Brooklyn · Block 4989 · Lot 11 · 11203

4224 Foster Avenue

2 floors · 3 apartments · 1,840 sq ft · built 1930 · class C0 · owner of record: Veneta Watson

4open violations
$0ECB/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 48 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 48 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 64 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 (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 413 days
Next cycle year 2027

Open violations

ECB / OATH (0)

None open.

DOB (2)
IssuedViolationStatus
Jul 11, 2022CONSTRUCTION
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING WALLS OR APPURTENANCES: AT TIME OF INSPECTION, 231' LINEAR FT OF A 5'FT HIGH RETAINING WALL WAS OBSERVED POORLY MAINTAINED WITH PARTS DISPLACED & LEANING HAZARDOUSLY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF COLLAPSE INTO THE POINT OF ENTRY/EXIT AT THE SHARED EASEMENT AT EXPOSURE # 3.
#22-02186
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Mar 30, 2000CONSTRUCTION

#17JL20
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
DOB NOW Safety (2)
IssuedViolationStatus
Jan 31, 2025Gas Piping - LL152 FTF-PL-PER
Cycle 1, Sub-cycle D (premises is in Community District 17)
Active
Jan 31, 2025Gas Piping - LL152 FTF-PL-PER
Cycle 1, Sub-cycle D (premises is in Community District 17)
Active
HPD (0)

None open.

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City records as of Nov 13, 2026, 10:47 PM ET. BBL 3049890011.

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