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755 Seneca Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

26 immediately hazardous violations open. 49 open in all.

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

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
2024120
2025396
2026 so far00

Plus 1 violation from 2001 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Fire and safety equipment 29
  • Walls and ceilings 7
  • Mold and damp 6
Open per apartment
8.2 (49 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
10 Aug 2025 (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

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 hazardous26 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.

  • Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 10 Aug 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 10 Aug 2025Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • ×2Post 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 near or at mailbox at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 9 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025Notice sent outHeat and hot water§ 27-2033

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

    Issued 10 Aug 2025Notice sent out 10 Aug 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... at ceiling and all walls more than 30 sq ft in the bathroom, 1st story at south

    Issued 10 Aug 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 10 Aug 2025Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at door to apartment entrance in the 5th room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 19 Jul 2025Notice sent out 20 Jul 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing hook and eye installed at entrance door to building

    Issued 19 Jul 2025Notice sent out 20 Jul 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at door to apartment entrance in the kitchen, 1st story at south

    Issued 19 Jul 2025Notice sent out 20 Jul 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • ×2Install 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 = 2, wg to replace = 0, wg to repair = 0 in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    2 issued 3 Jul 2025 to 19 Jul 2025Notice sent outFire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... greater than 10sq.feet on ceiling and all walls in the bathroom, 1st story at south original violation 18096970 issued 19-jul-25 has been upgraded to class c per administrative code 27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

    Issued 19 Jul 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 12 Jul 2026Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective secondary apartment entrance door hinges in the entrance, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Jul 2025Notice sent out 7 Jul 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

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  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... more than 10 sq ft at all walls and ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at south original violation 18066555 issued 03-jul-25 has been upgraded to class c per administrative code 27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

    Issued 3 Jul 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 12 Jul 2026Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective entrance door hinges in the entrance, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Jul 2025Notice sent out 7 Jul 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

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

    Issued 27 Jun 2025Notice sent out 29 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges secondary entrance door in the 5th room from east, 1st story at east

    Issued 27 Jun 2025Notice sent out 29 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • 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 = 4, wg to replace = 0, wg to repair = 0 in the entire apartment, 1st story at east

    Issued 27 Jun 2025Notice sent out 29 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... greater than 30 square feet all walls and ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at east

    Issued 27 Jun 2025Notice of issuance sent to tenant 29 Jun 2025Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at range in the kitchen, 1st story at north

    Issued 7 Apr 2025Notice sent out 10 Apr 2025Appliances§ 27-2070

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

    Issued 7 Apr 2025Notice sent out 10 Apr 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Remove the illegal double cylinder key operated locking device at door.. in the entrance, 3rd story at east

    Issued 4 Oct 2024Notice sent out 22 Oct 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of slide bolt capable of being padlocked installed on door interior in the entrance, 3rd story at east

    Issued 4 Oct 2024Notice sent out 22 Oct 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance, 3rd story at east

    Issued 4 Oct 2024Notice sent out 22 Oct 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of slide bolt capable of being padlock installed on entrance door at room leading to fire escape window in the 1st room from east, 3rd story

    Issued 4 Oct 2024Notice sent out 22 Oct 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges in the entrance, 2nd story at north

    Issued 4 Oct 2024Notice sent out 20 Oct 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

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

    Issued 4 Oct 2024Notice sent out 15 Oct 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

Hazardous17 open

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

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the kitchen, 1st story at south

    Issued 10 Aug 2025Notice sent out 10 Aug 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 10 Aug 2025Notice sent out 10 Aug 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • ×2Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    2 issued 19 Jul 2025 to 10 Aug 2025Notice sent outFire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3

  • ×2Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    2 issued 19 Jul 2025 to 10 Aug 2025Notice sent outFire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical bx cable at ceiling at basement

    Issued 19 Jul 2025Notice sent out 20 Jul 2025Electrical§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 19 Jul 2025Notice sent out 20 Jul 2025Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Jul 2025Notice sent out 7 Jul 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 3 Jul 2025Notice sent out 7 Jul 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 27 Jun 2025Notice sent out 29 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 27 Jun 2025Notice sent out 29 Jun 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at east wall in the 7th room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 4 Oct 2024Notice sent out 20 Oct 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock installed on entrance door at room leading to fire escape window in the 7th room from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 4 Oct 2024Notice sent out 20 Oct 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective spring balance at lower sash 2nd window at west wall in the 6th room from east, 3rd story at east

