Brooklyn · Block 3841 · Lot 15 · 11207

653 New Jersey Avenue

2 floors · 4 apartments · 3,198 sq ft · built 1930 · class C4 · owner of record: Griffith, Melroy

18open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
2HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
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RequirementDueStatus
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

OverdueRegistration expired 2026-09-01
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 59 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 59 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 75 days
Annual
Gas piping inspection (2029 cycle) Likely applies
Local Law 152 · During 2029
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 5 is on the 2029 cycle; certification is filed with DOB after the inspection. Buildings with no gas piping file a certification instead. Agency page

Dec 31, 2029
in 1155 days
Next cycle year 2029

Open violations

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DOB (0)

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DOB NOW Safety (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Sep 18, 2025Gas Piping - LL152 FTF-PL-PER
Cycle 1, Sub-cycle B (premises is in Community District 5)
Active
HPD (17) · C 2 · B 13 · A 2
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Oct 17, 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 REQUIREDNov 21, 2012
Jan 3, 2012BApt 1R · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF WATER STAIN AT CEILING AND WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT EASTFeb 7, 2012
Jan 3, 2012BApt 1R · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING AND WALLS IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORYFeb 7, 2012
Feb 22, 2011BApt 2R · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING AND ALL WALLS IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EASTMar 29, 2011
Feb 22, 2011CSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE LOCKING DEVICE ENTRANCE DOOR TO BUILDING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORYFeb 28, 2011
Nov 8, 2007BApt 2R · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING BELL-BUZZER BOX IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTDec 13, 2007
Nov 8, 2007BApt 2R · SECTION 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTDec 13, 2007
Nov 8, 2007BApt 2R · SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING KEY OPERATED DOUBLE CYLINDER LOCK IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTDec 13, 2007
Nov 8, 2007BApt 2R · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTDec 13, 2007
Mar 31, 2006BApt 2R · SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EASTMay 10, 2006
Mar 31, 2006CApt 2R · SECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK AT FRONT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EASTApr 11, 2006
Mar 31, 2006BApt 2R · SECTION 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND RULES. IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT EASTMay 10, 2006
Jun 1, 1999BApt 2R · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY SECURE THE LOOSE WASHBASIN BATHROOM 2 STY EAST APT 2R , SECTION '' ''Jul 19, 1999
Jun 1, 1999AApt 2R · SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WALLS AND CEILINGS THRU OUT 2 STY EAST APT 2R , SECTION '' ''Sep 17, 1999
Oct 15, 1996ASECTION 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION PARTITIONS ERECTED CREATING ROOMS CELLAR FRONT AND CENTERJan 31, 1997
Apr 16, 1996BApt 2RR · SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE & ROACHES THRU OUT 2 STY EAST APT 2RR. , SECTION '' ''Jun 3, 1996
Apr 16, 1996BApt 2RR · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE BELL & BUZZER SYSTEM AT BLDG ENTRANCE TO 2 STY EAST APT 2RR. , SECTION '' ''Jun 3, 1996

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