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551 Ridgewood Realty Inc.

Corporate Owner·1 building·9 units
1.4

1 reviews

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Reviews

Former tenant·9 minutes ago

Bully Owners and Managers

Pros

Apartments are a good size

Cons

The manager is unresponsive, and clueless, they have one maintenance guy that has apparent health concerns and not certified, doesn’t speak English and does shoddy work and repairs.

Advice to the owners

They need to fix the very old and broken plumbing, electrical and structural issues. They need to stop bullying tenants and lying to the tenants. They need to follow regulations and laws and stop putting bandaids on the repairs. They need to let the tenants know who they can speak to when tenants ask for names so they can speak DIRECTLY to someone. These people are slumlords and bully people that are not informed of their rights. Last year there was hardly any heat or hot water provided and this year there was absolutely no heat during the coldest days in NYC and had to be reported in order for them to fix it. There are disabled children and elderly that live here and they had to endure no heat. These owners should have to face their tenants that pay rent on time. These owners hide.

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Rent-stabilized

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1.4(1)

Cypress Hills

Building ratings

Cleanliness

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Trash management

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Pest control

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Water pressure

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Heat

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Neighbors

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Noise levels

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Owner responsiveness

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Cleanliness

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Trash management

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Pest control

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Water pressure

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Heat

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Neighbors

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Noise levels

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Owner responsiveness

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Rents and deposits

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Renters received their security deposits back

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Electronic rent payments

Open violations

From past 10 years · Updated 5 days ago

Average violations per unit for this owner or associate is worse than the city average.

Owner average1.44Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
4Class C
Immediately hazardous

Rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts

4Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

5Class A
Non-hazardous

No peephole on a door, no street number on the building, unlawful keeping of animals

0Class I
Missing info

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

5

551 Ridgewood Realty Inc.

Corporate Owner·1 building·9 units
1.4

1 reviews

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