Brooklyn · Block 5679 · Lot 57 · 11220

855 56 Street

2 floors · 4 apartments · 3,198 sq ft · built 1924 · class C3 · owner of record: Lu, Wan Gang

18open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
1HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
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Compliance deadlines

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 69 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 69 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 85 days
Annual
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 434 days
Next cycle year 2027

Open violations

ECB / OATH (0)

None open.

DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (0)

None open.

HPD (18) · C 1 · B 14 · A 3
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Dec 26, 2013BSECTION 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 REQUIRED, LIGHT FIXTURE PRESENTJan 30, 2014
Oct 11, 2011CSECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING HASP CABABLE OF BEING PADLOCKED AT THE BULKHEAD DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL STAIRSOct 17, 2011
Jun 22, 2007ASECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORYSep 30, 2007
Oct 26, 2001BSECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS ALL STYS PUBLIC HALLS AND AT STAIRS , BULKHEAD TO ROOFDec 5, 2001
Oct 26, 2001BSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF HASP AND EYE CAPABLIE OF BEEN PADLOCKED BULKHEAD DOOR TO ROOFDec 5, 2001
Oct 26, 2001BSECTION 27-2039 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 60 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT ILLUMINATION SOUTH LIGHT FIXTURE 1ST STY PUBLIC HALLDec 5, 2001
Oct 26, 2001BSECTION 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 INCANDESENT MINIMUM REQUIREDDec 5, 2001
Oct 26, 2001BApt 2F · SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTHDec 5, 2001
Oct 26, 2001AApt 2F · SECTION 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 DROP CEILINGS ERECTED THRU-OUT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTHFeb 3, 2002
May 24, 2000BApt 2FLFR · SECTION 27-2018 ADM CODE ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF VERMIN MICE AND ROACH THROUGH OUT APT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2FLFR, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT WESTJul 3, 2000
May 24, 2000BApt 2FLFR · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING CENTER ROOM IN THE 1st LIVING ROOM FROM WEST LOCATED AT APT 2FLFR, 2nd STORYJul 3, 2000
May 24, 2000AApt 2FLFR · SECTION 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WALLS AND CEILINGS THROUGH APT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2FLFR, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT WESTSep 1, 2000
May 24, 2000BApt 2FLFR · SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING MS VELASQUEZ IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2FLFR, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT WESTJul 3, 2000
May 24, 2000BApt 2FLFR · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILINGS FRONT SOUTH AND FRONT NORTH ROOMS IN THE 1st BEDROOM FROM WEST LOCATED AT APT 2FLFR, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTHJul 3, 2000
May 15, 2000BApt 2F · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR SOUTH ROOM CEILING IN THE 1st BEDROOM 2 FROM SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORYJun 24, 2000
May 15, 2000BApt 2FLFR · SECTION 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE MIS THERESA VELASQUEZ IN THE FOYER LOCATED AT APT 2FLFR, 2nd STORYJun 24, 2000
May 15, 2000BApt 2F · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING OF NORTH ROOM IN THE 1st BEDROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2F, 2nd STORYJun 24, 2000
May 15, 2000BApt 2FLFR · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR CEILING OF CENTER ROOM IN THE 1st LIVING ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2FLFR, 2nd STORYJun 24, 2000

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