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2048 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

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

17 immediately hazardous violations open. 53 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
5317 · 22 · 14
Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
2022239
202300
202400
2025102
2026 so far21

Plus 24 violations from 2009 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Doors and windows 12
  • Walls and ceilings 12
  • Fire and safety equipment 7
Open per apartment
8.8 (53 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
18 Jun 2026 (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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Heat season

Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 5 days, and inspectors issued 1 violation.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26551

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 hazardous17 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 slide bolts capable of being padlocked installed on bulkhead door to roof at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 24 Nov 2025Notice certified late 4 Jan 2026Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective upper sash window glass pane in the 4th room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 24 Nov 2025Notice certified late 4 Jan 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of protruding nails from second to eighth wood stair tread from bottom up leading to second floor at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 24 Nov 2025Notice certified late 4 Jan 2026Floors and stairs§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal fastening loackable slide bolt installed at bulkhead door to roof at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 23 Nov 2022Notice sent out 24 Nov 2022Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

  • Remove the illegal double cylinder key operated locking device at door door in the entrance, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice certified late 4 Apr 2022Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Remove the illegal fastening self locking push bar installed at bulkhead door leading to roof at public hall stairs

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice certified late 4 Apr 2022Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of 2 lockable slidebolts installed at bulkhead door leading to roof at public hall stairs

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice certified late 4 Apr 2022Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of key operated lock installed at door leading to secondry entrance door in the 4th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice certified late 4 Apr 2022Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of furniture blocking seconday egress door in the 1st room from north, 2nd story at west

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

  • Provide an adequate supply of gas to the fixtures at gas range in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west

    Issued 1 Nov 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Appliances§ 27-2070

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  • Remove the illegal double cylinder key operated locking device at door.. in the entrance, 2nd story at west

    Issued 1 Nov 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • 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, 2nd story at west

    Issued 1 Nov 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of secondary egress door sealed shut with metal brackets and 2x4 in the 1st room from north, 2nd story at west

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

  • 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) 1st window frame from west at north wall, 2nd window frame from west at north wall in the 1st room from north, 2nd story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

  • 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 east at south wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009Lead 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) 2nd window frame from east at south wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009Lead 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) 1st window frame from east at south wall in the bathroom, 2nd story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

Hazardous22 open

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

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective broken glass at upper window sash at north wall in the 4th room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 18 Jun 2026Notice sent out 21 Jun 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 18 Jun 2026Notice sent out 21 Jun 2026Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational smoke detecting device, installed in accordance with department of buildings rules and regulations defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 24 Nov 2025Invalid certification 4 Jan 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +2

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective defective upper window sash glass pane in the 2nd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 24 Nov 2025Invalid certification 4 Jan 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of bx cable wiring at ceiling at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 24 Nov 2025Invalid certification 4 Jan 2026Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Repair, replace or provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 24 Nov 2025Invalid certification 4 Jan 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045 +3

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of ceiling light fixture exposed bx cable in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 24 Nov 2025Invalid certification 4 Jan 2026Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of extension cord connected from north 4 room to ceilling light fixture at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 23 Nov 2022Notice sent out 24 Nov 2022§ 27-2005 +1

  • Replace with new the missing wash basin in the bathroom, 3rd story at east

    Issued 23 Nov 2022Notice sent out 24 Nov 2022§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tiles at east wall at bath tub in the bathroom, 3rd story at east

    Issued 23 Nov 2022Notice sent out 24 Nov 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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  • Repair the broken or defective connection at sink wastline in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 23 Nov 2022Notice sent out 24 Nov 2022Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of extension cord connected from kitchen outlet to electrical outlet at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 23 Nov 2022Notice sent out 24 Nov 2022Electrical§ 27-2005 +1

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

    Issued 1 Nov 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing, 2nd story at west

    Issued 1 Nov 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Replace with new the broken or defective gas valve to gas range in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    Issued 1 Nov 2019Notice sent out 3 Nov 2019Appliances§ 27-2005

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate.. in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west

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

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

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective sheetrock ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of concealed water leak ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective gypsum tile ceiling in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective outer glass pane at upper sash in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009§ 27-2005

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

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

Non-hazardous14 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.

