Brooklyn · Block 2242 · Lot 52 · 11206

155 Lorimer Street

4 floors · 3 apartments · 5,740 sq ft · built 1931 · class C0 · owner of record: Karpen, Esther

9open 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 70 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 70 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 86 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 801 days
Next cycle year 2028

Open violations

ECB / OATH (1)
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Oct 23, 2015Construction CLASS - 1
WORK W/O A PERMIT.DOB RECORDS INDICATE BLDG AS A CLASS 4 WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE.AT TIME OF INSP.FOUND A 4 STORY MASONRY(CMU)BLOCK STRUCTURE.OBSERVED FROM WEST SIDE OF PREMISES,WHERE ADJACENT PROPERTIES BLDG HAS B
#35135665K
Dec 21, 2016
IN VIOLATION
$0
DOB (7)
IssuedViolationStatus
May 21, 2024CONSTRUCTION
FOUNDATION WALL ON EXP 4 IS BULGING
#24-01414
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
May 16, 2019CONSTRUCTION
COMMISIONERS REQUEST FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION NOTED: ECB VIO # 35135665K FAILURE TO PROVIDE REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS, WITH FIRE GUARD REQUESTED
#CER02DM
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Oct 23, 2015CONSTRUCTION

#CN0111KS
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Jun 13, 2012CONSTRUCTION

#0103SP
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Apr 19, 2001CONSTRUCTION
HAZARDOUS
#01EM07
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Sep 28, 2000CONSTRUCTION

#C01HD01
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Feb 8, 2000CONSTRUCTION

#0101RB
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (1) · C 0 · B 1 · A 0
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
May 28, 2019BApt 3 · § 300, 301, 302, M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE PREMISES TO PRIOR LEGAL CONDITION 4TH STORY ERECTED WITH ROOMS AND BALCONY AND USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH 3RD STORY APARTMENT. LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST Jul 2, 2019

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Always confirm on the city's own systems before acting: DOB BIS property profile · DOB NOW · HPD Online · Pay ECB/OATH penalties (CityPay)

City records as of Oct 22, 2026, 4:33 AM ET. BBL 3022420052.

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