Brooklyn · Block 3818 · Lot 37 · 11207

496 Williams Avenue

4 floors · 13 apartments · 11,416 sq ft · built 1930 · class C1 · owner of record: Hpeny Housing Development Fund Company, Inc.

10open violations
$4,375ECB/OATH penalties owed
2HPD 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 67 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 67 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 83 days
Annual
Gas piping inspection (2029 cycle) Likely applies
Local Law 152 · During 2029
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 5 is on the 2029 cycle; certification is filed with DOB after the inspection. Buildings with no gas piping file a certification instead. Agency page

Dec 31, 2029
in 1163 days
Next cycle year 2029
Annual boiler inspection (2 boilers) Applies
Boiler inspection · By December 31 each year
What this is

Boilers are inspected each calendar year and the report is filed in DOB NOW: Safety within 14 days of the inspection (low-pressure boilers in residential buildings of 5 or fewer families are exempt). Latest report on record: 2026-02-06 (Accepted). Agency page

On file2026 reports accepted

Open violations

ECB / OATH (2) · $4,375 owed
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Oct 19, 2020Construction CLASS - 2
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS/VI OLATION #35454122M ISSUED ON 03-29-20 AND TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PURSUANT TO 28-201.1 AND 1RCNY 102-01.FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUIL
#35521242Y
Mar 3, 2021
DEFAULT
$3,125
Mar 29, 2020Construction CLASS - 1
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER:USE OF PROHIBITED DOOR &/OR HARDWAREPER BC 1008.1.8,28-3710,NOTED:FIRE PASSAGE WAY TO STREET CHAIN & PADLOCK INSTALLED AT STREET EXIT.REMEDY:PROVIDE LEGAL
#35454122M
Nov 5, 2020
IN VIOLATION
$1,250
DOB (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Aug 16, 1993LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS

#40175
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (9) · C 2 · B 6 · A 1
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Jun 27, 2025BApt 3B · § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BELL BUZZER INTERCOM SYSTEM FROM BUILDING ENTRANCE TO SOUTH WALL IN THE PRIVATE HALLWAY LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTAug 1, 2025
Oct 22, 2024BApt 3B · § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROXIMATELY 4 SQ FT AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST ORIGINAL VIOLATION 17057419 ISSUED 18-JUN-24 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2Nov 26, 2024
Oct 16, 2024CApt 2B · HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTNov 11, 2024
Aug 26, 2024BApt 3B · § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. REMOVE OBSTRUCTING BARS OR UNLAWFUL GATES FROM WINDOW TO FIRE ESCAPE OR PROVIDE APPROVED TYPE GATE , IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTSep 30, 2024
Aug 26, 2024BApt 3B · § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE FLUSHING APPARATUS AND MAINTAIN SAME SO AS TO FLUSH EFFECTIVELY THE WATER CLOSET IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTSep 30, 2024
Jun 24, 2024BApt 3B · § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE FLUSHING APPARATUS AND MAINTAIN SAME SO AS TO FLUSH EFFECTIVELY THE WATER CLOSET IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTJul 29, 2024
Jun 24, 2024BApt 3B · § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE LEAKY AND/OR DEFECTIVE FAUCETS AT BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTJul 29, 2024
Jun 20, 2024CApt 3B · § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTJun 19, 2024
May 11, 2022AApt 3B · § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE FOYER , THE BATHROOM , THE 5th ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3B, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTAug 14, 2022

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City records as of Oct 25, 2026, 12:26 PM ET. BBL 3038180037.

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