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481 Seneca Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

No open housing violations. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
None openNo open housing violations on record.
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 129 violations before that, the first in 1990.

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Inspector last found a problem
27 Dec 2012 (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

Nothing open. 141 violations in the record, all of them closed.

129 closed violations, plus 12 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.

  • ×5File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration drop ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story

    5 issued 7 Jun 2001 to 2 Jan 2008Violation closedWalls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration suspended selotex ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 8 Jun 2006Violation closed 21 Feb 2026Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • ×3File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration suspended ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story

    3 issued 28 Feb 2004 to 2 Jun 2005Violation closedWalls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration suspended ceiling's installed at south room & bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 9 Jun 2004Violation closed 21 Feb 2026Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective.... in the entrance, 1st story

    Issued 1 Jul 2003Violation closed 21 Feb 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration celotex suspended ceiling at bathroom 1 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 26 Jun 1999Violation closed 21 Feb 2026Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration suspended drop ceiling at bathroom 1 sty north at 1l.

    Issued 29 Jan 1999Violation closed 21 Feb 2026Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • ×3Refit door in the entrance, 1st story

    3 issued 25 Feb 2004 to 13 Nov 2012Violation closedDoors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective locking device at door in the entrance, 1st story

    Issued 13 Nov 2012Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • ×2Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls & ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story

    2 issued 12 Sept 2005 to 2 Jan 2008Violation closedWalls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • ×2Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice in the entire apartment, 1st story

    2 issued 1 Dec 2006 to 2 Jan 2008Violation closedPests§ 27-2018

  • ×7Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story

    7 issued 28 Feb 2004 to 2 Jan 2008Violation closedPests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 1 Dec 2006Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling walls and trim throughout in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 8 Jun 2006Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

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

    Issued 12 Sept 2005Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 12 Sept 2005Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bell & return buzzer system to an apartment in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 12 Sept 2005Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective locking device at vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 12 Sept 2005Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls & ceiling in the 5th room from east, 1st story

    Issued 12 Sept 2005Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 12 Sept 2005Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • ×5Abate the nuisance consisting of concealed water leak at ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story

    5 issued 23 Jun 2003 to 12 Sept 2005Violation closedLeaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor at east wall in the 4th room from north, 1st story

    Issued 2 Jun 2005Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Floors 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

    Issued 31 Mar 2005Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches in the entire apartment

    Issued 31 Mar 2005Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Pests§ 27-2018

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice in the entire apartment

    Issued 31 Mar 2005Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the east wall at bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 9 Jun 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 9 Jun 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Pests§ 27-2018

  • Properly secure the loose wash basin & cabinet in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 9 Jun 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 3 Jun 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Refit door in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 21 Apr 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 21 Apr 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 21 Apr 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls and ceiling in the 3rd room from east, 1st story

    Issued 12 Apr 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls and ceiling in the 4th room from east, 1st story

    Issued 12 Apr 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of concealed water leak at ceiling and east wall in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 8 Apr 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color east wall in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 8 Apr 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • ×2Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls and ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story

    2 issued 28 Feb 2004Violation closedWalls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls and ceiling in the 4th room from north, 1st story

    Issued 28 Feb 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • ×2Abate the nuisance consisting of concealed water leak ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story

    2 issued 28 Feb 2004Violation closedLeaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective vinyl floor tile in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 28 Feb 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose door to, in the 3rd room from north, 1st story

    Issued 28 Feb 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • ×2Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls and ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story

    2 issued 28 Feb 2004Violation closedWalls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 28 Feb 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors entrance door to apartment in the entrance, 1st story

    Issued 28 Feb 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinily floor tiles at floor in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 25 Feb 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of moisture penatrating ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 25 Feb 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective ceiling light fixture in the 2nd room from north, 1st story

    Issued 25 Feb 2004Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of concealed water leak at ceiling and west wall in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 2 Jul 2003Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and west wall in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 2 Jul 2003Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 1 Jul 2003Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 1 Jul 2003Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 1 Jul 2003Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair the broken or defective ceiling light fixture in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 23 Jun 2003Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and east wall in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 23 Jun 2003Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls and ceiling in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 23 Dec 2002Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing tenant polpock tel 718 417 5572 in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 13 Nov 2002Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector inoperative at 3 sty north an apartment tenant rosario 718 366 7075 in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 13 Nov 2002Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 30 Aug 2002Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

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

    Issued 14 May 2002Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Properly repair the broken or defective top and bottom window sash front bed room and in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 14 May 2002Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lower sash in east window in the room from north, 1st story

    Issued 9 Jul 2001Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lower sash in west window in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 9 Jul 2001Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lower sash windows in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 20 Jun 2001Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lower sash windows in the room from east, 1st story

    Issued 20 Jun 2001Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lower sash at north & south window in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 7 Jun 2001Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lower sash in north & south window in the room from east, 1st story

    Issued 7 Jun 2001Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 15 Apr 2001Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly secure the loose washbasin at bathroom 1 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 26 Jun 1999Violation closed 15 Apr 2014§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling at bathroom 1 sty north an apartment.

    Issued 29 Jan 1999Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color 1 sty an apartment rear room er1., section '' ''

    Issued 19 Jan 1997Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective locking device entrance door 1 sty an apartment.

    Issued 21 Sept 1990Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective locking device vestibule door 1 sty pub hall.

    Issued 21 Sept 1990Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Provide a lock and key to the entrance door of dwelling unit and, if a cl a multiple dwelling, also chain door guard 2 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 21 Sept 1990Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ D26-20.05

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department wall & ceilings 1 sty an apartment front room & 1 room from front., section '' ''

    Issued 21 Sept 1990Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

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

    Issued 21 Sept 1990Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Replace with new the missing window cellar rear.

    Issued 21 Sept 1990Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls & ceiling thruout 1 sty an apartment.

    Issued 21 Sept 1990Violation closed 15 Apr 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

Showing the 100 most recent of 129.

141 violations on record in total, 0 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.

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

  • Noise6 / 11
  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 2

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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 18 Aug 2011

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.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 6 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2020No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2018 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

    481 SENECA AVE LLC

    Public records list 481 SENECA AVE LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 2 Sept 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

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 recorded 1 mould violation here, most recently in 2005, all since closed. Closed means the city stopped checking, not that the damp is gone. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  2. 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.
  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 4034310008 · Block 3431, Lot 8 · Building class C2