Brooklyn · Block 4703 · Lot 69 · 11203

237 East 55 Street

2 floors · 4 apartments · 3,440 sq ft · built 1920 · class C3 · owner of record: Samuel, Gershwin

17open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
1HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
57dto 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 57 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 57 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 73 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 301 days
Registered through 2027-09-01
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 17 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 422 days
Next cycle year 2027

Open violations

ECB / OATH (0)

None open.

DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Jan 31, 2025Gas Piping - LL152 FTF-PL-PER
Cycle 1, Sub-cycle D (premises is in Community District 17)
Active
HPD (16) · C 1 · B 12 · A 3
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Jan 22, 2007BApt 2F · § 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... MILDEW AT NORTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTMar 3, 2007
Jan 22, 2007AApt 2F · § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE BATHROOM , THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST, THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTMay 2, 2007
Jan 22, 2007BApt 2F · § 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... MILDEW AT SOUTH WALL AND SOUTH CLOSET IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTMar 3, 2007
Jan 22, 2007AApt 2F · § 27-2005 ADM CODE PAINT METAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPT. REGULATION METAL 1st RISER FROM NORTH AT EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTMay 2, 2007
Jan 22, 2007BApt 2F · § 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... MILDEW AT ALL WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTMar 3, 2007
Jan 19, 2005BApt 2F · § 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 2F, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT WESTFeb 28, 2005
Jan 19, 2005BApt 2F · § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT WESTFeb 28, 2005
Jan 19, 2005BApt 2R · § 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 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT NORTHFeb 28, 2005
Jan 19, 2005BApt 2R · § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT NORTHFeb 28, 2005
May 4, 2004BApt 1 · § 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT WESTJun 13, 2004
May 3, 2004BApt 1 · § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT WESTJun 12, 2004
Sep 11, 2003AApt 1 · § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTHDec 20, 2003
Jul 18, 2003BApt 1 · § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTHAug 27, 2003
Jul 18, 2003BApt 1 · § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONNECTION AT WASTELINE OF WASHBASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTHAug 27, 2003
Jul 18, 2003CApt 1 · § 27-2056.5 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PRESUMED LEAD PAINT THAT IS ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE THAT IS UNSTABLE OR UNSOUND USING EXCLUSIVE INTERIM CONTROLS. CEILING, WEST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTHAug 18, 2003
Jul 18, 2003BApt 1 · § 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF WATER LEAK AT CEILING AND WEST WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTHAug 27, 2003

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City records as of Nov 4, 2026, 4:11 AM ET. BBL 3047030069.

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