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479 Onderdonk Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

7 immediately hazardous violations open. 28 open in all. 1 Housing Court case pending. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
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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. 69 violations before that, the first in 1989.

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Open per apartment
4.7 (28 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
6 Dec 2021 (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

Immediately hazardous7 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 the broken or defective lock and assembly at building entrance door, 1st story

    Issued 23 Aug 2017Notice sent out 27 Aug 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the private hallway, 3rd story at south

    Issued 22 Sept 2011First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st window frame from north at east wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 1 Sept 2011Not complied with 24 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) baseboard at south wall, 1st door frame from north at east wall, 1st window frame from south at west wall in the 2nd room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 1 Sept 2011Defect letter issued 24 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st closet from west at north wall door, 1st closet from west at north wall door frame, 2nd closet from west at north wall door in the private hallway, 3rd story at north

    Issued 1 Sept 2011Defect letter issued 24 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) ceiling, north wall, south wall, east wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the bathroom, 3rd story at north

    Issued 1 Sept 2011Defect letter issued 24 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • Correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead content and that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface - using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 2nd door from north at east wall, 2nd door frame from north at east wall in the 5th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 1 Sept 2011First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Hazardous16 open

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

  • Provide sufficient, proper and separate metal receptacles for the deposit of garbage, rubbish and other waste material and arrange for collection and disposal of such material.

    Issued 6 Dec 2021Notice sent out 6 Dec 2021Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2021

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

    Issued 16 Nov 2015First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 16 Nov 2015First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electric wires at ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 22 Sept 2011First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 22 Sept 2011First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 22 Sept 2011First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Pests§ 27-2018

  • Properly repair the broken or defective door bell in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 22 Sept 2011First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing ceiling light fixture in the kitchen, 3rd story at south

    Issued 22 Sept 2011First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 22 Sept 2011First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Replace with new the missing ceiling light fixture in the 5th room from east, 3rd story at south

    Issued 22 Sept 2011First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 22 Sept 2011First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Fire 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 at south

    Issued 22 Sept 2011First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the rear yard.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Garbage and cleanliness§ D26-11.01 +2

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective clgs of fresh air intake northwest & southeast.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017§ D26-10.01

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarded ceiling cellar front.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Not complied with 23 Aug 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarded walls north & south air intakes yard.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous5 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.

  • Refit building entrance door, 1st story

    Issued 23 Aug 2017Invalid certification 12 Sept 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... 5 square feet at ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at east

    Issued 16 Nov 2015First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department, 1st door from north at east wall, 1st door frame from north at east wall, 1st closet from west at north wall door, 2nd closet from west at north wall door, 1st closet from west at north wall door frame, 1st window frame from south at west wall in the 5th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 1 Sept 2011First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • Refit entrance door to 1 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 10 Aug 1989First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of ventilators of north & south inner courts obstructed by doors & windows installed in air intake.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989First no access to re- inspect violation 29 Aug 2017Doors and windows§ D26-10.01

Paperwork and notices1 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.

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 12 Feb 2016Not complied with 23 Aug 2017Paperwork and notices§ 329

41 closed violations, plus 19 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.

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at vestibule

    Issued 6 Dec 2021Violation closed 5 Mar 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at front entrance to building

    Issued 6 Dec 2021Violation closed 20 Jan 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • File certification of satisfactory installation of smoke detecting device in accordance with h.p.d. rules and regulations.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 17 Oct 2017Fire and safety equipment§ D26-20.08 +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 29 Aug 2017Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exeposed electric wires at ceiling south at cellar

    Issued 12 Feb 2016Violation closed 23 Aug 2017Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electric wires at ceiling west at cellar

    Issued 12 Feb 2016Violation closed 23 Aug 2017Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exeposed electric north wall at stairs at cellar

    Issued 12 Feb 2016Violation closed 23 Aug 2017Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exeposed electric wires at ceiling at boiler room

    Issued 12 Feb 2016Violation closed 23 Aug 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate,, 3rd story at north

