the vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 5 Oct 2022Violation dismissed 29 Dec 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 5 Oct 2022Violation dismissed 29 Dec 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective lower sash outer glas pane at window in the 1st room from north, 1st story at west

    Issued 5 Jun 2022Violation dismissed 1 Nov 2022Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 24 Jul 2022Violation closed 20 Oct 2022Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Properly repair the broken or defective intercome system in the entrance, 1st story at west

    Issued 5 Jun 2022Violation dismissed 16 Oct 2022Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electrical oitlet at north wall in the 1st room from east at north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 24 Jul 2022Violation closed 5 Oct 2022Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 24 Jul 2022Violation closed 5 Oct 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 24 Jul 2022Violation closed 5 Oct 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 23 May 2022Violation dismissed 14 Aug 2022Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 5 Jan 2022Violation dismissed 31 Jul 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the west wall in the 5th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 5 Jan 2022Violation dismissed 31 Jul 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling in the 4th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 5 Jan 2022Violation dismissed 31 Jul 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • 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 = 7, wg to replace = 0, wg to repair = 0 in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 5 Jan 2022Violation dismissed 18 Apr 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Replace or repair the self-closing the doors that is missing or defective seconday entrance door in the 5th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 5 Jan 2022Violation dismissed 18 Apr 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) ceiling in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 5 Jan 2022Violation closed 2 Feb 2022Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) ceiling in the 4th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 5 Jan 2022Violation closed 31 Jan 2022Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) west wall in the 5th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 5 Jan 2022Violation closed 31 Jan 2022Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical wires at ceiling at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 10 Jan 2020Violation closed 12 Apr 2020Electrical§ 27-2005

  • 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 10 Jan 2020Violation dismissed 29 Mar 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • 66, 67, 178, 217 m/d law maintain proper ventilation by removing wrappings and/or obstructions from the louvres or ventilators or windows or skylight,light and ventilation obstructed by acoustical drop ceiling

    Issued 10 Jan 2020Violation dismissed 25 Mar 2020Roof and outside the building§ 36

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration drop ceiling installed under skylight, bulkhead story in the public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 25 Mar 2020Roof and outside the building§ 300

  • 66, 67, 178, 217 m/d law maintain proper ventilation by removing wrappings and/or obstructions from the louvres or ventilators or windows or skylight at bulkhead story in the public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 25 Mar 2020Roof and outside the building§ 36

  • Abate the infestation consisting of vermin gnats, 3rd story at south

    Issued 9 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 6 Feb 2020Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Repair the broken or defective connection wasteline pipe at sink in the kitchen, 3rd story

    Issued 16 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 12 Jan 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective connection.. wasteline pipe under sink in the kitchen, 3rd story at south

    Issued 9 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 12 Jan 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at sink in the kitchen, 3rd story

    Issued 16 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 7 Jan 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl-tiles & wood floor in the kitchen, 3rd story

    Issued 16 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 7 Jan 2020Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 9 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 7 Jan 2020Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock installed on door obstructing egress to rear fire escape in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story at south

    Issued 9 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 7 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock installed on door obstructing egress to rear fire escape in the 5th room from east, 3rd story at south

    Issued 9 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 7 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... south wall and wood base cabinet under sink (approx. 9 sq ft) in the kitchen, 3rd story at south

    Issued 9 Oct 2019Violation closed 3 Jan 2020Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Replace with new the broken or defective faucet knob at sink in the kitchen, 3rd story at south

    Issued 9 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 2 Jan 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors... in the entrance, 3rd story at south

    Issued 9 Oct 2019Violation dismissed 2 Jan 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl tile floor in the 4th living room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 5 Jun 2019Violation closed 16 Oct 2019Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lockset at secondary entrance door in the entrance, 3rd story at north

    Issued 5 Jun 2019Violation dismissed 6 Oct 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in bathtub wasteline in the bathroom, 3rd story at west

    Issued 5 Jun 2019Violation dismissed 6 Oct 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective, 3rd story at west

    Issued 28 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 21 Jul 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective, 3rd story at west

    Issued 28 Apr 2019Violation dismissed 21 Jul 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of lockable hasp and eye installed at door leading to room with fire escape in the 4th room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 28 Apr 2019Violation closed 5 Jun 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of kitchen furniture blocking fire escape window in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 28 Apr 2019Violation closed 5 Jun 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bell-buzzer/intercom system in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 16 Mar 2019Violation closed 5 Jun 2019Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors, in the entrance, 3rd story at west

    Issued 16 Mar 2019Violation closed 5 Jun 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the south wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 16 Mar 2019Violation closed 27 Apr 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling and all walls in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 16 Mar 2019Violation closed 27 Apr 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

58 violations on record in total, 8 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, 2 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water2 / 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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Tenant Action/Harassment

    Opened 9 Sept 2024

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)
  • 2022No 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.

  • Owner of record

    MALGORZATA DABROWSKA

    Public records list MALGORZATA DABROWSKA as the owner of record for this address as of 10 Jul 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 has 2 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
  2. The city recorded 1 mould violation here, most recently in 2019, 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. 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 4035650022 · Block 3565, Lot 22 · Building class C2