Manhattan · Block 2118 · Lot 69 · 10032

569 West 159 Street

4 floors · 7 apartments · 3,150 sq ft · built 1910 · class C1 · owner of record: Dorothy Mcgowan Housing Development Fund Corp

22open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
2HPD 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 (2027 cycle) Likely applies
Local Law 152 · During 2027
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 12 is on the 2027 cycle; certification is filed with DOB after the inspection. Buildings with no gas piping file a certification instead. Agency page

Dec 31, 2027
in 426 days
Next cycle year 2027
Annual boiler inspection (1 boiler) Applies
Boiler inspection · By December 31 each year
What this is

Boilers are inspected each calendar year and the report is filed in DOB NOW: Safety within 14 days of the inspection (low-pressure boilers in residential buildings of 5 or fewer families are exempt). Latest report on record: 2026-03-04 (Accepted). Agency page

On file2026 reports accepted

Open violations

ECB / OATH (0)

None open.

DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (22) · C 2 · B 12 · A 8
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Jul 17, 2026AApt 1A · § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTHOct 20, 2026
Jul 17, 2026AApt 1A · § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTHOct 20, 2026
Jul 15, 2026B§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT BULKHEAD DOOR AT NORTH, ROOFAug 19, 2026
Jul 15, 2026B§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT BULKHEAD DOOR AT SOUTH, ROOFAug 19, 2026
Feb 17, 2026CApt 4A · § 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE FLUSHING APPARATUS AND MAINTAIN SAME SO AS TO FLUSH EFFECTIVELY THE WATER CLOSET .... IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4A, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTHFeb 23, 2026
Oct 15, 2025C§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT DOOR LEADING TO REAR YARD AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORYOct 29, 2025
Sep 11, 2025AApt 2A · § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SINK CABINET DOOR IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 2A, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTHDec 15, 2025
May 7, 2024BApt 1A · § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX 2 SQ FT AT CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY ORIGINAL VIOLATION 16574947 ISSUED 05-JAN-24 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(3)(a) or (b).Jun 11, 2024
Feb 27, 2020BApt 2B · § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APROX 2 SQ FT AT CEILING IN THE 2nd BATHROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 13323085 ISSUED 29-OCT-19 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS B PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODApr 2, 2020
Oct 30, 2019BApt 2B · § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LIGHT FIXTURE AT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHDec 4, 2019
Oct 30, 2019BApt 2B · § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING AND SOUTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHDec 4, 2019
Oct 30, 2019BApt 2B · § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHDec 4, 2019
Oct 30, 2019BApt 2B · § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE 2nd BATHROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHDec 4, 2019
Oct 30, 2019BApt 2B · § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR ALL WALLS AND CEILING IN THE 2nd BATHROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHDec 4, 2019
Oct 30, 2019BApt 2B · § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHDec 4, 2019
Jun 14, 2018AApt 2B · § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHSep 17, 2018
Jun 14, 2018AApt 2B · § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHSep 17, 2018
Jun 14, 2018AApt 2B · § 27-2005 HMC:TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MOLD ... AT EAST WALL IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHSep 17, 2018
Jun 14, 2018AApt 2B · § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHSep 17, 2018
Mar 22, 2018BApt 2B · § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHApr 26, 2018
Mar 22, 2018AApt 2B · § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHJun 25, 2018
Jan 2, 2018BApt 2B · § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTHFeb 6, 2018

Issued in the last 120 days

DateSourceWhatNow
Jul 17, 2026HPD A§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTHOpen
Jul 17, 2026HPD A§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING CEILING IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTHOpen
Jul 16, 2026HPD C§ 27-2070 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE FIXTURES AT RANGE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 1A, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTClosed
Jul 15, 2026HPD B§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT BULKHEAD DOOR AT NORTH, ROOFOpen
Jul 15, 2026HPD B§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LATCH SET AT BULKHEAD DOOR AT SOUTH, ROOFOpen

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City records as of Oct 31, 2026, 4:21 PM ET. BBL 1021180069.

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