Brooklyn · Block 1144 · Lot 52 · 11238

578 Vanderbilt Avenue

4 floors · 4 apartments · 3,800 sq ft · built 1891 · class C3 · owner of record: Smokey Vanderbilt. Llc

2open violations
$2,500ECB/OATH penalties owed
0HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
64dto Gas piping inspection (2026 cycle)

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Compliance deadlines

RequirementDueStatus
Gas piping inspection (2026 cycle) Likely applies
Local Law 152 · During 2026
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 8 is on the 2026 cycle; certification is filed with DOB after the inspection. Buildings with no gas piping file a certification instead. Agency page

Dec 31, 2026
in 64 days
Due this year
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 64 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 64 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 80 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 308 days
Registered through 2027-09-01

Open violations

ECB / OATH (2) · $2,500 owed
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Aug 27, 2026Plumbing CLASS - 2
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. EXHAUST DISCHARGE MUST BE NO CLOSER THAN 10 FEET FROM BUILDING OPENINGS AS PER MC 501.2 AND RS 13-1 SEC. 2-2.1.4. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, I OBSERVED THE
#39202160H
Nov 4, 2026
PENDING
$1,250
Aug 27, 2026Construction CLASS - 2
WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. CONSTRUCTION WORK NOTED. AT THE TIME OF THE APPOINTMENT, I OBSERVED NEWLY INSTALLED SLIDING DOORS W TRANSOM AT THE REAR & 3 EXHAUSTS NEXT TO OPERABLE WINDOWS. AT RS OF THE BLDG, I OBSERVE
#39202159K
Nov 4, 2026
PENDING
$1,250
DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (0)

None open.

Issued in the last 120 days

DateSourceWhatNow
Aug 27, 2026ECBConstruction: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING AND ALL PARTS THEREOF IN A CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, I OBSERVED CRACKS AROUND THE REAR 1ST FLOOR WINDOW AND MISSING STUCCO WHERE BRICK WAS PATCHED., REPAIR AClosed
Aug 27, 2026ECBPlumbing: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. EXHAUST DISCHARGE MUST BE NO CLOSER THAN 10 FEET FROM BUILDING OPENINGS AS PER MC 501.2 AND RS 13-1 SEC. 2-2.1.4. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, I OBSERVED THEOpen
Aug 27, 2026ECBConstruction: WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. CONSTRUCTION WORK NOTED. AT THE TIME OF THE APPOINTMENT, I OBSERVED NEWLY INSTALLED SLIDING DOORS W TRANSOM AT THE REAR & 3 EXHAUSTS NEXT TO OPERABLE WINDOWS. AT RS OF THE BLDG, I OBSERVEOpen

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Always confirm on the city's own systems before acting: DOB BIS property profile · DOB NOW · HPD Online · Pay ECB/OATH penalties (CityPay)

City records as of Oct 28, 2026, 12:42 PM ET. BBL 3011440052.

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