Brooklyn · Block 4894 · Lot 56 · 11203

269 East 40 Street

2 floors · 2 apartments · 1,750 sq ft · built 1925 · class B9 · owner of record: Benjamin, Lesley V

3open violations
$12,500ECB/OATH penalties owed
0HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
291dto Annual property registration

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Compliance deadlines

RequirementDueStatus
Annual property registration Check
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
Required only if the owner doesn't live there

Open violations

ECB / OATH (1) · $12,500 owed
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Nov 10, 2025Construction CLASS - 1
WORK WITHOUT PERMIT. FSWO ISSUED FOR ALL GENERAL CONSTRUCTION WORK. EXCAVATION DEMOLITION ECT ATOI OBSERVED FOOTING EXCAVATION WORK WITH PLYWOOD FORMING AND NUMBER 4 REBAR ATTACHED TO THE EXISTING BUILDING AT E
#39166556Z
Jan 14, 2027
DEFAULT
$12,500
DOB (2)
IssuedViolationStatus
Nov 10, 2025CONSTRUCTION
FULL VACATE ORDER ISSUED FOR THE REAR YARD OF THE RESIDENT: ATOI OBSERVED A TWO STORY WOOD FRAMED STRUCTURE IN DISREPAIR WITH MISSING PLYWOOD ON ITS WALL AND FULLY GUTTED NO FLOORING ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR AND IS LEANING TO THE LEFT WHICH IS A HAZARD
#25-02554
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Nov 10, 2025CONSTRUCTION
DUE TO THE OBSERVED UNSAFE UNPERMITTED EXCAVATION WORK BEING DONE AT EXPO # 3 OF THE RESIDENT OWNER MUST ABIDE BY THE REMEDY
#25-02550
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
DOB NOW Safety (0)

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HPD (0)

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Always confirm on the city's own systems before acting: DOB BIS property profile · DOB NOW · HPD Online · Pay ECB/OATH penalties (CityPay)

City records as of Nov 14, 2026, 7:22 PM ET. BBL 3048940056.

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