Bronx · Block 4016 · Lot 35 · 10460

509 Van Nest Avenue

3 floors · 3 apartments · 2,500 sq ft · built 1950 · class C0 · owner of record: Roy N Richardson

12open 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 58 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 58 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 74 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 11 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 423 days
Next cycle year 2027

Open violations

ECB / OATH (4)
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Mar 26, 2002HPD Hazardous
OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY #50260 1 STORY CONVERTED FROM ORDINARY USE TO ILLEGAL CLASS 'A' APARTMENT WITH PARTITIONS ERECTED CREATING ROOMS, BATHROOM AND KITCHEN.
#34325453J
Aug 2, 2002
WRITTEN OFF
$0
Sep 7, 2001HPD Hazardous
OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR BLDG DEPT RECORDS. FIRST STORY COVERT FROM ORDIANARY USE INTO CLASS 'A' APARTMENT WITH FULL BATHROOM AND KITCHEN.
#34301486J
Jan 4, 2002
WRITTEN OFF
$0
Nov 23, 1998Quality of Life Non-Hazardous
RESIDENCE ALTERED FOR OCCUPANCY AS A DWELLING FOR MORE THAN THE LEGALLY APPROVED NUMBER OF FAMILIES CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY NUMBER 50260 INDICATES RESIDENCE LEGLALY APPROVED FOR 2 FAMILIES RESIDENCE NOW ALTERE
#34171049Z
Jun 11, 1999
WRITTEN OFF
$0
Nov 23, 1998Construction Non-Hazardous
WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT WORK NOTED CONSTRCUTED CALL A APARTMENT WITH FULL KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS CONVERTED ONE CAR GARAGE INTO A BEDROOM CONSTRUCTED PARTITION IN BOTH APARTMENT ONE APARTMENT CONSTRUCTED ON THE CE
#34171050X
Jun 11, 1999
WRITTEN OFF
$0
DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Jan 31, 2025Gas Piping - LL152 FTF-PL-PER
Cycle 1, Sub-cycle D (premises is in Community District 11)
Active
HPD (7) · C 0 · B 6 · A 1
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Aug 6, 2009BApt BSMT · § 27-2081 ADM CODE DISCONTINUE USE OF ROOMS FOR LIVING, DISCONNECT PLUMBING FIXTURES AND PROPERLY SEAL PIPE CONNECTIONS ... IN THE OPEN SPACE LOCATED AT BASEMENT BSMT, 1st BASEMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTSep 10, 2009
Aug 6, 2009BApt BSMT · § 27-2070 ADM CODE DISCONTINUE UNLAWFUL COOKING SPACE OR FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION WITH THIS DEPARTMENT TO LEGALIZE SAME, IF LAWFULLY FEASIBLE, ... IN THE OPEN SPACE LOCATED AT BASEMENT BSMT, 1st BASEMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTSep 10, 2009
Aug 6, 2009AApt 1FL · § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1FL, 1st STORYNov 9, 2009
Aug 6, 2009BApt 1 · § 27-2073 ADM CODE - DISCONTINUE UNLAWFUL COOKING SPACE OR FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION WITH THIS DEPARTMENT TO LEGALIZE SAME, IF LAWFULLY FEASIBLE AT KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORYSep 10, 2009
Aug 6, 2009BApt 1 · § 27-2087 ADM CODE - DISCONTINUE USE OF ROOMS FOR LIVING, DISCONNECT PLUMBING FIXTURES WHERE ILLEGAL AND PROPERLY SEAL PIPE CONNECTIONS BATHROOM AND KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORYSep 10, 2009
Aug 6, 2009BApt 1FL · § 27-2073 ADM CODE - DISCONTINUE UNLAWFUL COOKING SPACE OR FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION WITH THIS DEPARTMENT TO LEGALIZE SAME, IF LAWFULLY FEASIBLE .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1FL, 1st STORYSep 10, 2009
Aug 6, 2009BApt 1FL · § 27-2087 ADM CODE - DISCONTINUE USE OF ROOMS FOR LIVING, DISCONNECT PLUMBING FIXTURES WHERE ILLEGAL AND PROPERLY SEAL PIPE CONNECTIONS .. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1FL, 1st STORYSep 10, 2009

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City records as of Nov 3, 2026, 1:42 AM ET. BBL 2040160035.

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