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1808 George Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

2 immediately hazardous violations open. 14 open in all.

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Open violations
142 · 10 · 2
Public record
Updated todayFrom 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 2005.

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Open per apartment
2.3 (14 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
12 Apr 2016 (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

This building is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.

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 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.

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures, 2nd story at east

    Issued 12 Apr 2016Notice sent out 13 Apr 2016Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system boiler room locked at basement

    Issued 12 Apr 2016Notice sent out 13 Apr 2016Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Hazardous10 open

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

  • Replace with new the broken or defective electric out lets north wall south living room, 3rd story

    Issued 1 Sept 2005Notice sent out 5 Sept 2005Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective electric out lets east wall. in the kitchen, 3rd story

    Issued 1 Sept 2005Notice sent out 5 Sept 2005Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose wash basin in the bathroom, 3rd story

    Issued 1 Sept 2005Notice sent out 5 Sept 2005§ 27-2005

  • Repair by closing so as to be gas tight all openings in the waste line of wash basin in the bathroom, 3rd story

    Issued 1 Sept 2005Notice sent out 5 Sept 2005Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 1 Sept 2005Notice sent out 5 Sept 2005Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 1 Sept 2005Notice sent out 5 Sept 2005Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector which is missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 1 Sept 2005Notice sent out 5 Sept 2005Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 1 Sept 2005Notice sent out 5 Sept 2005Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor and vinyl floor tiles 3rd. room from south., 3rd story

    Issued 1 Sept 2005Notice sent out 5 Sept 2005Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose ceiling light fixture 3rd room from south., 3rd story

    Issued 1 Sept 2005Notice sent out 5 Sept 2005Walls and ceilings§ 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.

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

    Issued 1 Sept 2005Notice sent out 5 Sept 2005Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Provide a peep hole in entrance door of the dwelling unit so located so as to permit a person inside the dwelling to view any person outside entrance door, in the entrance, 3rd story

    Issued 1 Sept 2005Notice sent out 5 Sept 2005Doors and windows§ 27-2041

Paperwork and notices5 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.

  • ×5File 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.

    5 issued 4 Mar 2022 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

28 violations on record in total, 19 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.

  • Pests0 / 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.

  • Heat and Hot Water

    Opened 4 May 2016

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.

  • 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.

The most recent registration on file for this address expired 31 Aug 2021 and has not been renewed since, so it is more than a full cycle old. Whoever is named below may no longer be responsible for the building.

  • Registered managing agent

    STEVEN FORBES

    Public records list STEVEN FORBES as the registered managing agent for this address as of 21 Dec 2020. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    BAYSIDE PROPERTIES, INC.

    Public records list BAYSIDE PROPERTIES, INC. as the owner of record for this address as of 21 Dec 2020. 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 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.
  2. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2021). 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. The building's HPD registration is out of date or names nobody we could identify. Ask who the managing agent is and get a name, a phone number and an address in writing before you sign.
  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 4035750009 · Block 3575, Lot 9 · Building class C2