Brooklyn · Block 4673 · Lot 52 · 11203

859 Schenectady Avenue

2 floors · 4 apartments · 3,440 sq ft · built 1930 · class C3 · owner of record: Janice C. Walcott

22open violations
$0ECB/OATH penalties owed
3HPD 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 67 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 67 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 83 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 17 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 432 days
Next cycle year 2027

Open violations

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DOB (0)

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DOB NOW Safety (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Jan 31, 2025Gas Piping - LL152 FTF-PL-PER
Cycle 1, Sub-cycle D (premises is in Community District 17)
Active
HPD (21) · C 3 · B 14 · A 4
IssuedClassViolationCorrect by
Nov 29, 2021BApt 2R · § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTJan 3, 2022
Nov 29, 2021CApt 2R · HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTDec 25, 2021
Nov 29, 2021CApt 2R · HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTDec 25, 2021
Nov 29, 2021BApt 2R · § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). DEFECTIVE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTJan 3, 2022
Nov 22, 2021BApt 2R · § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT CEILING APPROX 10 SQ FT IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 2R, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTDec 27, 2021
Dec 26, 2019BApt 2NDFLO · § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2NDFLO, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTJan 30, 2020
Dec 26, 2019BApt 2NDFLO · § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... APPROX. 24 SQ FT AT CEILING AND TRIM IN THE 3rd BATHROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 2NDFLO, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTJan 30, 2020
Dec 26, 2019BApt 2NDFLO · § 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 2NDFLO, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EASTJan 30, 2020
Jun 19, 2008AD26-10.01 ADM CODE REFIT BOILER ROOM DOOR CELLAR CENTER.Sep 22, 2008
Jun 19, 2008BSECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE INSTALL AND MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT LIGHT OR LIGHTS OF AT LEAST 100 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT EACH, TO LIGHT ADEQUATELY FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE THE ORTH SIDE YARD NIGHT INSPECTION.Jul 24, 2008
Jun 19, 2008BSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REPLACE WITH NEW THE MISSING REGISTER WITH FUSIBLE LINK WALL BOILER ROOM CELLAR.Jul 24, 2008
Jun 19, 2008BD26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE METAL CEILING BOILER ROOM CELLAR CENTER.Jul 24, 2008
Jun 19, 2008BD26-19.05 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 60 WATTS INCANDESCENT OR EQUIVALENT ILLUMINATION PUBLIC HALL ALL STYS.Jul 24, 2008
Jun 19, 2008BD26-10.01, 10.05 ADM CODE ARRANGE AND MAKE SELF-CLOSING THE DOORS BOILER ROOM CELLAR CENTER.Jul 24, 2008
Jun 19, 2008AD26-10.01 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTER BOARD CEILING CELLAR FRONT.Sep 22, 2008
Jun 19, 2008ASECTION 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 WOOD PARTITION ERECTED WITH STUDS CREATING 4 ROOMS CELLAR FRONT & REAR.Sep 22, 2008
Jun 19, 2008BSECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF ACOUSTIC DROP CEILING INSTALLED CENTER TO FRONT CELLAR.Jul 24, 2008
Jun 19, 2008BSECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS ETC 1 & 2 STY PUBLIC HALLS.Jul 24, 2008
Jun 19, 2008AD26-19.07 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 FRONT ENTRANCE TO BUILDING.Sep 22, 2008
Aug 28, 2007BApt 4 · SECTION 27-2005 ADM CODE REMOVE THE TORN AND/OR LOOSE FLOOR COVERING : IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT 4, 2nd STORY, APARTMENT AT WESTOct 2, 2007
Aug 28, 2007CSECTION 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING HASP AND LATCH AT SCUTTLE COVER WITH CAPABILITY TO BE PADLOCKED AT PUBLIC HALL, 2nd STORYSep 3, 2007

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City records as of Oct 25, 2026, 6:58 AM ET. BBL 3046730052.

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