Manhattan · Block 1261 · Lot 50 · 10036

20 West 46 Street

5 floors · 6 apartments · 5,200 sq ft · built 1920 · class S9 · owner of record: May Plaza Enterprises Inc

16open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
1HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
47dto 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 47 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 47 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: 2019-04-24 (Accepted). Agency page

Dec 31, 2026
in 47 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 63 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 291 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 5 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 1143 days
Next cycle year 2029

Open violations

ECB / OATH (2)
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Mar 10, 2005Construction Non-Hazardous
EXIT DOOR: TOTAL OBSTRUCTION AT REAR DOOR A COPY MACHINE WAS IN PLACE BLOCKING EXIT DOOR. REMEDY: REMOVE OBSTRUCTION FORTHWITH.
#34428396Y
Jul 5, 2005
IN VIOLATION
$0
Sep 4, 1996Construction Non-Hazardous
INSTALLATION OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT WITHOUT 1ST OBTAINING AN EQUIPMENT WORK PERMIT AND EQUIPMENT USE PERMIT: 1ST FLOOR REAR YARD SIXTON UNIT STREET LEVEL YORK UNIT 2ND FLOOR ROOF MOUNTED SET BACK 7.9 TON'S
#34138442K
Nov 7, 1996
WRITTEN OFF
$0
DOB (7)
IssuedViolationStatus
Dec 13, 2011LOW PRESSURE BOILER
VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
#02045
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Dec 31, 2009LOW PRESSURE BOILER

#02450
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Jan 1, 2009LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS

#01559
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Jan 31, 2005LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS

#01792
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Jan 27, 2000ZONING

#MTF10FE
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Jan 27, 2000CONSTRUCTION

#MTF09FE
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Nov 16, 1994ELECTRIC SIGNS

#B501GG
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
DOB NOW Safety (5)
IssuedViolationStatus
Nov 14, 2023Boiler FTC-BE-EXT-LP
Violation Issued-Failure To File 2018 External Inspection Affirmation of Correction for LP Device
Active
Dec 13, 2011Boiler LBLVIO
VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
Active
Dec 31, 2009Boiler LBLVIO
Active
Jan 1, 2009Boiler LL6291
Active
Jan 31, 2005Boiler LL6291
Active
HPD (2) · C 1 · B 1 · A 0
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Jan 9, 2019C§ 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 MISSING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORYJan 17, 2019
Aug 18, 2008BApt 4 · D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WALLS AND CEILINGS THROUGHOUT IN 4TH STY FRONT APT 4. , SECTION '' ''Sep 22, 2008

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City records as of Nov 14, 2026, 12:10 PM ET. BBL 1012610050.

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