Brooklyn · Block 1767 · Lot 42 · 11206

158 Tompkins Avenue

3 floors · 3 apartments · 1,800 sq ft · built 1931 · class C0 · owner of record: Sternberger, Joel

11open violations
$3,125ECB/OATH penalties owed
0HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
Overdueto Annual property registration

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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 2025-09-01
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 60 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 60 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 76 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 3 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 791 days
Next cycle year 2028

Open violations

ECB / OATH (2) · $3,125 owed
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Mar 12, 2021Boilers CLASS - 2
UNREGISTERED BOILER. IN 3RD FLOOR APARTMENT, MAINTAIN BOILER; REGISTERED BOILER
#39037589Y
Feb 16, 2022
DEFAULT
$3,125
Oct 21, 2009Construction CLASS - 2
FAILURE TO COMPLY W/ COMMS ORDER TO FILE CERT OF CORRECTION PURSUANT TO 28-204.2 FOR VIOLATION 34716313J REM: FILE CERT OF CORRECTION
#34810287M
Dec 14, 2009
WRITTEN OFF
$0
DOB (2)
IssuedViolationStatus
Apr 2, 2011CONSTRUCTION
MATTERS NOT PROVIDED
#ER03JM
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Jun 12, 2010UNSAFE BUILDINGS

#3184/10
DOB VIOLATION
DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (7) · C 0 · B 5 · A 1
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
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—
May 7, 2025BApt 1L · HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2018.4 ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1L, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHJun 11, 2025
May 7, 2025AApt 3 · § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REFIT THE DOOR AT THE CLOSET AT WEST IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORYAug 10, 2025
May 7, 2025B§ 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR WALLS AND CEILINGS AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORYJun 11, 2025
May 7, 2025BApt 3 · § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING AND THE NORTH WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORYJun 11, 2025
Nov 19, 2018BApt 3 · § 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... AT THE CEILING APPROX. 15 SQ FT. IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORYDec 24, 2018
Mar 9, 2009B§ 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORYApr 13, 2009

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City records as of Nov 1, 2026, 2:53 PM ET. BBL 3017670042.

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