61-49 Madison Street, Queens, NY 11385

The 61-49 Madison Street building, located in Ridgewood, is a four-story, 8-unit New Law tenement owned by Josephine Corso and constructed in 1930. The property has exhibited several maintenance issues over the past decade, with the most recent concerns centering around bedbug reporting compliance.

Notably, the building received violations in both 2021 and 2023 for failing to file annual bedbug reports, though recent filings from 2023-2024 show zero infested or eradicated units. In 2018, multiple violations were documented, including the presence of encumbering household items in the fourth-story public hall, a freestanding radiator nuisance in the third and fourth-story halls, and concerns regarding self-closing doors at the roof bulkhead. Additionally, there were issues with flower pots obstructing fire escape egress on the second-story balcony in 2018.

The building's mechanical systems have also presented challenges, as evidenced by a 2021 boiler violation that resulted in a $655 penalty, citing missing components and inadequate lighting. While the property has maintained regular rodent inspections, showing compliance in 2015 and 2011, there were initial failures recorded in both years, suggesting some persistent pest management challenges. The most recent bedbug reporting history, showing consistent zero infestation counts from 2020 through 2025, indicates successful management of this particular issue, though the previous reporting violations suggest periods of non-compliance.