Manhattan · Block 2158 · Lot 1 · 10040

1540 St Nicholas Avenue

5 floors · 23 apartments · 19,340 sq ft · built 1913 · class C7 · owner of record: Duke Associates Llc

8open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
4HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
47dto 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 47 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 47 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 63 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 291 days
Registered through 2027-09-01
Gas piping inspection (2027 cycle) Likely applies
Local Law 152 · During 2027
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 12 is on the 2027 cycle; certification is filed with DOB after the inspection. Buildings with no gas piping file a certification instead. Agency page

Dec 31, 2027
in 412 days
Next cycle year 2027
Annual boiler inspection (1 boiler) Applies
Boiler inspection · By December 31 each year
What this is

Boilers are inspected each calendar year and the report is filed in DOB NOW: Safety within 14 days of the inspection (low-pressure boilers in residential buildings of 5 or fewer families are exempt). Latest report on record: 2026-04-09 (Accepted). Agency page

On file2026 reports accepted

Open violations

ECB / OATH (2)
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Apr 17, 2008Construction Non-Hazardous
OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY THE BLDG DEPT RECORDS. NOTED: THERE ARE 2 APTS IN THE BASEMENT FLOOR OF THE BLDG WHERE SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE LIVING CONTRARY TO BLDG DEPT RECORDS. REMEDY: DISCONTINUE ILLEGAL
#34642337L
Oct 2, 2008
IN VIOLATION
$0
Apr 17, 2008Construction Non-Hazardous
WORK W/O A PERMIT. WORK NOTED: 2 APTS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE BLDG COMPLETE W/KITCHENS & BATHROOMS W/O PERMIT. WORK COMPLETE 100%. REMEDY: OBTAIN PERMIT OR RESTORE TO PRIOR LEGAL CONDITION.
#34642338N
Oct 2, 2008
IN VIOLATION
$0
DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Dec 15, 2025Boiler FTC-BE-EXT-LP
Violation Issued-Failure To File 2024 External Inspection Affirmation of Correction for LP Device
Active
HPD (5) · C 4 · B 1 · A 0
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Jun 7, 2023CApt 11 · § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT THE CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 11, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTJun 13, 2023
Jun 7, 2023B§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES CONSISTING OF AIR CONDITION UNIT PROTRUDING AT WINDOW AT 4TH STORY BALCONY WEST STACKJul 12, 2023
Jun 7, 2023CApt 11 · § 27-2024 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOT WATER FOR THE FIXTURES AT THE BATHTUB AND WASH BASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 11, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTJun 13, 2023
Jun 7, 2023CApt 11 · § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANE AT THE WEST LOWER SASH WINDOW IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 11, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTJun 13, 2023
Sep 24, 2019CApt 31 · HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 31, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTHOct 15, 2019

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City records as of Nov 14, 2026, 2:35 PM ET. BBL 1021580001.

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