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561 Seneca Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

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

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Open violations
2013 · 7
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 31 violations before that, the first in 2017.

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Open per apartment
3.3 (20 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
9 Jan 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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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

Hazardous13 open

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

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electric wires on east wall in the bathroom, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Jan 2021Notice sent out 10 Jan 2021Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective inoperative intercom system in the entrance, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Jan 2021Notice sent out 10 Jan 2021Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose ceiling light fixture in the bathroom, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Jan 2021Notice sent out 10 Jan 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electric wires at ceiling in the 4th room from north, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Jan 2021Notice sent out 10 Jan 2021Electrical§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 9 Jan 2021Notice sent out 10 Jan 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose electric outlet cover on south wall in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Jan 2021Notice sent out 10 Jan 2021Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 20 Aug 2020Notice sent out 23 Aug 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bell, buzzer and intercom, 3rd story at east

    Issued 20 Aug 2020Notice sent out 23 Aug 2020Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color all walls and ceiling in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 20 Aug 2020Notice sent out 23 Aug 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color all walls in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 10 Aug 2020Notice sent out 11 Aug 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 10 Aug 2020Notice sent out 11 Aug 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective intercom at south wall in the private hallway, 3rd story at west

    Issued 23 Jun 2020Notice sent out 24 Jun 2020Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective shower head at shower stall in the bathroom, 3rd story at west

    Issued 19 Feb 2020Notice sent out 19 Feb 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous7 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.

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling in the bathroom, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Jan 2021Notice sent out 10 Jan 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department east & west walls in the 4th room from north, 3rd story

    Issued 9 Jan 2021Notice sent out 10 Jan 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration suspended acoustical tiles at ceiling in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 20 Aug 2020Notice sent out 23 Aug 2020Walls 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 acoustical tiles at ceiling in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 10 Aug 2020Notice sent out 11 Aug 2020Walls and ceilings§ 300

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the 4th bedroom from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 23 Jun 2020Notice sent out 30 Jun 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Provide adequate supply of cold water for the fixtures at faucet in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 23 Jun 2020Notice sent out 24 Jun 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2024

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at south wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 19 Feb 2020Notice sent out 19 Feb 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

Paperwork and notices2 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.

  • ×2File 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.

    2 issued 12 Jun 2025 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

11 closed violations, plus 14 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.

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 23 Mar 2020Violation closed 16 Mar 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 23 Mar 2020Violation closed 16 Mar 2021Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 20 Aug 2020Violation closed 3 Nov 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 19 Feb 2020Violation closed 30 Aug 2020Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical wires at north wall at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 7 Feb 2019Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of bike and household items at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 7 Feb 2019Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly secure the loose balustrade at public hall stairs, 1st story

    Issued 7 Feb 2019Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose balustrade at public hall stairs, 2nd story

    Issued 7 Feb 2019Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Refit bulkhead door at public hall stairs leading to roof

    Issued 7 Feb 2019Violation closed 17 Apr 2019Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Properly secure the loose balustrade leading to bulkhead at public hall stairs

    Issued 7 Feb 2019Violation closed 6 Mar 2019Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • 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 28 Jun 2017Violation closed 12 Apr 2018Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

47 violations on record in total, 22 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.

16 complaints in three years, 6 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise5 / 15
  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 1

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.

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.

  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
Show 2 earlier reports
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
  • 2019No infested units reported (2017 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    MOOTERS

    Public records list MOOTERS as the registered managing agent for this address as of 30 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (1 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    561 SENECA LLC

    Public records list 561 SENECA LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 30 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

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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 13 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
  2. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2023). 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. 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.
  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

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