591 Woodward Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Built 1919 · 3-story walk-up · 7 apartments
5 immediately hazardous violations open. 12 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.
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- Open violations
- 125 · 6 · 1
- Public record
- Updated 2 days agoFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
None issued since 2022. 20 violations before that, the first in 2001.
See every violation- Open per apartment
- 1.7 (12 open across 7 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 9 Aug 2017 (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
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.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 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 violationImmediately hazardous5 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.
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood decking & asphalt material at roof
Issued 7 Jul 2017Notice sent out 11 Jul 2017Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 2nd room from north at west, 2nd story at south
Issued 7 Jul 2017Notice sent out 11 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 2nd room from north at west, 3rd story at north
Issued 7 Jul 2017Notice sent out 11 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Replace with new the broken or defective glass panes at upper and lower sashes at 1st window at west in the 1st room from north at west, 3rd story at north
Issued 7 Jul 2017Notice sent out 11 Jul 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 1st room from north at west, 3rd story at north
Issued 7 Jul 2017Notice sent out 11 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Hazardous6 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling & north wall in the private hallway, 2nd story
Issued 23 Oct 2002Notice sent out 3 Aug 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story
Issued 7 Jul 2002Notice sent out 3 Aug 2009Pests§ 27-2018
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color south wall in the 4th room from north, 2nd story
Issued 8 Jun 2002Notice sent out 3 Aug 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and walls throughout in the entire apartment, 2nd story
Issued 9 May 2002Notice sent out 3 Aug 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of concealed water leak at ceiling in the entire apartment -l, 2nd story
Issued 28 Dec 2001Notice sent out 3 Aug 2009Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective sheet rock ceiling in the bathroom -l, 2nd story
Issued 24 Dec 2001Notice sent out 3 Aug 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Non-hazardous1 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.
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color west wall in the 2nd room from east, 2nd story
Issued 18 Jan 2002Notice sent out 3 Aug 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
9 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.
3rd. story, 1st. apartment from east at south 3r ( vacate order # 139555 with an effective date of august 10 2017 was posted on august 09 2017 )
Issued 9 Aug 2017Violation closed 1 Apr 2018§ 27-2142
Replace with new the missing glass panes to skylight at bulkhead to roof, 3rd story
Issued 7 Jul 2017Violation closed 29 Mar 2018Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardent material at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 7 Jul 2017Violation closed 29 Mar 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardent material at wall at north at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 7 Jul 2017Violation closed 29 Mar 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardent material at wall at south at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 7 Jul 2017Violation closed 29 Mar 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 3rd story at south
Issued 7 Jul 2017Violation closed 29 Mar 2018§ 27-2005 +1
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardent material at wall at west at public hall, 3rd story
Issued 7 Jul 2017Violation closed 29 Mar 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Arrange and make self-closing the doors bulkhead door to roof
Issued 4 Jun 2003Violation closed 29 Mar 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Arrange and make self-closing the doors bulkhead door
Issued 9 May 2002Violation closed 29 Mar 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
30 violations on record in total, 12 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.
1 complaint in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.
- Fire and safety equipment1 / 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.
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.
No marshal evictions recorded at this building since 2017.
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)
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.
Owner of record
PHILIP SCATURRO
Public records list PHILIP SCATURRO as the owner of record for this address as of 12 Sept 2026. Source: HPD registration.
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What to ask at the viewing
591 Woodward 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 currently has 5 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 12 open housing violations: 5 immediately hazardous, 6 hazardous and 1 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
On 9 Aug 2017. 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.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
No residential evictions by a city marshal are recorded here since 2017.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
BBL 4033910001 · Block 3391, Lot 1 · Building class C1