1717 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Built 1930 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
8 immediately hazardous violations open. 13 open in all.
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- Open violations
- 138 · 4 · 1
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 21 violations from 2010 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Lead paint 7
- Open per apartment
- 2.2 (13 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 26 May 2024 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?Where each of these comes from
- 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.
Tenant reviews
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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.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 filingThis 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 violationImmediately hazardous8 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.
×2Correct failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required to be maintained by owner pursuant to local law 1 of 2004 related to lead-based paint notices, inspections and remediation/abatement activities.
2 issued 1 Apr 2024Notice sent outLead paint§ 27-2056.7
Correct failure to notify occupants and/or to investigate lead-based paint hazards.
Issued 1 Apr 2024Notice sent out 22 May 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.4
Arrange and make self-closing the doors... in the entrance, 2nd story at east
Issued 29 Jul 2021Notice sent out 1 Aug 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005
Arrange and make self-closing the doors vestibule door, public hall, 1st story
Issued 29 Apr 2021Notice sent out 6 May 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Properly repair the broken or defective the mortise lock at the front entrance door to the building, 1st story
Issued 29 Apr 2021Notice sent out 6 May 2021Doors and windows§ 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 door frame from north at east wall in the 2nd room from east, 2nd story at south
Issued 27 Apr 2021Defect letter issued 29 Jul 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by performing activities necessary to abate tested lead-based paint from required window and/or door friction surfaces for apartment and make floors smooth and cleanable, positive lead-based paint in an apartment with a child under six, 2nd story at south
Issued 27 Apr 2021Invalid certification 20 May 2021Lead paint§ 27-2056.7 +2
Hazardous4 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by submitting required supporting documentation and affidavits for apartment, 2nd story at east
Issued 26 May 2024Notice sent out 28 May 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.7 +2
Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by submitting required supporting documentation and affidavits for apartment, 1st story at west
Issued 26 May 2024Notice sent out 28 May 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.7 +2
Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by submitting required supporting documentation and affidavits for apartment, 3rd story at west
Issued 26 May 2024Notice sent out 28 May 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.7 +2
Certify compliance with lead-based paint hazard control requirements during period of unit vacancy by submitting required supporting documentation and affidavits for apartment, 1st story at east
Issued 26 May 2024Notice sent out 28 May 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.7 +2
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.
Properly repair the broken or defective ceiling light fixture in the 1st room from east, 2nd story at east
Issued 29 Jul 2021Notice sent out 1 Aug 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
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.
×5File 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.
5 issued 4 Mar 2022 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices
Post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding the procedures that should be followed when a gas leak is suspected
Issued 23 Mar 2020Notice sent out 24 Mar 2020Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005
15 closed violations, plus 5 closed paperwork filingsShow fewer
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.
Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 1; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 1; in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east
Issued 29 Jul 2021Violation closed 5 Mar 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1
Properly repair the broken or defective locking device entrance door to building, 1st story
Issued 27 Apr 2021Violation closed 24 Jun 2021Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the 2nd room from east, 2nd story at south
Issued 27 Apr 2021Violation closed 24 Jun 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 6; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 1; in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south
Issued 27 Apr 2021Violation closed 24 Jun 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1
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 Jul 2010Violation closed 14 Apr 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 1st story
Issued 30 Jul 2010Violation closed 14 Apr 2016Pests§ 27-2018
Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story
Issued 30 Jul 2010Violation closed 14 Apr 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at east
Issued 19 Jul 2010Violation closed 14 Apr 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the kitchen, 1st story at east
Issued 19 Jul 2010Violation closed 14 Apr 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005
Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 1st story at east
Issued 19 Jul 2010Violation closed 14 Apr 2016Pests§ 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 at east
Issued 19 Jul 2010Violation closed 14 Apr 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Properly repair the broken or defective light switch west wall in the 1st room from east, 1st story
Issued 30 Jul 2010Violation closed 29 Nov 2015Walls and ceilings§ 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 door removed & sealed in the entrance, 1st story at north
Issued 30 Jul 2010Violation closed 29 Nov 2015Doors and windows§ 300
Properly repair the broken or defective electric lihgt fixture at ceiling in the 5th room from north, 1st story at east
Issued 19 Jul 2010Violation closed 29 Nov 2015Electrical§ 27-2005
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tile at north,east and west wall in the bathroom, 1st story at east
Issued 19 Jul 2010Violation closed 29 Nov 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
39 violations on record in total, 19 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.
Complaints to the city
Public complaintComplaints 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.
2 complaints in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.
- Noise0 / 2
Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.
Court records
Court recordHousing 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.
2 cases, all closed.
Tenant Action
Opened 26 Jul 2010
Tenant Action
Opened 8 Jul 2010
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 filingBuilding 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.
- 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
Ownership and management
Public filingAssociations 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
YU WAN SI
Public records list YU WAN SI as the registered managing agent for this address as of 9 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.
Owner of record
1717 MADISON LLC
Public records list 1717 MADISON LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 9 Aug 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
1717 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
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.
- The city currently has 8 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.
- The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2021). 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.
- This building dates from 1930 and has 9 open lead-paint violations on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
- 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.
- Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
- 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
Yes. HPD lists 13 open housing violations: 8 immediately hazardous, 4 hazardous and 1 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for lead paint (7).
On 26 May 2024. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
It 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.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
No residential evictions by a city marshal are recorded here since 2017.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
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