    Issued 4 Oct 2024Notice sent out 22 Oct 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 4 Oct 2024Notice sent out 20 Oct 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • 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 required, fixture present, lights not on at front areaway

    Issued 30 Jul 2001Notice certified late 19 Oct 2009Electrical§ 27-2040

Non-hazardous6 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 at north wall in the 1st room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 10 Aug 2025Notice sent out 10 Aug 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the private hallway, 1st story at south

    Issued 10 Aug 2025Notice sent out 10 Aug 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at ceiling in the private hallway, 1st story at south

    Issued 10 Aug 2025Notice sent out 10 Aug 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling in the private hallway, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Jul 2025Notice sent out 7 Jul 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all walls and ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Jul 2025Notice sent out 7 Jul 2025Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak ceiling in the private hallway, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Jul 2025Notice sent out 7 Jul 2025Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

Paperwork and notices22 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

  • ×2Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in private dwellings not posted

    2 issued 9 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2045 +2

  • ×2Post, 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 at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 9 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • Post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 10 Aug 2025Notice sent out 10 Aug 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • ×2Dept. 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 not posted at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 9 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 329

  • ×3Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mailbox not posted at public hall, 1st story

    3 issued 9 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2045 +1

  • ×2Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling.

    2 issued 27 Jun 2025 to 3 Jul 2025Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

  • 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 missing

    Issued 3 Jul 2025Notice sent out 6 Jul 2025Paperwork and notices§ 329

  • Post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building.

    Issued 3 Jul 2025Notice sent out 6 Jul 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • ×2Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agencys housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd.

    2 issued 27 Jun 2025 to 3 Jul 2025Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 26-1103

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  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing

    Issued 3 Jul 2025Notice sent out 6 Jul 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • 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 27 Jun 2025Notice sent out 29 Jun 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box

    Issued 27 Jun 2025Notice sent out 29 Jun 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • 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

    Issued 27 Jun 2025Notice sent out 29 Jun 2025Paperwork and notices§ 329

10 closed violations, plus 8 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.

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... greater than 10sq.feet on ceiling and all walls in the bathroom, 1st story at south

    Issued 19 Jul 2025Violation closed 12 Jul 2026Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... more than 10 sq ft at all walls and ceiling in the bathroom, 1st story at south

    Issued 3 Jul 2025Violation closed 12 Jul 2026Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at bulkhead door leading to roof at public hall stairs, 3rd story

    Issued 7 Apr 2025Violation closed 10 Mar 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • ×2Remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of hook with eye stopper at building front entrance door, 1st story

    2 issued 9 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025Violation closedFire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing consisting of hook and eye installed on street entrance door to public hall

    Issued 27 Jun 2025Violation closed 4 Sept 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective door at vestibule at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 7 Apr 2025Violation closed 10 Aug 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Apartments have been vacated by this department and cannot be reoccupied until so ordered after proof of compliance for apartments vacate # 258910 at 1st story an apartment (west 1). date posted and mailed : october 22, 2024. effective date : october 23, 2024

    Issued 22 Oct 2024Violation closed 8 Apr 2025§ 27-2142

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of fire damage in the entire apartment, 1st story at north

    Issued 4 Oct 2024Violation closed 7 Apr 2025§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 4 Oct 2024Violation dismissed 29 Oct 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

89 violations on record in total, 71 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.

21 complaints in three years, 2 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Walls and ceilings0 / 5
  • Mold and damp0 / 4
  • Noise2 / 3
  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 2
  • Fire and safety equipment0 / 2
  • Doors and windows0 / 2
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 1
  • Heat and hot water0 / 1
  • Pests0 / 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 permit currently in force. 1 permit filed in the last five years.

Show 1 expired or finished

  • General Construction

    PROPOSED INTERIOR RENOVATION AT CELLAR AND 1ST FLOOR APT 1L. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS AND OCCUPANCY.

    Issued 16 Jan 2025Expired 24 Nov 2025

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)

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

    LIDIA NICOLA

    Public records list LIDIA NICOLA as the owner of record for this address as of 2 Nov 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 currently has 26 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. There are 4 open mould violations 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. 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.
  4. 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.
  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 4034590010 · Block 3459, Lot 10 · Building class C2