Brooklyn · Block 1783 · Lot 70 · 11205

553 Lafayette Avenue

4 floors · 6 apartments · 4,999 sq ft · built 2025 · class C2 · owner of record: Kingsland Lafayette Llc

11open violations
$45,250ECB/OATH penalties owed
0HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
Overdueto Annual property registration

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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 48 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 48 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 64 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

OverdueNo current registration found
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 779 days
Next cycle year 2028

Open violations

ECB / OATH (14) · $45,250 owed
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Jun 30, 2026Construction CLASS - 1
UPON INSPECTION I OBSERVED INADEQUATE HOUSEKEEPING PRACTICES AT EXPOS 1 AND 3 YARD. ACCUMULATED COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL STORED AT EXPOS 1 (POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD). ACCUMULATING TRASH AND COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL STORED
#39556011M
Apr 26, 2027
PENDING
$2,500
Jun 30, 2026Unknown CLASS - 1
I OBSERVED A WORKER SHED INSTALLED IN YARD AT EXPOS 1 CONTRARY TO CODE 3303.16 . NO SMOKE DETECTOR INSTALLED INSIDE THE WORKER SHED. SHED NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM OR A NON-WATER AUTOMATIC
#39556012Y
Apr 26, 2027
PENDING
$5,000
Jun 30, 2026Construction CLASS - 2
UPON INSPECTION I OBSERVED A FENCE WITH AN INADEQUATE FENCE PROJECT INFO PANEL INSTALLED AT EXPOS 1 CONTRARY TO CODE. INFO PANEL SIZE WAS NOT 36.5IN X 55IN CONTRARY TO CODE 3301.9.1.4 . INFO PANEL DID NOT HAVE
#39556008L
Apr 26, 2027
PENDING
$1,250
Jun 30, 2026Construction CLASS - 2
UPON INSPECTION I OBSERVED A FENCE INSTALLED AT EXPOS 1 NOT MAINTAINED OR CONSTRUCTED ACCORDING TO CODE. INSTALLED VIEWING PANELS WERE NOT 12X12 IN SIZE. PART OF FENCE WAS NOT 8FT AT EXPOS 1. FENCE DOES NOT FUL
#39556007J
Apr 26, 2027
PENDING
$1,000
Dec 29, 2025Unknown CLASS - 2
OBSERVED4 STORY NB WITH PIPE SCAFFOLD @ EXPO 1 APPROX. 42 FT HIGH. UPON REVIEW OF DOB SYSTEMS, NO ACTIVE PERMIT WAS ISSUED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD OVER 40 FT. STOP ALL USE OF PIPE SCAFFOLD. OBTAIN
#39548550L
May 10, 2027
$1,250
Dec 29, 2025Construction CLASS - 2
OBSERVED 4 STORY NB ON SUPERSTRUCTURE WITH SUPPORTED SCAFFOLD INSTALLED @ EXPO 1. UPON REQUEST FOR DOB APPROVED PLANS FOR STRUCTURAL WORK AND SUPPORTED SCAFFOLD INSTALLED @ EXPO 1, NONE WAS PROVIDED AT THE TIME
#39548551N
May 10, 2027
PENDING
$1,250
Jun 20, 2025Unknown CLASS - 1
AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION OF A SIDEWALK SHED , I OBSERVED ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION WITH VANDER PROOF FIXTURES TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE SIDEWALK SHED. UPON REVIEW OF DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS NO PERMIT WAS OBTAINED
#39541611Y
Nov 13, 2026
$1,600
Jun 20, 2025Unknown CLASS - 2
BC 3309.2 LICENSE TO ENTER ADJOINING PROPERTY. AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION , I OBSERVED OVERHEAD PROTECTION ERECTED INTO ADJACENT PROPERTY FRONT YARD SPACE AT EXPOSURE #4 WITHOUT OBTAINING THEIR AUTHORIZAT
#39541609P
Nov 13, 2026
PENDING
$2,500
Jun 20, 2025Unknown CLASS - 2
AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION I OBSERVED A SIDEWALK SHED INSTALLED AT EXPOSURE # 1. UPON REVIEW OF DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS WHICH REVEAL NO PERMIT WAS OBTAINED FOR THIS UNSAFE ERECTION OF THIS SIDEWALK SHED WHICH CA
#39541610M
Nov 13, 2026
$1,250
May 28, 2025Construction CLASS - 1
AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION OF A 4 STORY NEW BUILDING 2ND FLOOR LEVEL, I OBSERVED GUARDRAILS WAS MISSING FORM THE ENTIRE DECKING AND WORKERS ON TOP INSTALLING ROLLS OF WIRE MESH. FAILURE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAI
#39540708X
May 3, 2027
PENDING
$5,030
May 28, 2025Unknown CLASS - 1
AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION OF A 4 STORY NEW BUILDING 2ND FLOOR LEVEL, I OBSERVED STAIRS FROM THE 1ST FLOOR TO THE 2ND FLOOR WITH NO HANDRAILS AND DID NOT HAVE ANY INFILLS, FAILURE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN STAI
#39540710P
May 3, 2027
PENDING
$5,030
May 28, 2025Unknown CLASS - 1
28-104.7.10 AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION OF A 4 STORY NEW BUILDING, I OBSERVED ACTIVE JOBSITE, UPON REQUEST FOR SITE SAFETY PLAN THE ONE THAT WAS PROVIDED HAVE NO INITIALS. FAILURE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SIGNE
#39540706M
May 3, 2027
PENDING
$5,030
May 28, 2025Unknown CLASS - 2
BC 3315.1.6 AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION OF A 4 STORY NEW BUILDING 2ND FLOOR LEVEL, I OBSERVED SIDEWALK SHED IN PLACE AT EXPOSURE #1 AND THERE WERE NO DEBRIS NETTING FROM CONSTRUCTION FENCE TO UNDERNEATH THE SI
#39540709H
May 3, 2027
PENDING
$2,530
May 28, 2025Unknown CLASS - 1
AT THE TIME OF MY INSPECTION OF A 4 STORY NEW BUILDING 2ND FLOOR LEVEL, I OBSERVED THAT THE OVERHEAD PROTECTION FOR ADJACENT PROPERTY AT 555 LAFAYETTE AVENUE WAS NOT ALL THE WAY TO THE BUILDING LEAVING A GAP BE
#39540707Y
May 3, 2027
PENDING
$10,030
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City records as of Nov 13, 2026, 9:53 PM ET. BBL 3017830070.

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