1855 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Built 1913 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments
4 immediately hazardous violations open. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.
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- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 7 violations from 2009 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Fire and safety equipment 10
- Doors and windows 2
- Lead paint 2
- Open per apartment
- 0.7 (4 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 1 Nov 2024 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?Where each of these comes from
- 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.
Tenant reviews
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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.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 filingThe owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments, or how many.
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 violationImmediately hazardous4 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.
Remove device preventing door from being self-closing wood wedges street entrance door to building
Issued 1 Nov 2024Notice sent out 5 Nov 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Correct failure to provide to the department within 45 days of demand all records required to be maintained by owner pursuant to local law 1 of 2004 related to lead-based paint notices, inspections and remediation/abatement activities.
Issued 10 Sept 2024Notice sent out 31 Oct 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.7
Correct failure to notify occupants and/or to investigate lead-based paint hazards.
Issued 10 Sept 2024Notice sent out 31 Oct 2024Lead paint§ 27-2056.4
Correct the lead-based paint hazard - presumed lead paint that is peeling or on a deteriorated subsurface using work practices set forth in 28 rcny §11-06(b)(2) 1st radiator from south at west wall in the 3rd room from north, 2nd story at west
Issued 17 Nov 2009Not complied with 19 Dec 2013Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
18 closed violations, plus 8 closed paperwork filingsShow fewer
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.
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 = 2 in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south
Issued 9 Sept 2024Violation closed 29 Aug 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1
Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items public hall 1st story
Issued 1 Nov 2024Violation dismissed 19 Feb 2025Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Properly repair or replace the broken or defective latch street entrance door to building
Issued 1 Nov 2024Violation dismissed 19 Feb 2025Doors and windows§ 27-2005
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges on vestibule door at public hall, 1st story
Issued 1 Nov 2024Violation closed 26 Dec 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective latch street entrance door to building
Issued 1 Nov 2024Violation closed 26 Dec 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at building entrance door, 1st story
Issued 9 Sept 2024Violation closed 26 Dec 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at door in the entrance, 2nd story at south
Issued 9 Sept 2024Violation closed 26 Dec 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3
Abate the nuisance consisting of household items, east 1 room door obstructing egress path within apartment to fire escape, 2nd story at south
Issued 28 Sept 2024Violation dismissed 19 Dec 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Remove the illegal fastening key operated lock, entrance door in the 1st room from east, 2nd story at south
Issued 28 Sept 2024Violation dismissed 19 Dec 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1
Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south
Issued 9 Sept 2024Violation dismissed 18 Dec 2024Pests§ 27-2017.4
Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south
Issued 9 Sept 2024Violation dismissed 5 Dec 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south
Issued 9 Sept 2024Violation dismissed 5 Dec 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the front yard
Issued 26 Apr 2021Violation dismissed 19 Aug 2021Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010
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.
Issued 26 Apr 2021Violation dismissed 19 Aug 2021Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2021
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) north wall in the 4th room from north, 2nd story at west
Issued 17 Nov 2009Violation closed 7 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
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 kitchen, 2nd story at west
Issued 17 Nov 2009Violation closed 7 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
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) west wall in the 3rd room from north, 2nd story at west
Issued 17 Nov 2009Violation closed 7 Aug 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the front bldg
Issued 29 Jun 2016Violation dismissed 12 Oct 2016Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010
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 complaintComplaints 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.
2 complaints in three years, 0 of them in the last twelve months.
- Pests0 / 1
- Fire and safety equipment0 / 1
Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.
Court records
Court recordHousing 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 filingBuilding 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.
- 20252 of 6 units reported infested, 1 re-infested (2024 report)
Show 5 earlier reportsShow fewer
- 20243 of 6 units reported infested, 1 re-infested (2023 report)
- 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
- 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
- 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
- 20212 of 6 units reported infested (2019 report)
Ownership and management
Public filingAssociations 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
PAUL WONG
Public records list PAUL WONG as the registered managing agent for this address as of 23 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.
Owner of record
P&SQ GROUP LLC
Public records list P&SQ GROUP LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 23 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.
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What to ask at the viewing
1855 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
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.
- The city currently has 4 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.
- The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2025). 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.
- This building dates from 1913 and has 3 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.
- Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
- 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
Yes. HPD lists 4 open housing violations: 4 immediately hazardous, 0 hazardous and 0 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for fire and safety equipment (10), doors and windows (2) and lead paint (2).
On 1 Nov 2024. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments. A tenant can ask the state for an apartment's rent history to be sure.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
No residential evictions by a city marshal are recorded here since 2017.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
BBL 4034700051 · Block 3470, Lot 51 · Building class C2