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18-23 Stephen Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1931 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 6 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. 17 violations before that, the first in 1990.

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Open per apartment
1 (6 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
27 May 2017 (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.

  • Remove or cover in a manner approved by the department the peeling lead paint east wall window sills front room 2 sty north an apartment ms rosa berkel 718 497 6979 jazmayme 8 months old er1., section '' ''

    Issued 12 Oct 1999Violation will be reinspected 28 Nov 2000Lead paint§ 27-2013

Hazardous4 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 mice, 2nd story at east

    Issued 27 May 2017Not complied with 31 Jul 2017Pests§ 27-2018

  • 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

    Issued 29 May 2002Notice sent out 11 Sept 2007Electrical§ 27-2040

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of vermin mice and roaches 2 sty an apartment., 2nd story, section '' ''

    Issued 8 Nov 1999Notice sent out 11 Sept 2007Pests§ 27-2018

  • Provide adequate light of not less than 60 watts incandescent or equivalent illumination vestibule.

    Issued 26 Oct 1990Notice sent out 20 Aug 2008Electrical§ D26-19.05

Non-hazardous1 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.

  • Refit windows thruout 3 sty an apartment., section '' ''

    Issued 3 Feb 1999Notice sent out 11 Sept 2007Doors and windows§ 27-2005

Paperwork and notices6 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.

  • ×6File 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.

    6 issued 16 Apr 2021 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices

11 closed violations, plus 9 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.

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the 2nd room from north, the 5th room from north, the kitchen, 2nd story at east

    Issued 27 May 2017Violation dismissed 10 Sept 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • 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 = 2; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 0;, 2nd story at east

    Issued 27 May 2017Violation dismissed 10 Sept 2017Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

  • Provide in accordance with the rules and regulations of this department a waterproof floor and base for the water closet wood floor in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 27 May 2017Violation dismissed 10 Sept 2017Floors and stairs§ 27-2064

  • Post 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

    Issued 27 May 2017Violation dismissed 10 Sept 2017Super and management§ 27-2053

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

    Issued 27 May 2017Violation dismissed 10 Sept 2017Doors and windows§ 27-2013

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

    Issued 27 May 2017Violation dismissed 10 Sept 2017Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Paint metal in accordance with dept. regulation the 1st riser from north at east wall, 1st radiator from north at east wall in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 27 May 2017Violation dismissed 10 Sept 2017Heat and hot water§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... apprx. 3 sq.ft at west wall, 1st window frame from west at north wall in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 27 May 2017Violation closed 31 Jul 2017Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Replace with new the broken or defective upper sash pane glass at first widow at north in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 27 May 2017Violation closed 31 Jul 2017§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of roaches, 2nd story at east

    Issued 27 May 2017Violation closed 31 Jul 2017Pests§ 27-2018

  • 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) north wall, south wall, east wall in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 27 May 2017Violation closed 2 Jul 2017Lead paint§ 27-2056.6

32 violations on record in total, 12 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.

No bedbug report on file for this building. That usually means the owner did not file one, not that there is nothing to 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

    SALVATORE ALAGNA

    Public records list SALVATORE ALAGNA as the registered managing agent for this address as of 9 Oct 2025. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (2 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    18-23 STEPHEN STREET REALTY LLC

    Public records list 18-23 STEPHEN STREET REALTY LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 9 Oct 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 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 city recorded 1 mould violation here, most recently in 2017, all since closed. Closed means the city stopped checking, not that the damp is gone. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  3. This building dates from 1931 and has 1 open lead-paint violation on record. If a child under six will live here, ask what testing and remediation has been done and ask for it in writing.
  4. 6 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. No bedbug report has ever been filed here, so the record cannot tell you the building's history — ask.
  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 4035750056 · Block 3575, Lot 56 · Building class C2