Brooklyn · Block 2103 · Lot 62 · 11238

159 Lafayette Avenue

5 floors · 20 apartments · 17,600 sq ft · built 1897 · class C6 · owner of record: 155-159 Lafayette Owners Corp

19open violations
$0ECB/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
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
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 2 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 (0)

None open.

DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Sep 18, 2025Gas Piping - LL152 FTF-PL-PER
Cycle 1, Sub-cycle B (premises is in Community District 2)
Active
HPD (18) · C 1 · B 12 · A 5
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Jun 20, 2017A§ 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED WHEN A GAS LEAK IS SUSPECTEDSep 23, 2017
Jun 19, 2017BApt 3C · § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTHJul 24, 2017
Jun 19, 2017BApt 3C · § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 3C, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTHJul 24, 2017
Jul 1, 2008BSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC TILE FLOOR VESTIBULE 1 STY.Aug 5, 2008
Jul 1, 2008ASECTION 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION PLEXI GLASS DOMES ROOF THRU OUT.Oct 4, 2008
Jul 1, 2008BSECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES 2 STY BALCONY FRONT.Aug 5, 2008
Jul 1, 2008ASECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WALLS 4 STY PUBLIC HALL TO ROOF.Oct 4, 2008
Jul 1, 2008BSECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD AT ROOF.Aug 5, 2008
Jul 1, 2008CSECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM 1 STY PUBLIC HAL & ON BOILER ROOM DOOR.Jul 7, 2008
Aug 28, 2007BApt 2B · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOW MAKE OPERABLE THRU OUT 2 STY APT 2B , SECTION '' ''Oct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007AApt 2B · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REFIT EAST & WEST ROOMS DOOR BETWEEN 2 STY FRONT APT 2B. , SECTION '' ''Dec 1, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BApt 2B · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SASH WINDOWS & MAKE OPERABLE 2 STY FRONT APT 2B THRU OUT. , SECTION '' ''Oct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE METAL VENTS AT REAR OF BLDG ALL STYSOct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BApt 2B · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE DOOR SOUTHEAST AND NORTHEAST ROOMS 2 STY APT 2B , SECTION '' ''Oct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007AApt 2B · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REFIT DOORS TO NORTH & SOUTH ROOMS 2 STY NORTHEAST APT 2B. , SECTION '' ''Dec 1, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BApt 2B · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MAKE OPENABLE WINDOWS THRU OUT 2 STY NORTHEAST APT 2B. , SECTION '' ''Oct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BApt 2B · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE NORTHWEST ROOM AND OR MAKE OPERABLE LOWER CENTER WINDOW SASH 2 STY WEST APT 2B. , SECTION '' ''Oct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BApt 2B · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SOUTHEAST ROOM ENTRANCE DOOR TO 2 STY WEST APT 2B. , SECTION '' ''Oct 2, 2007

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City records as of Oct 25, 2026, 2:04 PM ET. BBL 3021030062.

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