1872 Madison Street, Queens, NY 11385

The 6-unit, 3-story New Law Tenement building at 1872 Madison Street in Ridgewood, owned by Mary Ann Tscherne and built in 1911, has experienced significant maintenance issues in recent years. Most notably, in late 2024 and early 2025, the building received multiple HPD violations related to safety concerns, including failures to maintain carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, as well as issues with mold and unsanitary conditions.

Several emergency maintenance requests from December 2024 included problems with plumbing fixtures (toilets and sinks), electrical systems, door frames, and general sanitation. The building currently has open violations regarding the failure to file external low-pressure system inspections for 2020, 2021, and 2022, which were issued in mid-2023. Previous inspection records from 2019 highlighted several safety and maintenance concerns, including damaged door components, maintenance of public hallways, and the need for proper gas leak notification procedures.

The building has maintained compliance with rodent inspections, passing all seven inspections conducted between 2016 and 2024, most recently in September 2024. Despite these recurring maintenance issues, there is evidence of some regulatory compliance efforts, with several emergency service requests being addressed, though many violations remain open to date. The property has also consistently received annual bedbug reporting violation notices from 2021 to 2024, indicating a pattern of non-compliance with this specific requirement.