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1669 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 17 open in all.

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Open violations
171 · 15 · 1
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 17 violations before that, the first in 1990.

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Open per apartment
2.8 (17 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
30 Aug 2006 (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

This building is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.

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 hazardous1 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.

  • 2011, 2012 adm code cleanse and disinfect to the satisfaction of this department after removing the waste waer at cellar rear to cellar front er1.

    Issued 18 Aug 1999Not complied with 22 May 2003§ 27-2010

Hazardous15 open

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

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

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes house hold items all story's rear yard

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at sink in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Mold and damp§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Pests§ 27-2018

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

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Install and maintain sufficient light or lights of at least 100 watts incandescent or equivalent each, to light adequately from sunset to sunrise the rear yard.

    Issued 2 Nov 1990Not complied with 22 May 2003Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Install and maintain sufficient light or lights of at least 40 watts incandescent or equivalent each, to light adequately from sunset to sunrise the rear yard night inspection.

    Issued 20 Apr 1990Notice certified late 16 Nov 2008Electrical§ D26-19.07

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.

  • And dept. rules and regulations. scrape and remove rust scales and paint with 2 coats of paint all story's rear yard

    Issued 30 Aug 2006Notice sent out 5 Sept 2006Roof and outside the building§ 27-2014

Paperwork and notices17 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 15 Apr 2021 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • ×9Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.

    9 issued 5 Dec 2017 to 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107

  • ×2Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code § 27-2097 and is therefore subject to civil penalties, prohibited from certifying violations, and denied the right to recover possession of premises for nonpayment of rent until a valid registration statement is filed.

    2 issued 16 Oct 2015 to 22 Nov 2016Info notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2107

34 violations on record in total, 34 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.

8 complaints in three years, 3 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise3 / 8

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.

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 31 Aug 2015 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

    RAM KHANNA

    Public records list RAM KHANNA as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 5 Oct 2014. Source: HPD registration.

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

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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 currently has one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. 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.
  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. 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.
  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 4034500056 · Block 3450, Lot 56 · Building class C2