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70-29 65 Place, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

No open housing violations. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
None openNo open housing violations on record.
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 29 violations before that, the first in 2005.

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Inspector last found a problem
15 Jun 2017 (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

Paperwork and notices13 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.

  • ×6File 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.

    6 issued 14 Apr 2021 to 6 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • ×7Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.

    7 issued 1 Nov 2019 to 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107

29 closed violations, plus 2 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.

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration suspended acoustic ceiling tiles in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 22 Nov 2015Violation closed 19 Dec 2017Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of suspended ceiling with drop in tiles in the bathroom, 1st story at south

    Issued 19 Oct 2015Violation closed 19 Dec 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

  • 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 south

    Issued 13 Dec 2012Violation closed 19 Dec 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the all story at public hall

    Issued 15 Jun 2017Violation closed 31 Aug 2017Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

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

    Issued 19 Oct 2015Violation closed 15 Jun 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing at entire apartment, 1st story, apartment

    Issued 7 Oct 2015Violation closed 15 Jun 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. at entire apartment, 1st story, apartment

    Issued 7 Oct 2015Violation closed 15 Jun 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of excessive weed at rear yard

    Issued 7 Oct 2015Violation closed 15 Jun 2017Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the missing handrail at stairs rear yard to building

    Issued 7 Oct 2015Violation closed 15 Jun 2017Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed wiring at circuit breaker panel at basement

    Issued 7 Oct 2015Violation closed 15 Jun 2017Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 10 Jul 2016Violation dismissed 20 Oct 2016Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 10 Jul 2016Violation dismissed 20 Oct 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Provide a safe and adequate supply of electric service to the fixtures at ceiling in the 2nd room from east, 1st story at north

    Issued 10 Jul 2016Violation dismissed 20 Oct 2016Electrical§ 27-2037

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration suspended ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at north

    Issued 10 Jul 2016Violation dismissed 20 Oct 2016Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 10 Jul 2016Violation dismissed 20 Oct 2016Pests§ 27-2018

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 10 Jul 2016Violation dismissed 20 Oct 2016Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 22 Nov 2015Violation closed 30 Dec 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 22 Nov 2015Violation closed 30 Dec 2015Walls 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 = 2; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 4;, 1st story at north

    Issued 22 Nov 2015Violation closed 30 Dec 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing, 1st story, apartment

    Issued 19 Oct 2015Violation closed 30 Dec 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 19 Oct 2015Violation closed 8 Dec 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Provide adequate lighting at or near the outside of the front entranceway of the building and keep same burning from sunset every day to sunrise on the day following a minimum of 100 watts of incandescent light required. fixture present.

    Issued 5 Apr 2013Violation dismissed 9 Jul 2013Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 20 Aug 2012Violation closed 13 Dec 2012Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

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

    Issued 20 Aug 2012Violation closed 13 Dec 2012Pests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 20 Aug 2012Violation closed 13 Dec 2012Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 20 Aug 2012Violation closed 13 Dec 2012Fire 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 20 Aug 2012Violation closed 13 Dec 2012Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at boiler room cellar. at cellar

    Issued 20 Aug 2012Violation closed 13 Dec 2012Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide adequate lighting at or near the outside of the front entranceway of the building and keep same burning from sunset every day to sunrise on the day following,100 watts required.

    Issued 28 Dec 2005Violation closed 13 Dec 2012Electrical§ 27-2040

44 violations on record in total, 13 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.

2 cases, all closed.

  • False Certification Non-Lead

    Opened 18 Apr 2016

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 23 Sept 2015

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.

No bedbug report on file for this building. That usually means the owner did not file one, not that there is nothing to 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 2019 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.

  • Owner of record

    ADEL MERZOUGUI

    Public records list ADEL MERZOUGUI as the owner of record for this address as of 21 Jan 2019. Source: HPD registration.

Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.

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 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.
  2. 13 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. No bedbug report has ever been filed here, so the record cannot tell you the building's history — ask.
  3. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  4. 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

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