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89-17 72 Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1950 · 2-story walk-up · 52 apartments

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 5 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
53 · 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
202410
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 6 violations from 2002 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 1
Open per apartment
less than 0.1 (5 open across 52 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
26 Dec 2024 (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

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26110

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 hazardous3 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 cascading water leaking at ceiling in the 1st room from north, 1st story

    Issued 2 Feb 2011Notice sent out 3 Feb 2011Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the room 38 at building rear cellar. er-1 15 yard

    Issued 21 May 2002Notice sent out 6 Oct 2009Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak from the ceiling next to skylight in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 1 Feb 2002Notice certified late 19 Jul 2007Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

Hazardous2 open

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

  • Replace the broken or defective faucet at wash basin in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 2 Feb 2011Notice sent out 3 Feb 2011Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in uniform color walls & ceiling in the 1st room from north, 1st story

    Issued 2 Feb 2011Notice sent out 3 Feb 2011Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

2 closed violations

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 carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 26 Dec 2024Violation dismissed 6 Apr 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 10 Dec 2016Violation dismissed 1 Mar 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2029

7 violations on record in total, 5 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.

7 complaints in three years, 2 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water1 / 4
  • Leaks and plumbing1 / 2
  • Noise0 / 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.

No HPD Housing Court cases on record for this building.

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.

  • 20241 eviction
  • 20191 eviction
  • 20181 eviction
  • 20173 evictions

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.

  • Owner of record and managing agent

    RUTLEDGE APARTMENTS

    Public records list RUTLEDGE APARTMENTS as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 16 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this owner and agent (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 3 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. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 1 complaints in the last twelve months.
  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

BBL 4038730028 · Block 3873, Lot 28 · Building class C9