Bronx · Block 5595 · Lot 139 · 10465

286 Balcom Avenue

3 floors · 3 apartments · 3,402 sq ft · built 2002 · class C0 · owner of record: Chu, Justin Rui Chao

8open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
0HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
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Compliance deadlines

RequirementDueStatus
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

OverdueRegistration expired 2026-09-01
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 70 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 70 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 86 days
Annual
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 801 days
Next cycle year 2028

Open violations

ECB / OATH (0)

None open.

DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (8) · C 0 · B 7 · A 1
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Oct 13, 2015BApt GRDFL · SECTION 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT BSMT-APT GRDFL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM WEST AT NORTHNov 17, 2015
Oct 13, 2015BApt GRDFL · SECTION 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONNECTION WASTE LINE PIPE AT WASHBASIN IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT BSMT-APT GRDFL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM WEST AT NORTHNov 17, 2015
Oct 13, 2015AApt GRDFL · SECTION 27-2026 ADM CODE RESET, SO AS TO SECURE A PROPER AND TIGHT CONNECTION, THE WATER CLOSET BOWL ;;; IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT BSMT-APT GRDFL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM WEST AT NORTHJan 16, 2016
Oct 13, 2015BApt GRDFL · SECTION 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT BSMT-APT GRDFL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM WEST AT NORTHNov 17, 2015
Oct 13, 2015BApt GRDFL · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT BSMT-APT GRDFL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM WEST AT NORTHNov 17, 2015
Oct 13, 2015BApt GRDFL · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL LIGHT FIXTURE AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT BSMT-APT GRDFL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM WEST AT NORTHNov 17, 2015
Oct 13, 2015BApt GRDFL · SECTION 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT BSMT-APT GRDFL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM WEST AT NORTHNov 17, 2015
Oct 13, 2015BApt GRDFL · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT BSMT-APT GRDFL, 1st BSMT-APT FROM WEST AT NORTHNov 17, 2015

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City records as of Oct 22, 2026, 12:40 PM ET. BBL 2055950139.

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