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1869 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

2 immediately hazardous violations open. 4 open in all.

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Open violations
42 · 2
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202230
202300
202400
202510
2026 so far00

Plus 12 violations from 2011 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 2
  • Pests 1
  • Fire and safety equipment 1
Open per apartment
0.7 (4 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
11 Jun 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 hazardous2 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 nuisance consisting of evidence of rats and all underlying causes creating the pest infestations, by using integrated pest management (ipm), eliminate all burrow entry and passageways, pest nests, holes, gaps or cracks in walls, ceilings, floors, fixing leaks and managing garbage in public areas. evidence found at front yard yard

    Issued 11 Jun 2025Notice sent out 15 Jun 2025Pests§ 27-2017 +6

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

    Issued 22 Oct 2022Notice sent out 19 Dec 2023Heat 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.

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... apopx 4 sq ft at north wall in the 1st room from north lower level, 1st story at south original violation 14580937 issued 22-sep-21 has been upgraded to class b per administrative code §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

    Issued 22 Sept 2021First no access to re- inspect violation 9 Jun 2022Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Discontinue use of rooms for living, disconnect plumbing fixtures and properly seal pipe connections behind the walls and under the floor in the bathroom including illegal partition walls (water closet,wash basin, and shower stall)west 1 room at cellar

    Issued 9 Oct 2018Not complied with 8 May 2022Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2081

12 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.

  • Discontinue unlawful use for single room occupancy purposes.. in the 1st room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 9 Oct 2018Violation dismissed 7 Apr 2024§ 27-2077 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electrical outlet at north wall in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 17 Aug 2011Violation dismissed 7 Apr 2024Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system lock door to cellar at boiler room

    Issued 22 Oct 2022Violation dismissed 10 Jan 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective at cellar entrance from public hall, 1st sty.

    Issued 5 May 2022Violation dismissed 31 Jul 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • Discontinue unlawful use for single room occupancy purposes west 1 room at cellar

    Issued 9 Oct 2018Violation closed 8 May 2022§ 27-2077 +1

  • Discontinue unlawful use for single room occupancy purposes.. in the 4th room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 9 Oct 2018Violation closed 8 May 2022§ 27-2077 +1

  • Discontinue unlawful use for single room occupancy purposes.. in the 5th room from east, 1st story at south

    Issued 9 Oct 2018Violation closed 8 May 2022§ 27-2077 +1

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... apopx 4 sq ft at north wall in the 1st room from north lower level, 1st story at south

    Issued 22 Sept 2021Violation closed 21 Jan 2022Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors.... in the entrance, 1st story

    Issued 4 May 2016Violation dismissed 21 Jul 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors.. in the entrance, 3rd story

    Issued 4 May 2016Violation dismissed 21 Jul 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the missing fire retardant material at ceiling at electrical meter room and gas meter room

    Issued 4 May 2016Violation closed 6 Jun 2016Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures range in the kitchen, 3rd story

    Issued 4 May 2016Violation closed 6 Jun 2016Appliances§ 27-2070

30 violations on record in total, 4 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.

22 complaints in three years, 4 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Pests0 / 9
  • Garbage and cleanliness3 / 4
  • Appliances0 / 4
  • Noise0 / 2
  • Entry, buzzer and mail0 / 1
  • Electrical0 / 1
  • Other1 / 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.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 4 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 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

    WATERSTONE GROUP LLC

    Public records list WATERSTONE GROUP LLC as the registered managing agent for this address as of 7 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.

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

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  • Owner of record

    1869 MADISON LLC

    Public records list 1869 MADISON LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 7 Jul 2025. 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 2 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 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. 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: 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 4034700040 · Block 3470, Lot 40 · Building class C2