61-11 Catalpa Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Built 1930 · 4-story walk-up · 8 apartments
5 immediately hazardous violations open. 16 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.
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- Open violations
- 165 · 9 · 2
- Public record
- Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.
Violations issued each year
| Year | Hazardous | Non-hazardous |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 so far | 0 | 0 |
Plus 12 violations from 2014 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.
See every violation- Found most often since 2022
- Heat and hot water 4
- Fire and safety equipment 1
- Open per apartment
- 2 (16 open across 8 apartments)
- Inspector last found a problem
- 1 Mar 2023 (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
Last winter (2025–26), the city received heat or hot-water complaints about this building on 1 day.
| Winter | DaysDays with complaints | Complaints | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1 | 4 | 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 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.
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 1 Mar 2023Notice sent out 1 Mar 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
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.. at public hall, 1st story
Issued 23 Feb 2023Notice sent out 23 Feb 2023Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective... in the entrance, 4th story at north
Issued 25 Nov 2022Notice certified late 20 Dec 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2
Provide ready access to buildings heating system door locked at basement
Issued 25 Nov 2022Notice certified late 20 Dec 2022Heat and hot water§ 27-2033
Provide an adequate supply of heat for the apartment in the 1st room from east at south, 4th story at north
Issued 25 Nov 2022Notice certified late 20 Dec 2022Heat and hot water§ 27-2029
Hazardous9 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 wood base cabinet at sink in the kitchen, 3rd story
Issued 19 Oct 2014Notice sent out 19 Oct 2014Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005
Repair the flushing apparatus and maintain same so as to flush effectively the water closet --- in the bathroom, 3rd story
Issued 19 Oct 2014Notice sent out 19 Oct 2014§ 27-2026
Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic tiles at walls in the bathroom, 3rd story
Issued 19 Oct 2014Notice sent out 19 Oct 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 3rd story
Issued 19 Oct 2014Notice sent out 19 Oct 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1
Properly repair the broken or defective over at gas range in the kitchen, 3rd story
Issued 19 Oct 2014Notice sent out 19 Oct 2014Appliances§ 27-2005
Properly repair the broken or defective bell & return buzzer system in the entire apartment, 3rd story
Issued 19 Oct 2014Notice sent out 19 Oct 2014Entry, buzzer and mail§ 27-2005
Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 3rd story
Issued 19 Oct 2014Notice sent out 19 Oct 2014Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045
Replace with new the broken or defective gaskit at refrigerator door in the kitchen, 3rd story
Issued 19 Oct 2014Notice sent out 19 Oct 2014Appliances§ 27-2005
Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color walls & ceiling in the entire apartment, 3rd story
Issued 19 Oct 2014Notice sent out 19 Oct 2014Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005
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.
File plans and application and legalize the following alteration or restore to the legal condition existing prior to the making of said alteration drop ceiling in the kitchen, 3rd story
Issued 19 Oct 2014Notice sent out 19 Oct 2014Walls and ceilings§ 300
Abate the nuisance consisting of rusty buthrub in the bathroom, 3rd story
Issued 19 Oct 2014Notice sent out 19 Oct 2014§ 27-2005 +1
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.
×2Post, 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
2 issued 23 Feb 2023 to 1 Mar 2023Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2005
×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 23 Feb 2023 to 1 Mar 2023Notice sent outPaperwork and notices§ 27-2046.1
Post 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
Issued 1 Mar 2023Notice sent out 1 Mar 2023Paperwork and notices§ 27-2104
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 31 Dec 2020Invalid certification 12 Jan 2021Paperwork and notices§ 329
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.
Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective.. in the entrance, 2nd story at east
Issued 28 Dec 2021Violation closed 24 Apr 2022Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +2
36 violations on record in total, 22 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.
5 complaints in three years, 4 of them in the last twelve months.
- Heat and hot water4 / 4
- Pests0 / 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.
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 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 (2024 report)
- 2025No infested units reported (2023 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.
Owner of record and managing agent
SALVATORE ZERILLI
Public records list SALVATORE ZERILLI as the owner of record and the registered managing agent for this address as of 3 Nov 2025. Source: HPD registration.
Owner of record
GIUSEPPE ZERILLI
Public records list GIUSEPPE ZERILLI as the owner of record for this address as of 3 Nov 2025. Source: HPD registration.
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What to ask at the viewing
61-11 Catalpa 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 were 4 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 16 open housing violations: 5 immediately hazardous, 9 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 heat and hot water (4) and fire and safety equipment (1).
On 1 Mar 2023. 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.
In the 2025–26 heat season the city received heat or hot-water complaints on 1 day, and HPD issued 0 heat violations.
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 4036250001 · Block 3625, Lot 1 · Building class C1