Brooklyn · Block 1635 · Lot 1 · 11221

527 Monroe Street

4 floors · 14 apartments · 12,000 sq ft · built 1931 · class C1 · owner of record: 529 Monroe Llc

5open violations
$260,000ECB/OATH penalties owed
0HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
63dto 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 63 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 63 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 79 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 307 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 794 days
Next cycle year 2028

Open violations

ECB / OATH (7) · $260,000 owed
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
May 27, 2025Construction CLASS - 1
REMOVED OR DEFACED A WRITTEN POSTED VACATE ORDER. NOTE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, A WRITTEN POSTED ACTIVE VACATE ORDER #B158/25 ISSUED ON 03/25/2025 AND POSTED ON 03/28/2025 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM FRONT ENTRY DO
#35690459M
Sep 15, 2026
IN VIOLATION
$5,000
Mar 25, 2025Quality of Life CLASS - 1
ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY WITH 3 OR MORE ADDITIONAL DWELLING WITH THAN ILLEGALAUTHORIZED, BY DEPT BUILDINGS RECORDS NOTED UNIT 4B HAD BEEN USED/CONVERTED TO 4 SRO HAVING ROOM TWO EQUIPPED ARRANDED AND OCCUPIED BY OCCUP
#35688416J
Jan 21, 2027
$60,000
Mar 25, 2025Quality of Life CLASS - 1
ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY WITH 3 OR MORE ADDITIONAL DWELLING WITH THAN ILLEGALAUTHORIZED, BY DEPT BUILDINGS RECORDS NOTED UNIT 4B HAD BEEN USED/CONVERTED TO 4 SRO HAVING ROOM ONE EQUIPPED ARRANDED AND OCCUPIED BY OCCUP
#35688415H
Jan 21, 2027
$70,000
Mar 25, 2025Quality of Life CLASS - 1
ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY WITH 3 OR MORE ADDITIONAL DWELLING WITH THAN ILLEGALAUTHORIZED, BY DEPT BUILDINGS RECORDS. NOTED UNIT 4B USED/CONVERTED TOSRO HAVING ROOM 5 EQUIPPED ARRANDED AND OCCUPIED WITH ONE PERSON PAYIN
#35688420M
Jan 21, 2027
$60,000
Mar 25, 2025Construction CLASS - 1
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER. LACK OF REQUIRED NUMBER OF MEANS OF EGRESS FOR EVERY FLOOR PER BC1018.1 27-366, 1021.1 BC1006.3 FOR SRO AT UNIT 4B. REMEDY: DISCONTINUE ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY.
#35688418N
Jan 21, 2027
$2,500
Mar 25, 2025Construction CLASS - 1
WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND/OR APPROVED AMENDMENTS. NOTED UNIT 4B KITCHEN CABINENT DOES NOT CONFORM TO PLANS HAVE REFRIGERATION OBSTRUCTING THE FIRE ESCAPE AT WINDOW. REMEDY: CO
#35688419P
Jan 21, 2027
$2,500
Mar 25, 2025Quality of Life CLASS - 1
ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY WITH 3 OR MORE ADDITIONAL DWELLING WITH THAN ILLEGALAUTHORIZED, BY DEPT BUILDINGS RECORDS NOTED UNIT 4B HAD BEEN USED/CONVERTED TO 4 SRO HAVING ROOM 4 EQUIPPED ARRANDED AND OCCUPIED BY ONE PER
#35688417L
Jan 21, 2027
$60,000
DOB (2)
IssuedViolationStatus
Jun 20, 2023LOW PRESSURE BOILER
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
#13900
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
Jun 20, 2023LOW PRESSURE BOILER
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
#34959
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
DOB NOW Safety (2)
IssuedViolationStatus
Jun 20, 2023Boiler LBLVIO
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
Active
Jun 20, 2023Boiler LBLVIO
VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
Active
HPD (1) · C 0 · B 1 · A 0
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Sep 24, 2026B§ 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE AT BUILDING FRONT , 1st STORYOct 29, 2026

Issued in the last 120 days

DateSourceWhatNow
Sep 24, 2026HPD B§ 27-2010, 2011, 2012 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE AND/OR RUBBISH AND MAINTAIN IN A CLEAN CONDITION THE AT BUILDING FRONT , 1st STORYOpen

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City records as of Oct 29, 2026, 4:30 AM ET. BBL 3016350001.

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