961 Seneca Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Built 1931 · 5-story walk-up · 6 apartments
5 immediately hazardous violations open. 7 open in all.
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- Open violations
- 75 · 2
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 1 |
Plus 2 violations from 2015 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Super and management 2
- Heat and hot water 1
- Fire and safety equipment 1
- Open per apartment
- 1.2 (7 open across 6 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 7 Sept 2026 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?Where each of these comes from
- 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.
Tenant reviews
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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.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 filingThis building is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.
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 violationImmediately hazardous5 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 key operated lock installed at door leading to fire escape window in the 2nd room from north at east, 2nd story at south
Issued 27 Oct 2022Notice sent out 27 Oct 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Remove all obstructions from water closet in the 1st bathroom from north at west, 2nd story at south
Issued 27 Oct 2022Notice sent out 27 Oct 2022§ 27-2026
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 missing at public hall, 1st story
Issued 20 Jul 2022Invalid certification 2 Aug 2022Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Remove all obstructions from water closet.. in the bathroom, 2nd story at south
Issued 27 Apr 2022Invalid certification 8 May 2022§ 27-2026
Provide hot water at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east
Issued 28 Dec 2016Notice sent out 29 Dec 2016Heat and hot water§ 27-2031
Non-hazardous2 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.
×2Post sign on wall of entrance story bearing name, address including apartment number if any, and telephone number of superintendent, janitor or housekeeper. at public hall, 1st story
2 issued 27 Oct 2022 to 7 Sept 2026Notice sent outSuper and management§ 27-2053
Paperwork and notices17 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
Issued 7 Sept 2026Notice sent out 7 Sept 2026Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005
×3Post and maintain a proper sign on wall of entrance story showing the registration number assigned by the department and the address of the building. at public hall, 1st story
3 issued 20 Jul 2022 to 7 Sept 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2104
×2Dept. 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 missing at public hall, 1st story
2 issued 20 Jul 2022 to 7 Sept 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 329
×2Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agencys housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd. at public hall, 1st story
2 issued 20 Jul 2022 to 7 Sept 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 26-1103
Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by commissioner, in a common area of a class a multiple dwelling near inspection certificate or provide notice to tenants in private dwellings
Issued 7 Sept 2026Notice sent out 7 Sept 2026Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045 +2
Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mailbox at public hall, 1st story
Issued 7 Sept 2026Notice sent out 7 Sept 2026Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045 +1
Dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame readily accessible for signature, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor at at public hall, 1st story
Issued 27 Oct 2022Notice sent out 30 Oct 2022Paperwork and notices§ 329
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
Issued 27 Oct 2022Notice sent out 30 Oct 2022Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005
Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of the agencys housing information guide. a sample notice can be found at www.nyc.gov/hpd.
Issued 27 Oct 2022Notice sent out 30 Oct 2022Paperwork 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 27 Oct 2022Notice sent out 30 Oct 2022Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045
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×2Post 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.
2 issued 20 Jul 2022 to 27 Oct 2022Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1
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 20 Jul 2022Notice sent out 20 Jul 2022Paperwork and notices§ 27-2005
1 closed violation, plus 13 closed paperwork filingsShow fewer
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 the broken or defective lock on entrance door to building. at public hall, 1st story
Issued 7 Apr 2015Violation closed 28 Dec 2015Doors and windows§ 27-2005
38 violations on record in total, 24 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.
Complaints to the city
Public complaintComplaints 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.
10 complaints in three years, 4 of them in the last twelve months.
- Noise0 / 4
- Garbage and cleanliness3 / 3
- Elevator0 / 2
- Pests1 / 1
Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.
Court records
Court recordHousing 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.
2 cases, all closed.
Tenant Action/Harassment
Opened 19 Oct 2022No harassment found
Heat and Hot Water
Opened 1 Mar 2017
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 filingBuilding 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 (2023 report)
- 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
- 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
- 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
- 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
- 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)
Ownership and management
Public filingAssociations 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
MOS SING
Public records list MOS SING as the registered managing agent for this address as of 13 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.
Owner of record
SENECA AVE ESTATES LLC
Public records list SENECA AVE ESTATES LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 13 Aug 2025. Source: HPD registration.
Wrong company, wrong date, or a change that is not reflected here? Report a correction.
What to ask at the viewing
961 Seneca Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385
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.
- The city currently has 5 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.
- 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.
- 17 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.
- Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
- 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
Yes. HPD lists 7 open housing violations: 5 immediately hazardous, 0 hazardous and 2 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for super and management (2), heat and hot water (1) and fire and safety equipment (1).
On 7 Sept 2026. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
It is not on the state's list of buildings with rent-stabilized apartments for 2024. That is not proof none are: an owner who did not register is missing from the list too.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
No residential evictions by a city marshal are recorded here since 2017.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
BBL 4035730007 · Block 3573, Lot 7 · Building class C2