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481 Onderdonk Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1930 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

7 open violations, none immediately hazardous. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
75 · 2
Public record
Updated todayFrom 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 1987.

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Open per apartment
1.2 (7 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
13 Jun 2018 (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

Hazardous5 open

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

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors to rear yard at cellar

    Issued 13 Jun 2018Notice sent out 14 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors.. in the entrance, 1st story at north

    Issued 13 Jun 2018Notice sent out 14 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors.. in the entrance, 1st story at south

    Issued 13 Jun 2018Notice sent out 14 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors.. in the entrance, 2nd story at north

    Issued 13 Jun 2018Notice sent out 14 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls & ceiling in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 28 Jun 2014Not complied with 13 Jun 2018Walls 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.

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bell and buzzer system of 2 sty west an apartment to 1 sty vestibule., section '' ''

    Issued 8 Jul 1994Not complied with 13 Jun 2018Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration celotex drop ceiling 3 sty an apartment kitchen front room rear room and bathroom., section '' ''

    Issued 13 Apr 1992Not complied with 14 Jun 2018Walls and ceilings§ 300

Paperwork and notices6 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 16 Apr 2021 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

22 closed violations, plus 10 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 wood stud & sheet rock partition erected cellar front east meter room.

    Issued 2 Nov 1987Violation closed 14 Jun 2018§ 300

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

    Issued 28 Jun 2014Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 28 Jun 2014Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 28 Jun 2014Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • 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 200 watts - fixture present - lights not on at front areaway

    Issued 29 Aug 2001Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of household articles 3 sty pub hall.

    Issued 18 Sept 1999Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceiling at cellar.

    Issued 18 Sept 1999Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electrical wires ceiling at cellar.

    Issued 18 Sept 1999Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes plants and household articles 2 sty rear stack.

    Issued 18 Sept 1999Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes plants and household articles 3 sty rear stack.

    Issued 18 Sept 1999Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • 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 missing 1 sty pub hall and on boiler room door.

    Issued 25 Mar 1996Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system padlocked door boiler room.

    Issued 25 Mar 1996Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing 1 sty an apartment tenant romano mendez.

    Issued 25 Mar 1996Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • ×2Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures bathroom and kitchen 1 sty an apartment.

    2 issued 25 Mar 1996Violation closedHeat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures 2 sty front left an apartment kitchen and bathroom., section '' ''

    Issued 20 Feb 1996Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector 2 sty front left an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 20 Feb 1996Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bell and buzzer system of 1 sty east an apartment to 1 sty vestibule.

    Issued 8 Jul 1994Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electric wires 3 sty an apartment kitchen wall., section '' ''

    Issued 13 Apr 1992Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets kitchen sink 3 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 6 Apr 1990Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations 3 sty north an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 8 Dec 1989Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +1

  • Provide 1 foot opening at storage bin partition to ceiling cellar near front east & west.

    Issued 2 Nov 1987Violation closed 13 Jun 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

45 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.

No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.

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.

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 29 Sept 2024 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 and managing agent

    NELAJ APTS LLC

    Public records list NELAJ APTS LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 5 Oct 2023. 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 city has 5 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
  2. 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.
  3. 6 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.
  4. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. 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 4034040008 · Block 3404, Lot 8 · Building class C2