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1877 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1913 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 5 open in all.

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Open violations
53 · 2
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
202410
202510
2026 so far61

Plus 17 violations from 2014 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Heat and hot water 4
  • Fire and safety equipment 3
  • Mold and damp 1
Open per apartment
0.8 (5 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
7 Jan 2026 (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

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day, and inspectors issued 3 violations.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26113

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 hazardous3 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, 2nd story at north

    Issued 7 Jan 2026Invalid certification 22 Jan 2026Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system entrance door to cellar was locked at boiler room

    Issued 7 Jan 2026Notice sent out 7 Jan 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

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

    Issued 25 Jul 2024Invalid certification 5 Aug 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

Hazardous2 open

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

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations defective in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 7 Jan 2026Invalid certification 22 Jan 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules defective in the entire apartment, 2nd story at north

    Issued 7 Jan 2026Invalid certification 22 Jan 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3

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.

  • 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 at public hall

    Issued 24 Mar 2024Notice sent out 24 Mar 2024Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • ×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. at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 1 Jun 2022 to 24 Mar 2024Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • ×2Post 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

    2 issued 1 Jun 2022 to 24 Mar 2024Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2104

  • 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 at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 1 Jun 2022Notice sent out 1 Jun 2022Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

21 closed violations, plus 16 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... less than 10 sq feet mold on ceiling in the 2nd bathroom from east, 2nd story at north

    Issued 7 Jan 2026Violation dismissed 5 Apr 2026Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

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

    Issued 7 Jan 2026Violation dismissed 1 Apr 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

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

    Issued 7 Jan 2026Violation dismissed 1 Apr 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

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

    Issued 19 Jun 2025Violation dismissed 13 Oct 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 1st story at west

    Issued 11 Jan 2015Violation closed 23 Jul 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 11 Jan 2015Violation closed 23 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective connection at waste line at wash basin in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 5 Oct 2014Violation closed 23 Jul 2015Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 25 Sept 2014Violation closed 23 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective connection at waste pipe to washbasin in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 25 Sept 2014Violation closed 23 Jul 2015Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 25 Sept 2014Violation closed 23 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling and walls thorughout in the 5th room from north, 1st story

    Issued 25 Sept 2014Violation closed 23 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • ×2Repair or replace the smoke detector defective in the entire apartment, 1st story

    2 issued 11 Sept 2014 to 25 Sept 2014Violation closedFire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective unkeyed fire retarding plaster ceiling at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 25 Sept 2014Violation closed 23 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Provide sufficient, proper and separate metal receptacles for the deposit of garbage, rubbish and other waste material and arrange for collection and disposal of such material. yard

    Issued 25 Sept 2014Violation closed 23 Jul 2015Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2021

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

    Issued 20 Sept 2014Violation closed 23 Jul 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color unkeyed plaster ceiling in the 5th room from north, 1st story

    Issued 25 Sept 2014Violation closed 22 Oct 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • ×2Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in waste pipe at washbasin in the bathroom, 1st story

    2 issued 11 Sept 2014 to 25 Sept 2014Violation closedLeaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Remove all obstructions and repair all defects in wasteline at washbasin in the bathroom, 1st story at west

    Issued 20 Sept 2014Violation closed 21 Oct 2014§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 20 Sept 2014Violation closed 21 Oct 2014Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

48 violations on record in total, 11 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.

19 complaints in three years, 9 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water1 / 6
  • Leaks and plumbing3 / 4
  • Pests2 / 3
  • Electrical1 / 2
  • Appliances1 / 2
  • Cooking gas0 / 1
  • 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.

3 cases, all closed.

  • Tenant Action/Harassment

    Opened 14 Jan 2026No harassment found

  • Tenant Action/Harassment

    Opened 21 Nov 2025No harassment found

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 12 Sept 2014

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.

  • 20261 eviction

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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 3 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 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

    JOEL LANDAU

    Public records list JOEL LANDAU as the registered managing agent for this address as of 25 Sept 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (2 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    1877 MADISON LLC

    Public records list 1877 MADISON LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 25 Sept 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 currently has 3 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. The city recorded 1 mould violation here, most recently in 2026, 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.
  3. There were 2 pest complaints here in the last twelve months. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2026). 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: 3 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 4034700034 · Block 3470, Lot 34 · Building class C2