Brooklyn · Block 1763 · Lot 70 · 11205

553 Dekalb Avenue

4 floors · 4 apartments · 5,360 sq ft · built 1900 · class S4 · owner of record: Spencer Court, Llc

18open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
7HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
52dto 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 52 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 52 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 68 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 296 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 783 days
Next cycle year 2028

Open violations

ECB / OATH (0)

None open.

DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (18) · C 7 · B 8 · A 3
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Feb 17, 2021C§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK AT ENTRANCE GATE BUILDING FRONT , 1st STORYFeb 23, 2021
Feb 17, 2021B§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE NORTH LIGHT FIXTURE ENTRANCE TO BLDG.Mar 24, 2021
Feb 17, 2021A§ 53, 187, 231 M/D LAW AND DEPARTMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS. PROVIDE A SHOE PROPERLY SECURED TO BOTTOM OF STRING OF DROPLADDER AT WEST SIDE OF BUILDING AT FIRE ESCAPEMay 23, 2021
Feb 17, 2021CApt 3 · § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING AIR RELIEF VALVE AT THE RADIATOR AT WEST IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTHFeb 23, 2021
Feb 17, 2021C§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING KEY OPERATED DOUBLE CYLINDER LOCK ON THE WROUGHT IRON GATE IN THE FENCE AT FRONT YARDFeb 23, 2021
Feb 17, 2021CApt 3 · § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 3, 3rd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTFeb 23, 2021
Feb 17, 2021AD26-12.03 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. SCRAPE AND REMOVE RUST SCALES AND PAINT WITH 2 COATS OF PAINT CORNICE FASTENED TO ROOF FRONT OF BLDG.May 23, 2021
Feb 17, 2021BD26-19.07 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 REQUIRED.Mar 24, 2021
Feb 17, 2021BD26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS BOILER ROOM CELLAR CENTER.Mar 24, 2021
Feb 17, 2021BD26-10.01 ADM CODE PROVIDE REGISTER WITH FUSIBLE LINK AT BOILER ROOM CELLAR.Mar 24, 2021
Feb 17, 2021A§ 53, 187, 231 M/D LAW AND DEPARTMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS. PROVIDE A SHOE PROPERLY SECURED TO BOTTOM OF STRING OF DROPLADDER FRONT WEST.May 23, 2021
Feb 17, 2021CD26-17.10 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDING'S HEATING SYSTEM 1 STY PUBLIC HALL & ON BOILER ROOM DOOR.Feb 23, 2021
Feb 17, 2021CD26-17.10 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDING'S HEATING SYSTEM CELLAR DOOR LOCKED.Feb 23, 2021
Feb 17, 2021B§ 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 50 WATTS NIGHT INSPECTION.Mar 24, 2021
Feb 17, 2021B§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES 3 STY WEST.Mar 24, 2021
Feb 17, 2021B§ 27-2039 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 60 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT ILLUMINATION VESTIBULE PUBLIC HALL NIGHT INSPECTION.Mar 24, 2021
Feb 17, 2021B§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES 4 STY PUBLIC HALL.Mar 24, 2021
Feb 17, 2021C§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER LOCK INSTALLED AT GATE AT FRONT AREAWAY, 1st STORYFeb 23, 2021

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City records as of Nov 9, 2026, 6:51 PM ET. BBL 3017630070.

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