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2046 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1909 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 18 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
181 · 14 · 3
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 36 violations before that, the first in 2002.

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Open per apartment
3 (18 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
8 Dec 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 hazardous1 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.

  • Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2020Notice certified late 27 Dec 2020Heat 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.

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective metal ceiling in the kitchen, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective cement and ceramic floor tiles in the kitchen, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the missing marble saddle in the bathroom, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective south window frame in the bathroom, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

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

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of expose electric wires at south wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Electrical§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Walls and ceilings§ 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 200 watts required fixture present lights not on at front areaway

    Issued 30 Jan 2002Notice sent out 9 Sept 2009Electrical§ 27-2040

Non-hazardous3 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 in the kitchen, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Refit wood door in the 3rd room from east, 2nd story at south

    Issued 11 Jul 2018Notice sent out 12 Jul 2018Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all walls and ceiling thru-out in the entire apartment, 3rd story

    Issued 19 Jul 2017Notice sent out 19 Jul 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

Paperwork and notices1 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, 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 27 Nov 2019Notice certified late 30 Sept 2020Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005

18 closed violations, plus 5 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 an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures for cooking in the kitchen, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2020Violation closed 2 Feb 2021§ 27-2070

  • Provide an adequate supply of heat from an approved central heating system, or an approved system of gas or electrical heating in good operating condition for the dwelling unit in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 8 Dec 2020Violation closed 1 Jan 2021Heat and hot water§ 27-2028 +1

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors both front & rear in the entrance, 1st story

    Issued 27 Nov 2019Violation dismissed 19 Feb 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair the broken or defective pull switch at ceiling light fixture in the kitchen, 3rd story

    Issued 19 Jul 2017Violation dismissed 2 Nov 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective wood floor in the 2nd room from east, 3rd story

    Issued 19 Jul 2017Violation dismissed 2 Nov 2017Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • ×2Remove all encumbrances consisting of household items at public hall, 1st story

    2 issued 19 May 2016 to 19 Jul 2017Violation dismissedFire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide adequate supply of hot water for the fixtures in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 20 Aug 2017Violation closed 13 Sept 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2024

  • Provide adequate supply of cold water for the fixtures in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 20 Aug 2017Violation closed 13 Sept 2017§ 27-2024

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of discarded radiator at floor at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 19 Jul 2017Violation dismissed 15 Aug 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective sink cabinet in the kitchen, 1st story

    Issued 19 May 2016Violation dismissed 11 Sept 2016Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Arrange and make self-closing the doors - in the entrance, 1st story

    Issued 19 May 2016Violation dismissed 11 Sept 2016Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 22 May 2014Violation closed 17 Aug 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak over ceiling in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story at west

    Issued 22 May 2014Violation closed 17 Aug 2014Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector deffective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 22 May 2014Violation closed 17 Aug 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s).... in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 22 May 2014Violation closed 17 Aug 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • 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 = 0; in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 22 May 2014Violation closed 3 Aug 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of house hold items etc at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 22 May 2014Violation closed 30 Jul 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

42 violations on record in total, 19 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, 0 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise0 / 2
  • Garbage and cleanliness0 / 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.

  • 20242 evictions
  • 20171 eviction

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.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 5 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No 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.

  • Owner of record and managing agent

    2046 GATES AVE LLC

    Public records list 2046 GATES AVE LLC as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 19 Jul 2026. 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 one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. 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.
  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. 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 4034860020 · Block 3486, Lot 20 · Building class C2