Brooklyn · Block 385 · Lot 4 · 11201

159 Smith Street

3 floors · 8 apartments · 9,374 sq ft · built 2015 · class C7 · owner of record: 159 Smith Llc

19open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
5HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
Overdueto Annual property registration

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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 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
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

OverdueNo current registration found
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 1166 days
Next cycle year 2029

Open violations

ECB / OATH (0)

None open.

DOB (4)
IssuedViolationStatus
Aug 9, 2021ELEVATOR

#9027/702349
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Jun 23, 2020ELEVATOR

#9027/683528
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Jun 27, 2019ELEVATOR

#9027/655107
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Aug 16, 1993LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS

#27663
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
DOB NOW Safety (3)
IssuedViolationStatus
Oct 10, 2025Elevators FTC-VT-CAT1-CO
Violation Issued-Failure To File 2024 Cat1 Test Affirmation of Correction
Active
Sep 18, 2025Gas Piping - LL152 FTF-PL-PER
Cycle 1, Sub-cycle B (premises is in Community District 2)
Active
Oct 23, 2023Elevators FTC-VT-CAT1-CO
Violation Issued-Failure To File 2019 Cat1 Test Affirmation of Correction
Active
HPD (12) · C 5 · B 6 · A 1
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Jul 11, 2006CApt PVT · SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE METAL CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT PVT, 3rd STORYJul 22, 2006
Jul 11, 2006CApt PVT · SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT PVT, 3rd STORYJul 22, 2006
Jul 11, 2006BApt PVT · SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT PVT, 3rd STORYAug 20, 2006
Jul 11, 2006BApt PVT · SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF WATER LEAK AT CEILING, WEST AND SOUTH WALLS IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT PVT, 2nd STORYAug 20, 2006
Jul 11, 2006CApt PVT · SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT PVT, 2nd STORYJul 22, 2006
Jul 11, 2006BApt PVT · SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR WEST AND SOUTH WALLS IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT PVT, 2nd STORYAug 20, 2006
Jul 11, 2006CApt PVT · SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PARQUET FLOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT PVT, 3rd STORYJul 22, 2006
Jul 11, 2006CApt PVT · SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK OVER CEILINGS THROUGHOUT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT PVT, 3rd STORYJul 22, 2006
Jul 11, 2006BApt PVT · SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EXPOSE WIRING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT PVTAug 20, 2006
Jul 11, 2006AApt PVT · SECTION 27-2013 ADMIN. CODE: PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILINGS. WALLS AND TRIM IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT PVTDec 18, 2006
Jul 11, 2006BApt PVT · SECTION 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT PVTAug 20, 2006
Jul 11, 2006BApt PVT · SECTION 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ALL WOOD TREADS OF UP FROM BOTTOM AT 2 STORY INSIDE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT PVTAug 20, 2006

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City records as of Oct 22, 2026, 4:10 AM ET. BBL 3003850004.

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