Brooklyn · Block 5489 · Lot 71 · 11204

1641 56 Street

3 floors · 6 apartments · 5,400 sq ft · built 1931 · class C2 · owner of record: Gitty Kahan, As Trustee

20open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
4HPD 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 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 (2027 cycle) Likely applies
Local Law 152 · During 2027
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 12 is on the 2027 cycle; certification is filed with DOB after the inspection. Buildings with no gas piping file a certification instead. Agency page

Dec 31, 2027
in 432 days
Next cycle year 2027

Open violations

ECB / OATH (0)

None open.

DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (20) · C 4 · B 11 · A 5
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Oct 5, 2023A§ 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGENCYS HOUSING INFORMATION GUIDE. A SAMPLE NOTICE CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.NYC.GOV/HPD. AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORYJan 8, 2024
Oct 5, 2023A§ 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 SUSPECTED AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORYJan 8, 2024
Oct 5, 2023A§ 27-2104 ADM CODE POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY SHOWING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND THE ADDRESS OF THE BUILDING. AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORYJan 8, 2024
Oct 5, 2023A§ 27-2045 ADM CODE POST A PROPER NOTICE OF SMOKE DETECTOR REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AT OR NEAR THE MAIL BOX AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORYJan 8, 2024
Oct 5, 2023A§ 27-2046.1 HMC: POST A PROPER NOTICE OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN A COMMON AREA OF A CLASS A MULTIPLE DWELLING NEAR INSPECTION CERTIFICATE OR PROVIDE NOTICE TO TENANTS IN A PRIVATE DWELLING.Jan 8, 2024
Oct 5, 2023C§ 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 AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORYOct 11, 2023
Aug 7, 2008BSECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEM 3 STY PUBLIC HALL TO ROOF.Sep 11, 2008
Aug 7, 2008BSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING EXTERIOR HANDLE BULKHEAD DOOR TO ROOF.Sep 11, 2008
Aug 28, 2007BApt 2A · SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE. TENANT MS. BETTY BARR IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2A, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT EASTOct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BSECTION 27-2039 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 60 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT ILLUMINATION .. AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORYOct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BSECTION 27-2039 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 60 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT ILLUMINATION 1ST STORY PUBLIC HALL FRONT AND VESTIBULE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORYOct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BSECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT 3RD STORY PUBLIC HALL STAIRS TO ROOF AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORYOct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BApt 3A · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WALLS AND CEILINGS THROUGH OUT ALL ROOMS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3A, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT WESTOct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BSECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRS, 3rd STORYOct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BSECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORYOct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE ROOF SO THAT IT WILL NOT LEAK AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORYOct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 3rd STORYOct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007CSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MORTISE LOCK AT ENTRANCE TO BUILDINGSep 3, 2007
Aug 28, 2007CSECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM .. AT BOILER ROOM, CELLARSep 3, 2007
Aug 28, 2007CSECTION 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM .. AT BOILER ROOM, CELLARSep 3, 2007

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City records as of Oct 25, 2026, 12:46 PM ET. BBL 3054890071.

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