Brooklyn · Block 3536 · Lot 50 · 11212

656 Saratoga Avenue

2 floors · 2 apartments · 1,756 sq ft · built 1930 · class B1 · owner of record: Chaplin, Margaret J

4open violations
$10,000ECB/OATH penalties owed
0HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
291dto Annual property registration

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Compliance deadlines

RequirementDueStatus
Annual property registration Check
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 291 days
Required only if the owner doesn't live there

Open violations

ECB / OATH (3) · $10,000 owed
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Mar 26, 2024Construction CLASS - 1
FAILURE TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED EXIT PASSAGEWAY : AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED A STORAGE CONTAINER WAS FULLY BLOCKING THE EXIT PASSAGEWAY FROM THE BACK YARD TO THE FRONT YARD AT EXPOSURE #2, REMOVE OBSTRUCTIO
#39109940M
Jul 1, 2024
IN VIOLATION
$1,250
Mar 26, 2024Construction CLASS - 2
ILLEGAL USE IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT : AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED ONE STORAGE CONTAINER BEING STORED IN THE FRONT YARD OF THE PREMISES IN A R6 GENERAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. ZR 22-00, DISCONTINUE ILLEGAL USE;
#39109941Y
Jun 5, 2024
DEFAULT
$6,250
Mar 11, 2024Construction CLASS - 1
RCA WAS ISSUED ON 3/06/2023 BY INSPECTOR BADGE # 2591 FOR WORK WITHOUT PERMIT. INSPECTOR OBSERVED AT 1ST FLOOR APT. FULL GUT/RENOVATION OF WALLS, CEILINGS AND FLOORS WITH PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL WORK BEING PERF
#39108332Y
Jan 16, 2025
IN VIOLATION
$2,500
DOB (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Mar 6, 2023CONSTRUCTION
OBSERVED AT 1ST FLOOR APT FULL GUT/RENOVATION OF WALLS, CEILINGS AND FLOORS WITH PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL WORK BEING PERFORMED IN PROGRESS WITH NO PERMITS OR APPROVALS ISSUED FROM DOB
#23-00609
DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (0)

None open.

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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 Nov 14, 2026, 11:57 AM ET. BBL 3035360050.

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