1822 Madison Street, Queens, NY 11385

1822 Madison Street is a 6-unit, 3-story "New Law Tenement" building constructed in 1913 in Ridgewood, currently owned by Eduard Skiber. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues over the past several years, with multiple emergency complaints filed between 2019 and 2023 about the entire building lacking these essential services.

Most recently, a complaint in December 2023 was documented as addressed, though prior inspections in February 2023 and January 2022 were unable to gain access to verify conditions. The building has also faced significant structural and safety concerns, including open violations from 2023 related to concrete repairs needed on stairs (both risers and treads) at the front entrance, and multiple failures to file required annual bedbug reports, with the most recent violations from March 2023 still listed as open. Additional safety violations from 2021 require the posting of various safety notices in the first-story public hall, including gas leak procedures and heating system information, along with the need for proper illumination and building registration signage.

The building's maintenance history includes active Department of Buildings violations as of September 2024 for failure to file the 2023 external low-pressure inspection, and a prior violation from 2019 for not filing the 2017 boiler inspection report. The property has undergone regular rodent inspections, with the most recent in September 2024 passing clean, though there were multiple bait applications and documented rat activity in 2019, indicating previous infestation issues. While some heat and safety issues appear to have been addressed temporarily when inspectors arrived, the pattern of complaints and violations suggests ongoing challenges with building systems and compliance requirements.