Manhattan · Block 485 · Lot 29 · 10012

79 Mercer Street

6 floors · 5 apartments · 13,475 sq ft · built 1893 · class O5 · owner of record: 79 Mercer Street Llc

7open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
0HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
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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 60 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 60 days
Annual
Annual boiler inspection (2 boilers) 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: 2026-08-12 (Accepted). Agency page

Dec 31, 2026
in 60 days
1 of 2 without an accepted 2026 report yet
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 76 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 (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 2 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 1156 days
Next cycle year 2029

Open violations

ECB / OATH (4)
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
May 22, 2012Construction CLASS - 1
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN. DEFECT IS STEEL & STEEL I BEAM & CONCRETE IS SEVERELY RUSTED & DETERIORATED BELOW SIDEWALK VAULT AT FRONT OF CELLAR WATER IS LEAKING AT TIME OF INSPECTION LARGE POOL OF WATER OBSERVED ON GR
#34938318Z
Jul 12, 2012
IN VIOLATION
$0
Apr 14, 2009Unknown CLASS - 2
SEC. 28-201.1 UNLAWFUL ACTS. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH AN ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER NOTED: ECB VIOLATION #34546402Z ISSUED 11/28/06 FOR ALTEREDBLDG OCCUPIED W/O A VALID C OF O REQUIRED A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
#34775262P
Jun 4, 2009
STIPULATION/IN-VIO
$0
Feb 26, 2008Construction Non-Hazardous
ALTERED BLDG OCCUPIED W/O A VALID COFO UNDER ALT #103356734 NO C/O WASISSUED & BLDG IS OCCUPIED REMEDY:OBTAIN VALID C/O
#34618568Z
Apr 24, 2008
DEFAULT
$0
Nov 28, 2006Construction Non-Hazardous
ALTERED BLDG OCCUPIED W/O A VALID C OF O. NOTED: ALT 1 #103356734 C OFO WAS NEVER ISSUED UNDER THIS APPL. REMEDY: DISCONTINUE USE & OBTAIN AVALID C OF O FORTHWITH.
#34546402Z
Feb 15, 2007
IN VIOLATION
$0
DOB (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Dec 1, 2003CONSTRUCTION

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DOB VIOLATION - ACTIVE
DOB NOW Safety (2)
IssuedViolationStatus
Sep 11, 2024Elevators FTF-VT-CAT1-CO
Violation Issued-Failure To File 2023 Cat1 Test Report
Active
Aug 11, 2023Elevators FTF-VT-CAT1-CO
Violation Issued-Failure To File 2022 Cat1 Test Report
Active
HPD (0)

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City records as of Nov 1, 2026, 10:14 AM ET. BBL 1004850029.

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