Manhattan · Block 1199 · Lot 26 · 10024

21 West 85 Street

5 floors · 9 apartments · 7,054 sq ft · built 1907 · class C5 · owner of record: Helen Hart

17open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
2HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
49dto 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 49 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 49 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 65 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 293 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 7 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 1145 days
Next cycle year 2029
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: 2026-01-13 (Accepted). Agency page

On file2026 reports accepted

Open violations

ECB / OATH (2)
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Jan 10, 2008Administrative Non-Hazardous
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONERS ORDER TO CORRECT THE VIOLATING CONDITION AND FILE A C OF C WITH THE DOB FOR VIOLATION 34617725Z AND DOB 102007C07VP02 REMEDY: CORRECT THE VIOLATING CONDITION AND FILE A
#34618317Y
Feb 28, 2008
IN VIOLATION
$0
Sep 12, 2006Construction Hazardous
WORK W/O A PERMIT (APT# 2B) NOTED:DEMOLITION OF CEILING MATERIALS & DEMOLITION OF PLASTER FROM WALLS LEAVING WOODEN BEAMS JOISTS & STUDS EXPOSE WHICH REDUCE FIRE RATING LEAVING ALL ELECTRIC WIRING EXPOSE ALL
#34533219H
May 24, 2007
DEFAULT
$0
DOB (2)
IssuedViolationStatus
Dec 18, 2007CONSTRUCTION

#0701DM
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Oct 20, 2007CONSTRUCTION

#0701VP
VIOLATION WORK WITHOUT PERMIT - ACTIVE
DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (13) · C 2 · B 7 · A 4
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Jun 18, 2008CApt 5A · D26-16.01 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS FROM WATER CLOSET AT BATHROOM 5TH STY FRONT APT 5A ER1. , SECTION '' ''Jun 24, 2008
Jun 18, 2008AApt 5A · D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING DOOR SHELVES OF REFRIGERATOR AT KITCHEN 5TH STY FRONT APT 5A. , SECTION '' ''Sep 21, 2008
Jun 18, 2008BApt 5A · D26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE OVEN DOOR OF GAS RANGE AT KITCHEN 5TH STY FRONT APT 5A. , SECTION '' ''Jul 23, 2008
Jun 18, 2008AApt 5A · D26-10.01 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CLG AND WALLS OF BATHROOM 5TH STY FRONT APT 5A. , SECTION '' ''Sep 21, 2008
Jun 18, 2008AD26-22.03 ADM CODE POST SIGN ON WALL OF ENTRANCE STORY BEARING NAME, ADDRESS INCLUDING APARTMENT NUMBER IF ANY, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF SUPERINTENDENT, JANITOR OR HOUSEKEEPER.Sep 21, 2008
Jun 18, 2008AD26-11.03 ADM CODE CLEANSE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE ALL STYS PUB HALL.Sep 21, 2008
Jun 18, 2008BD26-19.05 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 60 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT ILLUMINATION 1 STY VESTIBULE.Jul 23, 2008
Jun 18, 2008BD26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS BULKHEAD TO ROOF.Jul 23, 2008
Jun 18, 2008BD26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE WIRE SCREEN UNDER SKYLIGHT.Jul 23, 2008
Jun 18, 2008BD26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF DOOR AND SHELVES AT 5 STY PUBLIC HALL.Jul 23, 2008
Jun 18, 2008BD26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF BICYCLES AND CHAIR AT 1 STY PUBLIC HALL.Jul 23, 2008
Aug 28, 2007CSECTION 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 OR NEAR MAILBOXES 1 STY PUBLIC HALL.Sep 3, 2007
Aug 28, 2007BSECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS STAIR BULKHEAD DOOR TO ROOF.Oct 2, 2007

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City records as of Nov 12, 2026, 12:26 AM ET. BBL 1011990026.

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