Manhattan · Block 276 · Lot 56 · 10038

51 Catherine Street

5 floors · 20 apartments · 11,215 sq ft · built 1900 · class C7 · owner of record: 51 Empire Realty Corp.

9open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
2HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
60dto Bedbug annual filing

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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 60 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 60 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 76 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

Sep 1, 2027
in 304 days
Registered through 2027-09-01
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 3 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 791 days
Next cycle year 2028
Annual boiler inspection (1 boiler) 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: 2026-10-15 (Accepted). Agency page

On file2026 reports accepted

Open violations

ECB / OATH (1)
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Jan 25, 2018Plumbing CLASS - 2
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN CODE COMPLIANCE MANNER. EXHAUST DISCHARGE MUST BE NO CLOSER THAN 10 FEET FROM BUILDING OPENING AS PER RS 2-2.1:4MC 401.5.2. NOTE: OBSERVED EXHAUST DISCHARGE VENTS AT REAR OF BLDG
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May 24, 2018
ADMIT/IN-VIO
$0
DOB (2)
IssuedViolationStatus
May 26, 2017CONSTRUCTION
FM. 5STRY WOODFRAMED MIXED USE NON FIREPROOF. SEVERAL LOCATIONS OF DAMAGED OR MISSING STONE SILLS&LINTELS.SEVERAL LINTELS ARE DETERIORATE AND PART CRACKED.ONE SILL HAS APPROX 20% MISSING WITH CRACKING AT REMAINDER&A SECT WHICH MAY BECOME UNSTABLE.REMEDY:OWNER ENGAGE LICPROF EVAL FACADE&PREP DWGS TO
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DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
May 26, 2017CONSTRUCTION
ADD'L INFO.5 STRY,WOODFRAMED MIXED USE NON FIREPROOF BLDG.BLDG APPEARS TO BE LEANING TO THE SOUTH.REMEDY:OWNER ENGAGE LIC SURVEYOR/PROF ENG'R TO PERFORM OPTICAL SURVEY TO ESTABLISH EXTENT OF BLDG DISPLACEMENT.LIC PE TO PERFORM STRL EVAL&COND SURVEY OF BLDG INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BLDG STRL SYST
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DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (6) · C 2 · B 4 · A 0
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Sep 3, 2024C§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF SLIDING BOLT CAPABLE OF BEING LOCK AT DOOR LEADING TO EAST YARD AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORYSep 9, 2024
Aug 14, 2024B§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 5th STORYSep 18, 2024
Aug 14, 2024BApt 15 · § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANE AT LOWER SASH WINDOW AT WEST IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 15, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WESTSep 18, 2024
Aug 8, 2024B§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT 5TH STORY BALCONY AT WEST FIRE ESCAPE AT BUILDING FRONTSep 12, 2024
Jun 27, 2024BApt 15 · § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE GLASS PANE AT LOWER WINDOW SASH IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 15, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTHAug 1, 2024
Jun 27, 2024CApt 15 · § 27-2043.1 HMC INSTALL THE MISSING OR REPAIR/REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE WINDOW GUARD(S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE SECTION 24 RCNY CHAPTER 12. WG TO INSTALL = 3; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 0; IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 15, 5th STORY, 1st APAJul 23, 2024

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City records as of Nov 1, 2026, 10:49 AM ET. BBL 1002760056.

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