Manhattan · Block 478 · Lot 14 · 10012

168 Elizabeth Street

6 floors · 10 apartments · 8,044 sq ft · built 1900 · class C7 · owner of record: Tai Wah Trading Group Inc

9open violations
$38,750ECB/OATH penalties owed
2HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
46dto Bedbug annual filing

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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 46 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 46 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 62 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

Sep 1, 2027
in 290 days
Registered through 2027-09-01
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 1142 days
Next cycle year 2029
Annual boiler inspection (2 boilers) 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: 2026-05-08 (Accepted). Agency page

On file2026 reports accepted

Open violations

ECB / OATH (11) · $38,750 owed
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Dec 14, 2023Construction CLASS - 1
UNLAWFUL ACTS: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VIOLATION# 35540846Z ISSUED ON 04/28/2021 AND TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PURSUANT TO 28-201.1 AND 1RCNY 102-01. (INADE
#39101470K
Mar 21, 2024
IN VIOLATION
$2,500
Jun 30, 2021Construction CLASS - 2
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONERS ORDER TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS NOTE AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION REPSONDNET DID NOT COMPLY WITH PREVIOUS VIOLATION #35549194N ISS
#35488911K
Sep 23, 2021
IN VIOLATION
$625
Apr 28, 2021Construction CLASS - 1
28-201.1 INADEQUATE TENANT PROTECTION PLAN AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED WORK BEING PERFORMED UNDER THE AFOREMENTIONED JOB#.THE SUBMITTED TPP LACKS SPECIFIC MEANS AND METHODS OF PROTECTING TENANTS ON THE 8 SAF
#35540846Z
Jul 15, 2021
IN VIOLATION
$2,500
Apr 3, 2021Construction CLASS - 1
FAILURE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC PROTECTION WHERE REQUIRED OWNER FAILED TO SECURE THE AREAS OR PROVIDE PROTETCTION AT THE REAR AND SIDE EXPOSURES ON THE EAST SOUTH AND NORTH ELEVATION ALSO PROVIDE PROTECTTION ON ROOF
#35549196R
Sep 2, 2021
IN VIOLATION
$10,000
Apr 3, 2021Construction CLASS - 1
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER AT COURYARD EXPOSURE #4 FACING SOUTH OBSERVED 4X2 FT OPENING IN MASONRY WALL AT 6TH FLOOR SOURROUNDING WITH STEP CRACKS AT WEST ELEVATION EXPOSURE #1 OBSERV
#35549194N
Jun 17, 2021
IN VIOLATION
$1,250
Mar 12, 2021Construction CLASS - 2
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG WALLS OR APPURTENANCE NOTE AT EXPO.#4 APPROX.9' OF STUCCO HAD COLLAPSED.SIDEWALK SHED INSTALLED SIDEWALK SHED PERMIT #M00478412 REMEDY:MAINTAIN BLDG EXTERIOR WALLS.
#35548221P
May 27, 2021
IN VIOLATION
$625
Feb 12, 2021Unknown CLASS - 2
FAILURE TO COMPLY W/ A COMMISSIONERS ORDER-AS NOTED:COMMISSIONERS ORDER 012321FEU10201YS DATED 1/23/21-WAS ISSUED DUE TO SIGNIFICANTLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS NOTED. THE COMMISSIONERS ORDER REQUIRED APPLICATION TO
#35458543Z
Apr 29, 2021
IN VIOLATION
$5,000
Jan 26, 2021Construction CLASS - 1
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. AT TIME OF INSPECTION WHERE THE EXPOSURE 4(SOUTH WALL) OF THE BLDG AT 168 ELIZABETHST. EXTERIOR BRICK WYTHE DISLODGED AND COLLAPSED ON 1/23/2021. OBSERVE
#35537672K
Apr 15, 2021
IN VIOLATION
$1,250
Jan 25, 2021Construction CLASS - 1
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EXTERIOR BUILDING FACADE AND APPURTENANCES. AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED EXPOSURES#1 AND 2 EXTERIOR MASONRY BRICK FACADE IS SIGNIFICANTLY CRACKED AND SEPARATING. AT EXPOSURE#4 EXTERIOR BRI
#35542503X
Apr 8, 2021
IN VIOLATION
$2,500
Jan 23, 2021Construction CLASS - 1
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING WALLS OR APPURTENANCES. NOTED AN AREA APPROX 9' IN CIRCUMFERENCE AT 6TH FL EXP 4 SIDE HAD COLLAPSED TO WINDOW WELL BELOW. HOLE THROUGH EXTERIOR WALL REVEALED INTERIOR OF CHIMNEY WAS
#35475024L
Dec 9, 2021
IN VIOLATION
$12,500
Dec 4, 2010Unknown CLASS - 2
SEC. MC 401.5.2 EXHAUST VENT DOES NOT TERMINATE AS PER CODE. NOTED: AT REAR ROOF LEVEL A CHIMNEY FROM 1ST FL TERMINATES AT(RODE)& IS W/I 10FT OF ADJOINING BUILDING'S WINDOWS. REMEDY: TERMINATE CHIMNEY EXHAUST
#34879370Z
Mar 31, 2011
IN VIOLATION
$0
DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Nov 14, 2023Boiler FTC-BE-EXT-LP
Violation Issued-Failure To File 2021 External Inspection Affirmation of Correction for LP Device
Active
HPD (7) · C 2 · B 4 · A 1
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Apr 3, 2025BApt 6 · § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 6, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTMay 8, 2025
Apr 3, 2025B§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDENT MATERIAL ST CEILING AT BASEMENTMay 8, 2025
Apr 3, 2025A§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING AT BASEMENTJul 7, 2025
Apr 3, 2025BApt 6 · § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERANIC TILES AT EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 6, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTMay 8, 2025
Apr 3, 2025CApt 6 · § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE AT LOWER WINDOW AT FIRE ESCAPE WINDOW IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 6, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTApr 9, 2025
May 9, 2024C§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR AT CELLARMay 15, 2024
May 21, 2003BApt 6 · § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 6, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHJun 30, 2003

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City records as of Nov 15, 2026, 11:40 AM ET. BBL 1004780014.

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