Manhattan · Block 1721 · Lot 35 · 10027

260 Lenox Avenue

4 floors · 3 apartments · 5,896 sq ft · built 1886 · class S9 · owner of record: Zam Zam Realty Inc.

13open violations
$17,500ECB/OATH penalties owed
0HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
Overdueto Annual property registration

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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 60 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 60 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 76 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

OverdueNo current registration found
Gas piping inspection (2028 cycle) Likely applies
Local Law 152 · During 2028
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 10 is on the 2028 cycle; certification is filed with DOB after the inspection. Buildings with no gas piping file a certification instead. Agency page

Dec 31, 2028
in 791 days
Next cycle year 2028

Open violations

ECB / OATH (6) · $17,500 owed
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Oct 28, 2026Construction CLASS - 2
ATOI OBSERVED EXTENSIVE GRAFFITI COVERING THE ROLLING GATES AT EXPOSURE 2 (LENOX AVENUE)., REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE; RESTORE GATE TO CODE COMPLIANT CONDITIONS
#39209760N
Jan 7, 2027
PENDING
$1,250
Oct 20, 2025Construction CLASS - 1
AT TIME OF INSPECTION, OBSERVED TEMPORARY MOCK UP BEING ERECTED ON ROOF OF BUILDING BY 3 WORKERS. FULL STOP WORK ORDER WAS ISSUED TO PROPERTY ON 09/14/2022 AND WAS NOT RESCINDED FOR WORK TO RESUME ON BUILDING.
#39164090R
Sep 24, 2026
IN VIOLATION
$10,000
Sep 13, 2022Construction CLASS - 2
WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. OBSERVED FACADE AT 2ND FLOOR ELEVATION OF LANDMARK BUILDING HAS BEEN REMOVED AT EXP #1 & #4, ADDITIONALLY FULL GUT DEMOLITION HAS TAKEN PLACE FLOORS 1 THRU 4 WITH REPLACEMENT OF FLOOR JOI
#39069965P
Mar 9, 2023
IN VIOLATION
$0
Apr 19, 2022Construction CLASS - 1
AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED WOOD FRAME EXTERIOR WALL DISLODGED AND COLLAPSED ON TO PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALK FROM 2ND FLOOR LEVEL AT EXPO # 01 & 04. FRONT FACADE 2ND FLOOR LEVEL WIDE OPEN AND EXPOSED INTERIOR STRU
#39060599N
Sep 7, 2023
IN VIOLATION
$6,250
Nov 23, 2021Construction CLASS - 2
WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. NOTED APP #121205169 PROCESSED BUT NO PERMITS ISSUED. CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE AT 1ST FL COMMERCIAL SPACE, NEW FULL HEIGHT PARTITIONS, NEW STAIRS, NEW 2ND FL JOISTS, TEMP LIGHTING AND NE
#39051628Z
May 12, 2022
IN VIOLATION
$0
Jul 30, 2020Construction CLASS - 2
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. NOTE: FACADE WORK @2ND FL NOT COMPLEYTE,REMOVED STUCCO APPROX 1000FT. NO REPLACEMENT ONLYBLACK TAR PAPER @ 2ND FL EXP#1&2. AT EXP#2(W 123 ST)WINDOWS ARE BOARDE
#35500654H
Aug 19, 2021
IN VIOLATION
$0
DOB (7)
IssuedViolationStatus
Apr 20, 2022IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY
ERECT AN APPROXIMATE TOTAL OF 115 LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK SHED WITH AP PROX. 40 LINEAR FT ALONG LENOX AVENUE AT EXP#1 AND APPROX. 75 LINEAR FT OF SIDEWALK SHED AT EXPOSURE #4 ALONG WEST 123 STREET TO SAFEGUARD .THE PUBLIC AND PROPERTY
#16841
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Aug 1, 2017CONSTRUCTION
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN
#1002RS
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Aug 1, 2017CONSTRUCTION
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN
#1001RS
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Jul 28, 2017CONSTRUCTION

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DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Jul 28, 2017CONSTRUCTION

#SSU01MM
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Jul 27, 1995ELECTRIC SIGNS

#ST03T
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Jul 27, 1995ELECTRIC SIGNS

#ST04T
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
DOB NOW Safety (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Jan 8, 2026Gas Piping - LL152 FTF-PL-PER
Cycle 2, Sub-cycle A (premises is in Community District 10)
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HPD (0)

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Issued in the last 120 days

DateSourceWhatNow
Oct 28, 2026ECBConstruction: ATOI OBSERVED EXTENSIVE GRAFFITI COVERING THE ROLLING GATES AT EXPOSURE 2 (LENOX AVENUE)., REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE; RESTORE GATE TO CODE COMPLIANT CONDITIONSOpen

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City records as of Nov 1, 2026, 3:03 PM ET. BBL 1017210035.

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