558 Ridgewood Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11208

558 Ridgewood Avenue is a three-story, three-unit New Law tenement building located in Cypress Hills and owned by Francesco Santoni. Built in 1899, this property has experienced recurring sanitation issues in recent years, with multiple complaints regarding garbage/recycling storage violations being documented between 2023 and 2025. Most notably, three unsanitary condition complaints specifically related to garbage storage were filed in 2025, with one resulting in violations.

The building has also faced sewage-related issues, with a complaint in April 2025 that could not be inspected due to access issues. Two open violations from 2023 and 2024 require attention: one regarding the accumulation of refuse and rubbish at the basement door (2023) and another concerning the filing of the annual bedbug report (2024), which has been a recurring issue since 2021. The property has recently undergone rodent inspections in 2025, with findings of rat activity recorded in May and June.

These inspections were in response to ongoing hygiene concerns within the building. The Department of Buildings shows records of permits issued in June 2019 for plumbing and exterior work, though the specific nature of these improvements is not detailed in the available data. While the building has had several HPD inspections and service requests over the past few years, many have resulted in either no violations being found or the closure of complaints, indicating some degree of responsiveness to regulatory oversight, though significant sanitation issues remain persistent.