Brooklyn · Block 639 · Lot 58 · 11232

137 21 Street

3 floors · 5 apartments · 4,560 sq ft · built 1900 · class C2 · owner of record: Spinka Partners Llc

8open violations
$6,250ECB/OATH penalties owed
0HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
67dto Bedbug annual filing

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Compliance deadlines

RequirementDueStatus
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 67 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 67 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 83 days
Annual
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

Sep 1, 2027
in 311 days
Registered through 2027-09-01
Gas piping inspection (2029 cycle) Likely applies
Local Law 152 · During 2029
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 7 is on the 2029 cycle; certification is filed with DOB after the inspection. Buildings with no gas piping file a certification instead. Agency page

Dec 31, 2029
in 1163 days
Next cycle year 2029

Open violations

ECB / OATH (4) · $6,250 owed
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Sep 9, 2019Construction CLASS - 1
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDGS WALL OR APPURTENANCES. NOTED: AT FRONT EXTERIOR WALL-EXP#1 MISSING BRICKS AT 4 AREAS IN VARIOUS PART OF FRONT WALL& MISSING SILICONE NEXT WINDOW AT 2ND FL EXPOSING STRUCTURE OF FACADE.
#35443962L
Jan 22, 2021
DEFAULT
$6,250
Dec 20, 2017Construction CLASS - 2
WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS &/OR APPROVEDAMENDMENTS. NOTED: CONSTRUCTION WORK UNDER ALTERATION TYPE#2 DOB JOB PERMIT#321494780 ISSUED ON 11-28-17 EXP ON 11-17-18 APPROVED PLANS DATE
#35294872L
Feb 5, 2018
IN VIOLATION
$0
Nov 30, 1992Construction Non-Hazardous
WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. WORK NOTED. NEW BRICK FACADE INSTALLED WITH NEWMORTAR JOINTS AND BRICKWORK AS WELL. FRONT AND REAR WINDOWS REDUCED OLD REDUCED STILLS REMIAN IN PLACE AT REAR APPROX. SIZE OF REDUCTIONS
#34083904K
Feb 8, 1993
WRITTEN OFF
$0
Nov 30, 1992Construction Non-Hazardous
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN. DEFECTS 2ND FLOOR APT. FLOOR IS SAGGING APPROX. 6' TO 1' A TEMPORARY PLYWOOD PATCH IN PLACE BY BATHROOM APPROX.2'X4' AND TWO DIFFERENT FLOOR LEVELS IN QUESTION. REMEDY:MAKE ALL NECESSARY
#34083905M
Feb 8, 1993
WRITTEN OFF
$0
DOB (3)
IssuedViolationStatus
Aug 23, 2023CONSTRUCTION
LETTER DATED 11/01/2021 THE DOB NOTIFIED YOU OF ITS INTENT TO REVOKE THE APPROVED PERMIT ISSUED FOR WORK ON THE ADDRESS LISTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 28-104.10 & 28105.10 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. THE DOB HAS NET RECEIVED SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO ALLOW APPROVAL FOR THE PERMIT.
#23-02425
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Aug 23, 2023CONSTRUCTION
LETTER DATED 11/01/2021 THE DOB NOTIFIED YOU OF ITS INTENT TO REVOKE THE APPROVED PERMIT ISSUED FOR WORK ON THE ADDRESS LISTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 28-104.10 & 28105.10 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. THE DOB HAS NET RECEIVED SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO ALLOW APPROVAL FOR THE PERMIT.
#23-02426
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Apr 16, 2018CONSTRUCTION
BOROUGH COMM. HAS REVOKED PERMIT#321494780 ON APRIL 13,2018 STOP ALL W ORK IMMEDIATELY AND MAKE SITE SAFE
#0701VB
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (2) · C 0 · B 0 · A 0
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Dec 4, 2024I§27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PENALTIES, PROHIBITED FROM CERTIFYING VIOLATIONS, AND DENIED THE RIGHT TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF PREMISES FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT UNTIL A VALID R—
Nov 24, 2025I§27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PENALTIES, PROHIBITED FROM CERTIFYING VIOLATIONS, AND DENIED THE RIGHT TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF PREMISES FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT UNTIL A VALID R—

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City records as of Oct 24, 2026, 1:55 PM ET. BBL 3006390058.

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