Brooklyn · Block 2211 · Lot 50 · 11211

131 Penn Street

3 floors · 4 apartments · 2,394 sq ft · built 1931 · class C3 · owner of record: Gertner Two Irrevocable Trust

17open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
0HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
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Compliance deadlines

RequirementDueStatus
Annual property registration Applies
HPD registration · September 1 each year
What this is

Residential buildings with three or more units, and one- and two-family homes the owner doesn't occupy, register with HPD every year ($13 fee). An unregistered building can't start a nonpayment case in Housing Court and faces civil penalties. Agency page

OverdueRegistration expired 2026-09-01
Annual parapet observation Check
Local Law 126 · By December 31 each year
What this is

If the building has a parapet facing a street, sidewalk or other public way, a competent person (such as a mason, engineer or architect) must observe it every year and the owner keeps the report for DOB on request. Detached one- and two-family homes are exempt. Agency page

Dec 31, 2026
in 63 days
Keep the report on file (not filed with DOB)
Bedbug annual filing Applies
Local Law 69 · December 1 to 31 each year
What this is

Owners of multiple dwellings file their bedbug infestation history for the prior year with HPD and post or distribute it to tenants. Agency page

Dec 31, 2026
in 63 days
Annual
Annual notice: window guards and lead paint Applies
HPD / Health Code · January 1 to 16 each year
What this is

Deliver the annual notice to every unit asking whether a child lives there (window guards for children 10 and under; lead paint for children under 6 in pre-1960 buildings), then follow up on units that don't return it by mid-February. Agency page

Jan 16, 2027
in 79 days
Annual
Gas piping inspection (2028 cycle) Likely applies
Local Law 152 · During 2028
What this is

Buildings with gas piping (except one- and two-family homes) need a periodic gas piping inspection by a licensed master plumber every four years. Community district 1 is on the 2028 cycle; certification is filed with DOB after the inspection. Buildings with no gas piping file a certification instead. Agency page

Dec 31, 2028
in 794 days
Next cycle year 2028

Open violations

ECB / OATH (0)

None open.

DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (17) · C 0 · B 6 · A 11
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
May 5, 2026A(A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW.NYC.GOV\HPD, SEARCH BED BUGS.Aug 8, 2026
Jun 11, 2008AD26-12.01 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING & WALLS 3 STY PUB HALL.Sep 14, 2008
Jun 11, 2008AD26-10.01 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WALLS BASEMENT & 1ST STY PUB HALLS.Sep 14, 2008
Jun 11, 2008BD26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS ALL STYS PUB HALL.Jul 16, 2008
Jun 11, 2008BD26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE TREAD 4TH UP FROM CELLAR TO BASEMENT PUB HALL.Jul 16, 2008
Jun 11, 2008BD26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE TREAD 8TH UP FROM FROM CELLAR TO BASEMENT PUB HALL.Jul 16, 2008
Jun 11, 2008AD26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING GYPSUM BLOCK AT TOP OF EAST WALL OF BOILER ENCLOSURE CELLAR.Sep 14, 2008
Jun 11, 2008AD26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING PLASTER BOARD CLG CELLAR REAR EAST.Sep 14, 2008
Jun 11, 2008BD26-11.01, 11.03, 11.05 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE CELLAR REAR.Jul 16, 2008
Jun 11, 2008BD26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE EGRESS OBSTRUCTED. PROVIDE PROPER MEANS OF EGRESS BY REMOVING PARTITIONS FORMING CLOSET ENCLOSING SCUTTLE LADDER TO ROOF 3RD STY PUB HALL.Jul 16, 2008
Jun 11, 2008BD26-19.05 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 60 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT ILLUMINATION 3RD STY PUB HALL.Jul 16, 2008
Jun 11, 2008ASECTION 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION CONCRETE PORCH ERECTED 1ST STY LEVEL BLDG FRONT.Sep 14, 2008
Jun 11, 2008ASECTION 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION WALL WITH DOOR ERECTED AT 1ST STY PUB HALL REAR.Sep 14, 2008
Jun 11, 2008ASECTION 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION OPENING IN WALL WITH DOOR FRONT 131 PENN ST TO 133 PENN ST 1ST STY PUB HALL REAR.Sep 14, 2008
Jun 11, 2008ASECTION 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION STAIRWAY FROM BASEMENT PUB HALL SEALED WITH SHEETROCK TO 1 STY PUB HALL.Sep 14, 2008
Jun 11, 2008ASECTION 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION METAL ROOM ERECTED ON TOP OF EXTENSION 3RD STY LEVEL BLDG REAR.Sep 14, 2008
Jun 11, 2008AD26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BRICK RETAINING WALL AT REAR YARD.Sep 14, 2008

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City records as of Oct 29, 2026, 11:12 AM ET. BBL 3022110050.

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