54-35 Metropolitan Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Built 1915 · 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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- Public record
- Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
None issued since 2022. 15 violations before that, the first in 2006.
See every violation- Open per apartment
- 0.7 (4 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 24 Apr 2014 (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
Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1 | 1 | 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 violationHazardous4 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 1st story
Issued 24 Apr 2014Notice sent out 27 Apr 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story
Issued 24 Apr 2014Notice sent out 27 Apr 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at north
Issued 4 May 2007Not complied with 24 Apr 2014Fire 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, 1st story at north
Issued 4 May 2007Not complied with 24 Apr 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
11 closed violations, plus 9 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 the broken or defective connection at waste line in the kitchen, 1st story at north
Issued 4 May 2007Violation closed 24 Apr 2014Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at sink in the kitchen, 1st story at north
Issued 4 May 2007Violation closed 24 Apr 2014Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026
Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice in the entire apartment, 1st story at north
Issued 4 May 2007Violation closed 24 Apr 2014Pests§ 27-2018
Properly repair the broken or defective lower sash window glass at west window in the 1st room from north, 1st story at north
Issued 4 May 2007Violation closed 24 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Replace with new the missing knob at cooking range in the kitchen, 1st story at north
Issued 4 May 2007Violation closed 24 Apr 2014Appliances§ 27-2005
Replace with new the broken or defective glass at upper & lower sash window in the 1st room from north, 1st story
Issued 2 Sept 2006Violation closed 24 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at boiler room at cellar
Issued 2 Sept 2006Violation closed 24 Apr 2014Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Properly repair the broken or defective mailbox vestibule at public hall, 1st story
Issued 2 Sept 2006Violation closed 24 Apr 2014Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color south wall in the bathroom, 1st story
Issued 2 Sept 2006Violation closed 24 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story
Issued 2 Sept 2006Violation closed 24 Apr 2014Heat and hot water§ 27-2031
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 ---
Issued 2 Sept 2006Violation closed 24 Apr 2014Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
24 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.
2 complaints in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.
- Heat and hot water1 / 1
- Leaks and plumbing0 / 1
Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.
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
Opened 1 May 2007
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.
- 20252 evictions
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.
- 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
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- 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
- 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
- 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
- 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
- 2020No infested units reported (2019 report)
- 2019No infested units reported (2017 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.
Registered managing agent
JAN CEPAK
Public records list JAN CEPAK as the registered managing agent for this address as of 16 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.
Owner of record
MJT METRO LLC
Public records list MJT METRO LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 16 Jul 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
54-35 Metropolitan Avenue, 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 has 4 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
- 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.
- 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 4 open housing violations: 0 immediately hazardous, 4 hazardous and 0 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
On 24 Apr 2014. 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.
In the 2025–26 heat season the city received heat or hot-water complaints on 1 day, and HPD issued 0 heat violations.
City marshals carried out 2 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.
BBL 4026390004 · Block 2639, Lot 4 · Building class C2