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2045 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

3 immediately hazardous violations open. 24 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 yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 25 violations before that, the first in 2002.

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Open per apartment
4 (24 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
13 Oct 2014 (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 hazardous3 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 splintting wood floors in the entire apartment, 1st story, section at south

    Issued 3 Mar 2004Notice sent out 7 Mar 2004Floors and stairs§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide ready access to buildings heating system door to heating plant pad locked at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 26 Jan 2003Notice certified late 3 Apr 2003Heat and hot water§ 27-2033

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 26 Jan 2003Notice certified late 3 Apr 2003Heat and hot water§ 27-2031

Hazardous14 open

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

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 7 Nov 2003Notice certified late 22 Mar 2004Pests§ 27-2018

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 7 Nov 2003Notice certified late 22 Mar 2004Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective floor ceramic tiles in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 27 Jul 2003Not complied with 25 Sept 2003Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin roaches in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 27 Jul 2003Not complied with 25 Sept 2003Pests§ 27-2018

  • Replace with new the missing newel post cap at 3 sty at public hall

    Issued 28 May 2003Not complied with 31 Jul 2003§ 27-2005

  • Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes household items 2 and 3 sty at rear yard

    Issued 28 May 2003Not complied with 31 Jul 2003Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tile in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 28 Apr 2003Notice sent out 1 May 2003§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color the walls in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 13 Mar 2003Notice sent out 16 Mar 2003Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector which is defective in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 26 Dec 2002Not complied with 7 Apr 2003Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color all walls in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 26 Dec 2002Not complied with 7 Apr 2003Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 16 Sept 2002Not complied with 18 Nov 2002Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of strollers at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 16 Sept 2002Not complied with 18 Nov 2002Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector which is missing in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 9 Sept 2002Notice sent out 12 Sept 2002Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • 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 200 watts required fixture present lights not on at front areaway

    Issued 30 Jan 2002Not complied with 5 May 2002Electrical§ 27-2040

Non-hazardous7 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.

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of wood floors splintering throughout in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 3 Feb 2004Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Floors and stairs§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of water stain wall by the bathroom door in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 3 Feb 2004Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic wall tiles in the bathroom, 1st story

    Issued 7 Nov 2003Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls and ceilings throughout in the entire apartment, 1st story

    Issued 7 Nov 2003Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

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

    Issued 28 May 2003Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2014

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling at rear 3 sty at public hall

    Issued 28 May 2003Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 9 Sept 2002Notice sent out 27 Jul 2006Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

Paperwork and notices5 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.

  • ×5File 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.

    5 issued 4 Mar 2022 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

1 closed violation, 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.

  • 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 13 Oct 2014Violation dismissed 6 Jan 2015Electrical§ 27-2040

36 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.

No complaints from this building in the last three years. Worth knowing what that does and does not mean: tenants who expect nothing to happen often stop calling.

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.

  • 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

    2045 GATES INC

    Public records list 2045 GATES INC as the registered managing agent for this address as of 19 May 2025. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    2045 GATES,INC

    Public records list 2045 GATES,INC as the owner of record for this address as of 19 May 2025. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    2045GATESINC

    Public records list 2045GATESINC as the owner of record for this address as of 19 May 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 3 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. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2021). 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. 5 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.
  4. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. 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 4034850053 · Block 3485, Lot 53 · Building class C2