    Issued 1 Sept 2011Violation closed 23 Aug 2017Fire 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 at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 12 Feb 2016Violation closed 28 Aug 2016Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at east wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at north

    Issued 7 Jul 2015Violation closed 16 Aug 2016Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 31 Jan 2012Violation closed 16 Aug 2016Pests§ 27-2018

  • Replace with new the broken or defective window glass upper sash in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 31 Jan 2012Violation closed 16 Aug 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Refit door at west wall cabinet in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 31 Jan 2012Violation closed 16 Aug 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in area drains of northwest & southeast airshafts.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 16 Aug 2016Leaks and plumbing§ D26-16.01

  • And dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes cans & pots 2 sty balcony rear fire escape.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 16 Aug 2016Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass cellar door to rear yard.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 16 Aug 2016Roof and outside the building§ D26-10.01

  • Refit door top of cellar stair enclosure 1 sty pub hall.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 16 Aug 2016Doors and windows§ D26-10.01

  • And dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes rear 2 sty mops & rubbish.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 16 Aug 2016Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • And dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes household items 2 stys rear balconies.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 16 Aug 2016Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective mailboxes 1 sty pub vestibule.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 16 Aug 2016Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing uncapped shut off valve steam riser pipe at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 12 Feb 2016Violation closed 10 Apr 2016Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 7 Jul 2015Violation closed 3 Apr 2016Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 31 Jan 2012Violation closed 3 Apr 2016Fire 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, 2nd story

    Issued 31 Jan 2012Violation closed 3 Apr 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story

    Issued 31 Jan 2012Violation closed 3 Apr 2016Pests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 22 Sept 2011Violation closed 3 Apr 2016Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in uniform color ceiling in the 2nd room from east, 1st story

    Issued 22 Sept 2011Violation dismissed 3 Apr 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective mailbox for an apartment at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 22 Sept 2011Violation closed 14 Feb 2016Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color, north wall, south wall in the 5th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 1 Sept 2011Violation closed 14 Feb 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing, 3rd story at north

    Issued 1 Sept 2011Violation closed 14 Feb 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 3rd story at north

    Issued 1 Sept 2011Violation closed 14 Feb 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of boiler room ventilation obstr cellar rear.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 14 Feb 2016Heat and hot water§ D26-10.01

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the cellar thruout.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 14 Feb 2016Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective brick & mortar joints under front entrance stoop to bldg.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 14 Feb 2016§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective brick & mortar joints at 2 & 3 sty fire escape balcony level rear yard.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 14 Feb 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of bolted cellar door in path of egress from rear yard to street.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 14 Feb 2016Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls & clgs 1st sty an apartment pvy hall & all rooms except frnt room., section '' ''

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 14 Feb 2016Walls and ceilings§ D26-10.01

  • Replace with new the broken or defective wood floor 1st sty an apartment kitchen., section '' ''

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 14 Feb 2016Floors and stairs§ D26-10.01

  • Replace with new the broken or defective & or eroded mortar joints on exterior of parapet wall roof north air shaft.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 14 Feb 2016Roof and outside the building§ D26-10.01

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of excessive storage household goods cellar thruout.

    Issued 10 Aug 1989Violation closed 14 Feb 2016§ 27-2005 +1

89 violations on record in total, 29 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.

1 case pending, 2 closed.

  • ComprehensivePending

    Opened 16 May 2016

  • Comp Supplemental Cases

    Opened 3 Feb 2017

  • Comprehensive

    Opened 10 Jun 2016

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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 2 earlier reports
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 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

    COMMUNITY REALTY & MANAGEMENT CORP.

    Public records list COMMUNITY REALTY & MANAGEMENT CORP. as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 27 Jan 2026. 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 currently has 7 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. HPD has 1 case pending against the owner in Housing Court (comprehensive). Ask what it is about and whether the work has been done.
  3. There is 1 open mould violation on record. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  4. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2026). 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.
  5. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  6. 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 4034040010 · Block 3404, Lot 10 · Building class C2