Brooklyn · Block 1618 · Lot 13 · 11221

548 Van Buren Street

3 floors · 3 apartments · 2,850 sq ft · built 1899 · class C0 · owner of record: Troy Ferguson

7open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
1HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
49dto 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 49 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 49 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 65 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 293 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 780 days
Next cycle year 2028

Open violations

ECB / OATH (1)
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Oct 5, 1999Construction Non-Hazardous
ALTERED BUILDING OCCUPIED WITHOUT VALID CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY ALTERATION NUMBER 300836255 REMEDY OBTAIN A VALID CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FORTHWITH OR DISCONTINUE ILLEGAL OCCUPANCY
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Jan 10, 2000
WRITTEN OFF
$0
DOB (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
May 23, 1997UNSAFE BUILDINGS

#3100/97
DOB VIOLATION
DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (5) · C 1 · B 1 · A 2
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Feb 20, 2008IApt 2 · § 27-2091 HMC, § 302 MDL : APARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED A COMMISSIONER'S ORDER AND OCCUPANTS ARE IN NEED OF RELOCATION SERVICES. APARTMENTS CANNOT BE RE-OCCUPIED UNITL THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER IS REVOKED AFTER HPD INSPECTION OF APARTMENTS. COMMISSIONERS ORDER # 08/0021 IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED—
Jul 23, 2019CApt 2 · § 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 = 0; WG TO REPLACE = 0; WG TO REPAIR = 1; IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2, 2nd STORYAug 20, 2019
Apr 29, 2019B§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSE HOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 2nd STORYJun 3, 2019
Jun 15, 2012AApt 1 · § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT , 1st DOOR FROM WEST AT NORTH WALL IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTHSep 18, 2012
Jun 15, 2012AApt 1 · § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT , CEILING, NORTH WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTHSep 18, 2012

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City records as of Nov 12, 2026, 12:26 AM ET. BBL 3016180013.

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