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1876 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1911 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

2 immediately hazardous violations open. 26 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
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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. 26 violations before that, the first in 1986.

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Open per apartment
4.3 (26 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
1 Jun 2016 (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

The 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 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.

  • Remove the illegal fastening double cylinder key operated building entrance door lock at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 4 Jun 2010Notice sent out 6 Jun 2010Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening double cylinder key operated lock at street entrance door to building

    Issued 1 Jun 2009Notice sent out 2 Jun 2009Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

Hazardous19 open

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

  • 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 a minimum of 100 watts of incandescent light required. (light fixture present)

    Issued 1 Jun 2016Notice sent out 5 Jun 2016Electrical§ 27-2040

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

    Issued 7 Feb 2011Notice sent out 8 Feb 2011Pests§ 27-2018

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling at stairs bulkhead

    Issued 22 Jun 2009Notice sent out 23 Jun 2009Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retard plaster at east wall 1 st. and 2nd. story public hall

    Issued 22 Jun 2009Notice sent out 23 Jun 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of construction material and household articles obstructing egress at 3 story public hall

    Issued 22 Jun 2009Notice sent out 23 Jun 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retard ceiling at stairs bulkhead

    Issued 22 Jun 2009Notice sent out 23 Jun 2009Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarding walls & ceiling 3rd story public hall

    Issued 1 Jun 2009Notice sent out 2 Jun 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes house hold items all stories at fire escape rear yard

    Issued 1 Jun 2009Notice sent out 2 Jun 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 1 Jun 2009Notice sent out 2 Jun 2009Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarding ceiling & walls at 3 story public hall

    Issued 20 Oct 2007Notice sent out 21 Oct 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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  • Properly repair the broken or defective mailboxes at 1 story public hall vestibule

    Issued 20 Oct 2007Notice sent out 21 Oct 2007Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective lock assembly vestibule door at 1 story public hall

    Issued 20 Oct 2007Notice sent out 21 Oct 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing knob at front entrance door to building

    Issued 20 Oct 2007Notice sent out 21 Oct 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarding ceiling at stair bulkhead to roof

    Issued 20 Oct 2007Notice sent out 21 Oct 2007Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retarding ceiling & walls at 2 story public hall

    Issued 20 Oct 2007Notice sent out 21 Oct 2007Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of exposed electrical wires at ceiling fixture 1 sty pub hall.

    Issued 2 Aug 1989Notice sent out 12 Aug 2008Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination 1 sty pub hall night inspection.

    Issued 2 Aug 1989Notice sent out 12 Aug 2008Electrical§ 27-2039

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination pub halls all stys.

    Issued 4 Jun 1986Notice sent out 12 Aug 2008Electrical§ D26-19.05

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors bulkhead.

    Issued 4 Jun 1986Notice sent out 12 Aug 2008Fire and safety equipment§ D26-10.01 +1

Non-hazardous5 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 with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling at stairs bulkhead

    Issued 22 Jun 2009Notice sent out 23 Jun 2009Floors and stairs§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department east wall 1st. and 2nd. story public hall

    Issued 22 Jun 2009Notice sent out 23 Jun 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • And dept. rules and regulations. scrape and remove rust scales and paint with 2 coats of paint all stories at fire escape rear yard

    Issued 1 Jun 2009Notice sent out 2 Jun 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2014

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls & ceiling 3rd story public hall

    Issued 1 Jun 2009Notice sent out 2 Jun 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint to the satisfaction of this department the exterior window frames and sashes front & rear.

    Issued 4 Jun 1986Notice sent out 12 Aug 2008Doors and windows§ D26-12.03

Paperwork and notices3 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.

  • ×2File 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.

    2 issued 12 Jun 2025 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

  • Paint or post a sign indicating floors 1 & 3 sty pub hall.

    Issued 4 Jun 1986Notice sent out 12 Aug 2008Paperwork and notices§ D26-21.03

40 violations on record in total, 29 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.

3 complaints in three years, 3 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Garbage and cleanliness1 / 1
  • Leaks and plumbing1 / 1
  • Pests1 / 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.

  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 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.

  • Owner of record

    FAYE MCCARTHY

    Public records list FAYE MCCARTHY as the owner of record for this address as of 6 Aug 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 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 was 1 pest complaint here in the last twelve months. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2024). 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.
  3. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 1 complaints in the last twelve months.
  4. 3 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.
  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 4034710024 · Block 3471, Lot 24 · Building class C2