61-27 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Built 1930 · 4-story walk-up · 8 apartments
4 immediately hazardous violations open. 6 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.
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- Open violations
- 64 · 2
- Public record
- Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 13 violations from 2005 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Fire and safety equipment 3
- Walls and ceilings 2
- Lead paint 1
- Open per apartment
- 0.8 (6 open across 8 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 4 Dec 2022 (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 filingThe 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 violationImmediately hazardous4 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 infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 4th story at north
Issued 4 Dec 2022Not complied with 20 Jul 2023Pests§ 27-2017.4
Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked in the cellar
Issued 27 Jan 2021Not complied with 20 Jul 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Remove the illegal fastening lockable latch installed at pvc fence at rear yard yard
Issued 27 Jan 2021Not complied with 20 Jul 2023Roof and outside the building§ 27-2005 +1
Provide ready access to buildings heating system door to boiler room lock at cellar
Issued 29 Dec 2010Not complied with 20 Jul 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Hazardous2 open
Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.
Dept. rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes at 3rd stry balcony at rear yard
Issued 27 Jan 2021Not complied with 20 Jul 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceilings and walls throughout in the entire apartment, 3rd story
Issued 15 Sept 2005First no access to re- inspect violation 27 Jul 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Paperwork and notices3 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.
×2File 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.
2 issued 12 Jun 2025 to 7 May 2026Notice sent outPaperwork and notices
Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the mail box missing at public hall, 1st story
Issued 26 Jul 2023Notice sent out 30 Jul 2023Paperwork and notices§ 27-2045
14 closed violations, plus 9 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.
Trace and repair the source and abate the visible mold condition... approx 36 square feet at ceiling in the bathroom, 4th story at north
Issued 27 Jan 2021Violation closed 4 Oct 2023Mold and damp§ 27-2017.3
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 = 8, wg to replace = 0, wg to repair = 2 in the entire apartment, 4th story at north
Issued 4 Dec 2022Violation closed 17 Aug 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1
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) baseboard at east wall in the 2nd room from north, 4th story at north
Issued 4 Dec 2022Violation closed 26 Jul 2023Lead paint§ 27-2056.6
Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). missing in the entire apartment, 4th story at north
Issued 4 Dec 2022Violation closed 20 Jul 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 4th story at north
Issued 4 Dec 2022Violation closed 20 Jul 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department.. east wall in the 2nd room from north, 4th story at north
Issued 4 Dec 2022Violation closed 20 Jul 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department all peeling paint surfaces in the private hallway, the 5th room from north at east, the 5th room from east, the kitchen, 4th story at north
Issued 4 Dec 2022Violation closed 20 Jul 2023Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013
Remove the illegal fastening lockable slidebolt installed at door leading to fire passage way (cellar front) at cellar
Issued 27 Jan 2021Violation closed 20 Jul 2023Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1
Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the entire apartment, 4th story at north
Issued 27 Jan 2021Violation dismissed 20 Jul 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2029
Remove the illegal fastening lockable slidebolt installed at door at firepassage way (building front ) southeast
Issued 27 Jan 2021Violation closed 20 Jul 2023Doors and windows§ 27-2005 +1
Fire egress defective. remove the obstruction in fireproof passageway door erected with key operated lock at north east rear
Issued 27 Jan 2021Violation closed 20 Jul 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1
Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 4th story
Issued 29 Dec 2010Violation closed 20 Jul 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 4th story
Issued 29 Dec 2010Violation closed 20 Jul 2023Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Arrange and make self-closing the doors.. in the entrance, 4th story at north
Issued 27 Jan 2021Violation closed 16 Feb 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005
32 violations on record in total, 9 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.
4 complaints in three years, 1 of them in the last twelve months.
- Noise1 / 4
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.
1 case, all closed.
Tenant Action/Harassment
Opened 29 Dec 2014
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.
- 20251 eviction
- 20181 eviction
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.
- 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
Show 1 earlier reportShow fewer
- 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
KEVIN CAO
Public records list KEVIN CAO as the registered managing agent for this address as of 31 Mar 2026. Source: HPD registration.
Other buildings listed under this agent (1 in the records we hold)
- 61-30 Woodbine Street91 open violations · no reviews yet
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Owner of record
KAI ESTATES LLC
Public records list KAI ESTATES LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 31 Mar 2026. Source: HPD registration.
Other buildings listed under this owner (1 in the records we hold)
- 61-30 Woodbine Street91 open violations · no reviews yet
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What to ask at the viewing
61-27 Madison Street, 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 4 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.
- The city recorded 1 mould violation here, most recently in 2021, 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.
- The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2024). 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 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 6 open housing violations: 4 immediately hazardous, 2 hazardous and 0 non-hazardous. Paperwork filings, such as a late registration, are not counted.
Since 2022, HPD inspectors have written the most violations here for fire and safety equipment (3), walls and ceilings (2) and lead paint (1).
On 4 Dec 2022. HPD only publishes inspections that found something, so a later visit that found nothing would not show here.
The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments. A tenant can ask the state for an apartment's rent history to be sure.
No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here in the 2025–26 heat season.
City marshals carried out 2 residential evictions here since 2017. The record says nothing about why, and most follow a case for unpaid rent.
Not yet. Reviews come from people who lived here, and none has been published for this building.
BBL 4036140046 · Block 3614, Lot 46 · Building class C1