Brooklyn · Block 319 · Lot 15 · 11231

159 Columbia Street

4 floors · 4 apartments · 3,600 sq ft · built 1900 · class C3 · owner of record: South Brooklyn Renewal Housing Developme Nt

10open violations
$8,125ECB/OATH penalties owed
1HPD 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
Gas piping inspection (2026 cycle) Likely applies
Local Law 152 · During 2026
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 6 is on the 2026 cycle; certification is filed with DOB after the inspection. Buildings with no gas piping file a certification instead. Agency page

Dec 31, 2026
in 67 days
Due this year
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 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: 2025-06-10 (Accepted). Agency page

Dec 31, 2026
in 67 days
1 of 1 without an accepted 2026 report yet
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

Open violations

ECB / OATH (3) · $8,125 owed
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Jan 29, 2025Construction CLASS - 2
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS #39095429K ISSUED ON 09/21/2023, AND FAILURE TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PURSUANT TO 28.201.1 AND 1 RCNY 102-01(D)(2). AN ACCEPTABLE CERT
#37033071Z
Feb 23, 2026
IN VIOLATION
$1,250
Sep 21, 2023Boilers CLASS - 2
IN BOILER ROOM THE HWH FLUE IS IN POOR CONDITION/IN GAS METER ROOM THE CEILING AS FALLEN DOWN;CORRECT VIOLATION AND SUBMIT THE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
#39095429K
Dec 6, 2023
STIPULATION/IN-VIO
$625
Mar 25, 2022Unknown CLASS - 2
FAILURE TO OBTAIN A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION PERMIT PRIOR TO INSTALLATION OF TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.NOTE AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION AT A 4 STORY BUILDING OBSERVED NO CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.AFTER REVI
#35646230X
Aug 10, 2022
DEFAULT
$6,250
DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Oct 31, 2025Gas Piping - LL152 FTF-PL-PER
Cycle 1, Sub-cycle C (premises is in Community District 6)
Active
HPD (7) · C 1 · B 6 · A 0
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Sep 9, 2024BApt 3A · § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 6 SQ FT AT EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 16958380 ISSUED 09-MAY-24 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVOct 14, 2024
May 10, 2024BApt 3A · § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHJun 14, 2024
May 10, 2024BApt 3A · § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHJun 14, 2024
May 10, 2024BApt 3A · § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE COUNTER TOP FORMICA IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHJun 14, 2024
May 10, 2024BApt 3A · § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHJun 14, 2024
May 10, 2024CApt 3A · § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE ... IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHMay 24, 2024
May 10, 2024BApt 3A · § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHJun 14, 2024

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City records as of Oct 25, 2026, 10:22 AM ET. BBL 3003190015.

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