Brooklyn · Block 1716 · Lot 70 · 11205

55 Spencer Street

3 floors · 3 apartments · 2,772 sq ft · built 1910 · class C0 · owner of record: Teitelbaum, Joel

17open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
1HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
61dto 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 61 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 61 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 77 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 305 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 792 days
Next cycle year 2028

Open violations

ECB / OATH (0)

None open.

DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (17) · C 1 · B 14 · A 2
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Jun 27, 2012BSECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNSET EVERY DAY TO SUNRISE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING 100 WATTS MINIMUM REQUIREDAug 1, 2012
Aug 16, 2011BSECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNSET EVERY DAY TO SUNRISE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ***MINIMUM 100 WATTS OF INCANDESCENT LIGHT REQUIRED***Sep 20, 2011
Jun 12, 2008ASECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WALLS & CEILINGS ALL STYS PUBLIC HALLS.Sep 15, 2008
Jun 12, 2008BSECTION 27-2039 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 60 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT ILLUMINATION ALL STYS PUBLIC HALL.Jul 17, 2008
Jun 12, 2008BSECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE FIRE EGRESS DEFECTIVE. MAKE STATIONARY THE IRON LADDER LEADING TO SCUTTLE OPENING IN ROOF 3 STY PUBLIC HALL.Jul 17, 2008
Jun 12, 2008BSECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES GLASS WOOD ETC AT SOUTH CLOSET 3 STY PUBLIC HALL.Jul 17, 2008
Jun 12, 2008BApt 3 · SECTION 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONNECTION WASTEPIPE WASHBASIN 3 STY APT 3 BATHROOM. LOCATED AT APT 3Jul 17, 2008
Jun 12, 2008BApt 3 · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING MAKE OPERABLE UPPER & LOWER SASH WINDOWS THRU OUT 3 STY APT 3. LOCATED AT APT 3Jul 17, 2008
Jun 12, 2008BSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF FRONT DOOR LOCK PREVENTING ACCESS TO BELLS FOR APTS.Jul 17, 2008
Jun 12, 2008BSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CEMENT PLASTER CEILING CELLAR THRU OUT.Jul 17, 2008
Jun 12, 2008BSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING COVER SEWER PIT CELLAR FRONT.Jul 17, 2008
Jun 12, 2008ASECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH STANDARD WIRE GLASS THE PRESENT GLASS ENTRANCE DOOR AT STAIRS CELLAR TO 1 STY PUBLIC HALL.Sep 15, 2008
Jun 12, 2008BSECTION 27-2039 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 60 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT ILLUMINATION VESTIBULE 1 STY NIGHT INSPECTION.Jul 17, 2008
Jun 12, 2008BSECTION 27-2044 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS ENTRANCE STREET TO VESTIUBLE PUBLIC HALL.Jul 17, 2008
Jun 12, 2008BSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CEMENT MORTAR HOLES IN BRICK WALL BOILER ROOM CELLAR.Jul 17, 2008
Jun 12, 2008BSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTER WALLS ALL STYS PUBLIC HALLS & COCKLOFT SKYLIGHT.Jul 17, 2008
Aug 28, 2007CSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. PROPERLY SECURE LOOSE AND HINGING METAL TREAD 12 UP FROM BOTTOM 2 TO 3 STY FRONT ER1.Sep 3, 2007

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City records as of Oct 31, 2026, 12:24 AM ET. BBL 3017160070.

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