How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.
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The owner registered 4 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — essentially all of the building's 4 apartments.
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2018 — 4 units registered2019 — 4
421-a tax benefit · expires ~2033
A 421-a building's rent stabilization is tied to this tax benefit and generally ends when it expires — here, around 2033 (approximate, from DOF exemption records). Confirm your unit's status with NYS HCR.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.
The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
DOB building violations
0
Active
0
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.
No active DOB violations.
OATH/ECB violations and fines
No OATH/ECB violations on record for this building.
Evictions
No marshal-executed evictions on record for this building. Eviction cases filed in court but not carried out aren't included.
Housing court
Landlord and related buildings
Ownership & money
City debt & tax-lien sale
Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.
HPD housing-maintenance violations
12
Open now
27
On record
0
Open Class C
3
Open Class B
9
Open Class A
Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date.
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1LIssued 2023-11-22
§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 4 SQUARE FEET AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 16116470 ISSUED 24-JUL-23 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).
Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect
CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 2LIssued 2020-09-092 violations5+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2L, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT WEST
§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2L, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSApt 2LIssued 2023-07-262 violations
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2L, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2L, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS A · NON-HAZARDOUSIssued 2021-08-262 violations5+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT CEILING, NORTH, EAST AND WEST WALLS AT BULKHEAD TO ROOF
§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT CEILING, NORTH, EAST AND WEST WALLS AT BULKHEAD TO ROOF
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
311 complaints from tenants
17
All time
0
Last 12 months
Unsanitary Condition5
Water Leak4
Heat/Hot Water3
Paint/Plaster2
Plumbing1
Appliance1
Safety1
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-05-17 · closed
Heat/Hot WaterApartment Only2025-03-11 · closed
Unsanitary ConditionPests2024-08-13 · closed
Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.
Neighborhood noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
423
Noise reports · last 12 mo
35
≈ per month
44
% from neighbors
Residential188
Commercial87
Street/Sidewalk86
Unspecified35
Vehicle23
Park2
House of Worship1
Helicopter1
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.
Neighborhood crime
About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
171
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
14
≈ per month
Felony56
Misdemeanor81
Violation34
NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.
Housing court: repair & harassment cases
No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
RIDGEWOOD GROUP 1929 LLC
Head officer
BERL SCHLESINGER
Managing agent
Greeni Management
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
Ownership & money
6
Recorded sales
4
Mortgages / refinances
Last recorded sale2014-04-07 · $180,000
Most recent mortgage2016-12-01 · $850,000
Mortgage2016-12-01$850,000
borrower RIDGEWOOD GROUP 1929 LLC · lender INVESTORS BANK
Mortgage2016-01-08$250,000
borrower RIDGEWOOD GROUP 1929 LLC · lender CONTINENTAL CAPITAL GROUP LLC
Mortgage2015-02-19$300,000
borrower RIDGEWOOD GROUP 1929 LLC · lender CONTINENTAL CAPITAL GROUP LLC
Mortgage2015-02-19$350,000
borrower RIDGEWOOD GROUP 1929 LLC · lender CONTINENTAL CAPITAL GROUP LLC
Sale2014-04-07$180,000
BENENATI, VINCENT A → RIDGEWOOD GROUP 1929 LLC
From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.