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1861 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

7 immediately hazardous violations open. 68 open in all.

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

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 70 violations before that, the first in 2010.

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Open per apartment
11.3 (68 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
5 May 2021 (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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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

Immediately hazardous7 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 key operated lock installed at door leading to secondary egress door in the 3rd room from north, 2nd story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors in the entrance, 2nd story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of lockable slide bolt installed at secondary egress door in the 5th room from north, 2nd story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock installed at door leading to secondary egress door in the 5th room from north, 2nd story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • 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) east wall, west wall in the 4th room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 29 Sept 2016Notice sent out 2 Oct 2016Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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, 3rd story at west

    Issued 1 May 2016Notice sent out 5 May 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • 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) east wall in the 4th room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 1 May 2016Notice sent out 5 May 2016Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Hazardous53 open

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

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color west wall in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing, 2nd story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceiling in the 3rd room from north, 2nd story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 2nd story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approx 1 square feet at west wall in the bathroom, 2nd story original violation 14328180 issued 05-may-21 has been upgraded to class b per administrative code §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).

    Issued 5 May 2021First no access to re- inspect violation 8 Mar 2022Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the 2nd room from north, 2nd story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective window frame at the 1st window from north at east building facade, 1st story

    Issued 15 Apr 2018Notice sent out 15 Apr 2018Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective third concrete tread and riser from botton stairs at bldg front at stoop

    Issued 2 Nov 2016Notice sent out 3 Nov 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective second concrete tread and riser from botton stairs at bldg front at stoop

    Issued 2 Nov 2016Notice sent out 3 Nov 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fourth concrete tread and riser from botton stairs at bldg front at stoop

    Issued 2 Nov 2016Notice sent out 3 Nov 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 2 Nov 2016Notice sent out 3 Nov 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice, 3rd story at west

    Issued 2 Nov 2016Notice sent out 3 Nov 2016Pests§ 27-2018

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective first concrete tread and riser from botton stairs at bldg front at stoop

    Issued 2 Nov 2016Notice sent out 3 Nov 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bell/buzzer system in the entrance, 3rd story at west

    Issued 20 Sept 2016Notice sent out 21 Sept 2016Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective spring balance at window west-1 (lower sash) in the 5th room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 20 Sept 2016Notice sent out 21 Sept 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective spring balance at window west-1 (lower sash) in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 20 Sept 2016Notice certified late 13 Apr 2023Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 20 Sept 2016Notice sent out 21 Sept 2016Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • ×3Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    3 issued 19 Jun 2013 to 20 Sept 2016Notice sent outPests§ 27-2018

  • Properly repair the broken or defective electrical light fixture at west wall in the bathroom, 3rd story at west

    Issued 20 Sept 2016Notice sent out 22 Sept 2016Electrical§ 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 100 watts required

    Issued 7 Sept 2016Notice sent out 8 Sept 2016Electrical§ 27-2040

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

    Issued 7 Sept 2016Notice sent out 8 Sept 2016Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • ×2Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    2 issued 19 Jun 2013 to 1 May 2016Notice sent outPests§ 27-2018

  • 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 100 watts minimun

    Issued 21 Apr 2016Notice sent out 24 Apr 2016Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak at north wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 19 Jun 2013Notice sent out 19 Jun 2013Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... approximately 4 sq ft in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 16 Mar 2011Notice sent out 22 Mar 2011Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass at north 1 window - lower sash -interior pane - double pane window in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 16 Mar 2011Notice sent out 22 Mar 2011Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice, 2nd story at east

    Issued 16 Mar 2011Notice sent out 21 Mar 2011Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair the leaky and/or defective faucets at bathtub in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 16 Mar 2011Notice sent out 22 Mar 2011Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • ×2Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate, 2nd story at east

    2 issued 16 Mar 2011Notice sent outFire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of lckable slide bolt installed at door in the entrance, 2nd story at east

    Issued 16 Mar 2011Notice sent out 22 Mar 2011Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches, 2nd story at east

    Issued 16 Mar 2011Notice sent out 21 Mar 2011Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector inoperative, 2nd story at east

    Issued 16 Mar 2011Notice sent out 22 Mar 2011Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Remove the illegal fastening the lockable slide bolt at apartment entrance door in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 8 Sept 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • ×2Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate, in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    2 issued 5 Mar 2010 to 8 Sept 2010Not complied withFire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective upper sash at east one window in the 3rd room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 8 Sept 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at entrance in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 8 Sept 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lower wood window sash in the 2nd room from north, 2nd story at west

    Issued 20 May 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 20 May 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 12 Apr 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011Pests§ 27-2018

  • Remove the illegal fastening slide bolt with eye able to be paddlocked at apartment entrance door, 2nd story at east

    Issued 12 Apr 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate, in the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 12 Apr 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective lower sash glass pane in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 25 Mar 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of lockable sliding eye bolt at west one door leading from apartment to public hall in the 2nd room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 5 Mar 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective east one window frame in the 3rd room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 5 Mar 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 5 Mar 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011Pests§ 27-2018

  • Properly repair the broken or defective south two window frame in the 5th room from north, 2nd story at east

    Issued 5 Mar 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011Doors and windows§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous8 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 metal in accordance with dept. regulation steam pipe riser in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 5th room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 29 Sept 2016Notice sent out 2 Oct 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 29 Sept 2016Notice sent out 2 Oct 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department... 1st door frame from east at south wall in the 4th room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 29 Sept 2016Notice sent out 2 Oct 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • Cleanse to the satisfaction of this department the floor at 1st story public hall

    Issued 7 Sept 2016Notice sent out 8 Sept 2016Floors and stairs§ 27-2011

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the 1st door frame from west at north wall, ceiling, south wall in the 4th room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 1 May 2016Notice sent out 5 May 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 5th room from north, the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 1 May 2016Notice sent out 5 May 2016Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Refit door in the entrance, 2nd story at east

    Issued 16 Mar 2011Notice sent out 22 Mar 2011Doors and windows§ 27-2005

Paperwork and notices18 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

  • ×7Owner 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.

    7 issued 1 Nov 2019 to 21 Nov 2025Info notice sent outPaperwork 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 public hall, 1st story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Paperwork 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 public hall, 1st story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 5 May 2021Notice sent out 9 May 2021Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 7 Sept 2016Notice sent out 8 Sept 2016Paperwork and notices§ 26-1103

  • 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 1st story at public hall

    Issued 6 Apr 2010Not complied with 27 Jan 2011Paperwork and notices§ 329

2 closed violations, plus 2 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... approx 1 square feet at west wall in the bathroom, 2nd story

    Issued 5 May 2021Violation closed 6 Sept 2021Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of stove with door intact at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 5 May 2021Violation closed 2 Jun 2021Appliances§ 27-2005 +1

90 violations on record in total, 86 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.

10 complaints in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise0 / 3
  • Heat and hot water0 / 2
  • Pests1 / 2
  • Doors and windows0 / 1
  • Leaks and plumbing0 / 1
  • Mold and damp0 / 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.

1 case, all closed.

  • Tenant Action/Harassment

    Opened 16 Sept 2016

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 2019 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.

  • Owner of record

    MARY MESTRES

    Public records list MARY MESTRES as the owner of record for this address as of 27 Aug 2018. 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 7 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 2 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. This building dates from 1913 and has 2 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.
  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 4034700046 · Block 3470, Lot 46 · Building class C2