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2053 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1908 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

4 immediately hazardous violations open. 22 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. 24 violations before that, the first in 2013.

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Open per apartment
3.7 (22 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
27 Aug 2020 (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 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.

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

    Issued 27 Aug 2020Notice sent out 30 Aug 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 27 Aug 2020Invalid certification 22 Sept 2020Pests§ 27-2017.4

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

    Issued 31 Oct 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • 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 public hall, 1st story

    Issued 5 Dec 2013Notice sent out 8 Dec 2013Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

Hazardous12 open

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

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective wood floor in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 27 Aug 2020Notice sent out 30 Aug 2020Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 27 Aug 2020Notice sent out 30 Aug 2020Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl tile floor in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 27 Aug 2020Notice sent out 30 Aug 2020Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 31 Oct 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color at ceiling in the kitchen, 2nd story

    Issued 31 Oct 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 31 Oct 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 31 Oct 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

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

    Issued 31 Oct 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 31 Oct 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective inoperative door bell system from 1 story public hall to in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 7 Jul 2014Notice sent out 8 Jul 2014Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

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  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate - in the 1st room from north, 3rd story

    Issued 5 Dec 2013Notice sent out 8 Dec 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 5 Dec 2013Notice sent out 8 Dec 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

Non-hazardous6 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 at ceiling in the bathroom, 3rd story at west

    Issued 27 Aug 2020Notice sent out 30 Aug 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

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

    Issued 27 Aug 2020Notice sent out 30 Aug 2020Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department wooden entrance door bldg, 1st story

    Issued 29 Jan 2016Notice sent out 31 Jan 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • Refit vestibule door to pablic hall, 1st story

    Issued 29 Jan 2016Notice sent out 31 Jan 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective knob of vestubule door to pablic hall, 1st story

    Issued 29 Jan 2016Notice sent out 31 Jan 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective bell buzzer from 1 sty front to 3 sty in the entrance, 3rd story

    Issued 5 Dec 2013Notice sent out 8 Dec 2013Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005

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.

  • 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. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 27 Apr 2015Notice sent out 28 Apr 2015Paperwork 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 Dec 2013Notice sent out 8 Dec 2013Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045

  • Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in a private dwelling. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 5 Dec 2013Notice sent out 8 Dec 2013Paperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1

2 closed violations, plus 3 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.

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors at bulkhead door, public hall stairs to roof, 3rd story

    Issued 27 Aug 2020Violation closed 23 Nov 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass pane at entrance door bldg, 1st story

    Issued 29 Jan 2016Violation closed 24 Apr 2016Doors and windows§ 27-2005

30 violations on record in total, 25 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.

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

  • Pests1 / 2
  • Electrical1 / 1
  • Noise0 / 1
  • Fire and safety equipment1 / 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)
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  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 20236 of 6 units reported infested, 6 re-infested (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 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

    20-53 GATES AVE RELATY LLC

    Public records list 20-53 GATES AVE RELATY LLC as the registered managing agent for this address as of 2 Jul 2025. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    20-53 GATES AVE REALTY LLC

    Public records list 20-53 GATES AVE REALTY LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 2 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 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.
  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 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.
  3. 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.
  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 4034850045 · Block 3485, Lot 45 · Building class C2