Neighborhood Risk Rankings · Queens / Ridgewood
Ridgewood.
80 buildings ranked by open violation count. Browse the rankings, then audit any address to see what a listing won't tell you.
Highest count
191.
Worst single building in Ridgewood.
Buildings ranked
80
From NYC PLUTO seed
Visible risk signals
6,874
DOB + HPD combined
Median signal count
77
Per building, mid-pack
Highest-signal building
191
Worst single BBL
Ridgewood occupies the southwest corner of Queens, bordering Bushwick to the west and Glendale to the east. The housing stock is unusually consistent — long blocks of brick row houses built between 1900 and 1930, plus a meaningful tier of 4- to 6-story rent-stabilized walk-ups along Myrtle, Forest, and Fresh Pond Roads. Ridgewood has one of NYC's largest contiguous landmark-district zones (the Ridgewood North and Ridgewood South Historic Districts, plus several smaller HDs), which constrains façade work but doesn't prevent ordinary compliance issues. The list below ranks Ridgewood buildings by current open HPD violations.
Ranked by open violations
80 Ridgewood buildings worth a closer look.
Rankings start with visible maintenance-risk signals. Open any address to review the full audit: violations, permits, filings, fines, flood exposure, and neighborhood context.
Ridgewood FAQ
Frequently asked about Ridgewood buildings.
Why is so much of Ridgewood landmark-district-protected?
Ridgewood was unusual in being built almost entirely in a single 30-year wave (1900-1930) by a small group of developers, producing remarkably consistent block-after-block row houses. NYC's Landmarks Preservation Commission designated several Ridgewood HDs in the 1980s-2010s to protect this architectural consistency. Most central Ridgewood is inside one of these HDs — façade and window work requires LPC review.
Are Ridgewood row houses a compliance concern?
Generally low — Ridgewood row houses average meaningfully fewer open violations than the borough mean. The main risks are unpermitted renovations (often pre-current-owner), façade work without LPC sign-off inside the historic districts, and a smaller tier of illegal-conversion issues. The audit's DOB permit history catches most of these before contract.
Are Ridgewood walk-up apartments rent-stabilized?
Most pre-1974 6+ unit Ridgewood walk-ups are rent-stabilized through standard rules. The neighborhood has retained one of Queens's deepest stabilized supplies. The audit's DHCR check shows current status; many Ridgewood tenants pay stabilized rents without realizing.
How does Ridgewood compare to Bushwick on violations?
Ridgewood averages meaningfully fewer per-building open violations than Bushwick — partly because Ridgewood's stock is more consistent and well-preserved, and partly because Ridgewood landlord portfolios have generally been less aggressive. The Bushwick-Ridgewood ZIP boundary (along Wyckoff and Cypress Avenues) is one of the sharper compliance gradients in NYC.
Is Ridgewood in a FEMA flood zone?
No — Ridgewood sits on the highest elevation in Queens (Ridgewood Reservoir was once located here) and the entire neighborhood is outside FEMA's high-risk flood zones. This is one of the few NYC neighborhoods where flood-zone risk is essentially zero for residential property.
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