Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
27
out of 100
Heaviest record of any building in Ridgewood
107 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, fixes 7% of violations on time, better than most landlords nearby.
1853 MADISON STREET · 6 apartments · built 1913 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- Fixes 7% of violations on time, better than most landlords nearby
- 6 apartments here are rent stabilized
- M train about 3 minutes away
Against it
- 107 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
Open and hazardous
107 violations the city still lists as unresolved
98 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 4 months.
- Lead paint24
- Disrepair23
- Fire & life safety15
- Plumbing9
- Pests7
- Other7
- Water leak6
- Electrical6
- Paint / plaster5
- Refuse / sanitation3
- Structural1
- Heat / hot water1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 99% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2007-05-04 and remains open on HPD’s records.