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective counter balance at upper window sash at south wall in the 3rd room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 18 Jun 2026Notice sent out 21 Jun 2026Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department east,south, and north wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice sent out 20 Mar 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant plaster material at ceiling and all walls at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice sent out 20 Mar 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling and all walls at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice sent out 20 Mar 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant plaster material at ceiling and south wall at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice sent out 20 Mar 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling and south wall at public hall, 2nd story

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice sent out 20 Mar 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective door casing a south wall in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice sent out 20 Mar 2022Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department door frame,west wall in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice sent out 20 Mar 2022Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color east wall of pantry in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice sent out 20 Mar 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant plaster material at east,north and south wall at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice sent out 20 Mar 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

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  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the east wall in the kitchen, 2nd story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 3rd room from north, 2nd story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the 1st door from east at south wall in the 1st room from north, 2nd story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009Doors and windows§ 27-2013

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department the ceiling, north wall, east wall in the bathroom, 2nd story at west

    Issued 11 Oct 2009Notice sent out 13 Oct 2009Walls 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.

  • Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Notice sent out 20 Mar 2022Paperwork and notices§ 329

18 closed violations, plus 2 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.

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective east wall ceramic tiles in the bathroom, 3rd story at east

    Issued 24 Nov 2025Violation dismissed 17 Mar 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department ceiling in the 4th room from north, 3rd story at east

    Issued 24 Nov 2025Violation dismissed 17 Mar 2026Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Remove device preventing door from being self-closing hook and eye installed on vestibule door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 24 Nov 2025Violation closed 11 Jan 2026Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of hot water exceeding the maximum allowable temparature of 130 degrees fahrenheit at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 24 Nov 2025Violation closed 11 Jan 2026Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Provide a safe and adequate supply of electric service to the fixtures no electricity supply for in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 23 Nov 2022Violation closed 23 May 2023Electrical§ 27-2037

  • Properly repair the broken or defective upper window sash,east wall in the 4th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Violation dismissed 6 Jul 2022Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color south wall in the 4th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Violation dismissed 6 Jul 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing within 15 feet of all sleeping areas in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Violation dismissed 6 Jul 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

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

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Violation dismissed 6 Jul 2022Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair and abate unsafe electric wiring condition consisting of exposed electrical wires at ceiling light fixture at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Violation dismissed 6 Jul 2022Electrical§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing within 15 feet of all sleeping areas in the entire apartment, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Violation dismissed 6 Jul 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Replace with new the broken or defective glass at upper window sash in the 2nd room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Violation dismissed 6 Jul 2022Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color north and south wall and ceiling in the 3rd room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Violation dismissed 6 Jul 2022Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective window lock at lower window sash,2nd window from north at east in the kitchen, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Violation dismissed 6 Jul 2022Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair the broken or defective spring balance at lower window sash in the bathroom, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Violation dismissed 6 Jul 2022Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective secondary entrance door in the 5th room from east, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Violation dismissed 15 Jun 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective in the entrance, 3rd story at north

    Issued 17 Mar 2022Violation dismissed 15 Jun 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2

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

    Issued 1 Nov 2019Violation closed 6 Apr 2020Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

74 violations on record in total, 54 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.

28 complaints in three years, 19 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Heat and hot water5 / 6
  • Pests1 / 5
  • Floors and stairs5 / 5
  • Doors and windows4 / 4
  • Noise0 / 4
  • Walls and ceilings1 / 1
  • Electrical1 / 1
  • Leaks and plumbing1 / 1
  • Construction and illegal work1 / 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.

3 cases, all closed.

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 5 Nov 2025

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 2 Dec 2022

  • Tenant Action

    Opened 29 Nov 2022

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)
Show 8 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 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

    IOANNIS LIKIDIS

    Public records list IOANNIS LIKIDIS as the registered managing agent for this address as of 16 Jul 2026. Source: HPD registration.

  • Owner of record

    2048 GATES AVE REALTY LLC

    Public records list 2048 GATES AVE REALTY LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 16 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 17 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 were 5 heat or hot-water complaints here in the last twelve months. Ask who handles heat, how quickly it is usually restored, and whether the boiler has been replaced.
  3. 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.
  4. This building dates from 1909 and has 4 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.
  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 4034860022 · Block 3486, Lot 22 · Building class C2