Small Ridgewood walk-up with open registration gaps, surrounding curb friction, and nearby commercial kitchen venting calls.
A six-unit Ridgewood walk-up held under the Patané name since 1998, with Giovanni Patané listed as head officer. The building shows no open physical habitability violations inside, but it carries administrative paperwork gaps and commercial street activity nearby. Three things to know:
Eight open administrative violations, mostly unfiled paperwork. The building carries eight open administrative violations on file, alternating between missing property registration statements and unfiled annual bedbug reports. None of these involve physical habitability defects like leaks or heat outages, but the recurring gaps mean administrative filings aren't being kept up.
Nearby food establishment calls point to potential exhaust bleed. Four food establishment calls were logged within three blocks over the last year, most recently on May 13, 2026. Kitchen odors and exhaust fuming can bleed through shared air shafts or lightwells depending on where your unit sits relative to ground-floor retail.
Curb space within three blocks is tightly contested. Within three blocks, neighbors logged 166 illegal parking calls—mostly hydrants and blocked sidewalks—and 150 blocked driveway reports over the last year. Curb space and driveway access around this blockface are actively contested.
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553 Woodward Avenue is a 6-unit building in Queens, New York City (BBL 4033900009). This building is associated with Patane, Maria. Brix tracks 8 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1915, this walk-up apartment building sits in Queens and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on February 27, 1998, according to recorded deeds.
Brix score: 46/100. View the Building Report on Brix.
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