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1867 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

No open housing violations.

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Open violations
None openNo open housing violations on record.
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 8 violations before that, the first in 1988.

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Inspector last found a problem
30 Jun 2003 (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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Tenant-reported

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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

Paperwork and notices9 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

  • Owner 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.

    Issued 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent out 20 Nov 2025Paperwork and notices§ 27-2107

  • 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 lobby, 1st story

    Issued 7 May 2018Notice sent out 8 May 2018Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

  • Post 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 lobby, 1st story

    Issued 7 May 2018Notice sent out 8 May 2018Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

8 closed violations, plus 6 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.

  • Repair by closing so as to be gas tight all openings in the wasteline washbasin 3 sty north an apartment bathroom., section '' ''

    Issued 15 Feb 1990Violation closed 30 Dec 2015§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective acoustic tile & ceiling 3 sty north an apartment kitchen., section '' ''

    Issued 15 Feb 1990Violation closed 30 Dec 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department wall & ceiling 3 sty north an apartment front east room center north room., section '' ''

    Issued 15 Feb 1990Violation closed 30 Dec 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Post 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 at or near mailboxes 1 story public hall

    Issued 30 Jun 2003Violation closed 26 Dec 2015Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector defective 2 sty an apartment tenant mrs deleon., section '' ''

    Issued 8 Sept 1988Violation closed 26 Dec 2015Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling & walls bathroom 2 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 8 Sept 1988Violation closed 26 Dec 2015Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective improperly counter balanced lower window sashes at 2 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 8 Sept 1988Violation closed 26 Dec 2015Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass window pane at bottom sash at kitchen & front room 2 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 8 Sept 1988Violation closed 26 Dec 2015Doors and windows§ 27-2005

23 violations on record in total, 9 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.

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

  • Pests0 / 4
  • Garbage and cleanliness2 / 2

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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 17 Aug 2007

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 2025 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.

  • Registered managing agent

    PAUL TOOBIAN

    Public records list PAUL TOOBIAN as the registered managing agent for this address as of 20 Nov 2024. Source: HPD registration.

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

    No combined rating for this agent yet. A portfolio rating needs at least 5 verified reviews across 2 or more buildings; currently 0.

  • Owner of record

    1867 MADISON ST CORP

    Public records list 1867 MADISON ST CORP as the owner of record for this address as of 20 Nov 2024. 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 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.
  2. 9 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. No bedbug report has ever been filed here, so the record cannot tell you the building's history — ask.
  3. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  4. 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 4034700042 · Block 3470, Lot 42 · Building class C2