DOB issued a batch of Environmental Control Board violations dated October 27 covering unpermitted construction, safety lapses, and building-maintenance complaints across Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island, according to DOB ECB records.

The most serious safety citation went to Top Build Contractors Inc. at 28 Candon Court, Staten Island, where an inspector reported no guardrails on a second-floor deck at a two-story building, a class-1 violation carrying a $5,000 penalty, per DOB records.

Unpermitted work accounted for several citations. At 1526 East 35 Street in Brooklyn, respondent Moshe Kelman was cited after an inspector reported major excavation and a newly poured concrete footing and retaining wall connected to the existing building, despite a full stop-work order covering all excavation and concrete work — a $2,500 penalty, per DOB records. At 119-18 130 Street in South Ozone Park, Queens, Better Ozone Park Corp. drew two separate $2,500 violations the same day — one for electrical wiring and outlet installation described as roughly 80% complete, the other for plumbing work including a new bathroom's water supply piping — both cited as performed without a permit, according to DOB records. At 2061 Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, Mount Calvary Pentecostal was cited after an inspector found the location 95% demolished to studs and steel framing ahead of a pending permit application, per DOB records.

Two Brooklyn commercial job sites drew multiple citations apiece. At 159 Street and 40-21 in Flushing, Queens, Mega General Constr NYC was cited for using a sidewalk and roadway for mechanical equipment including an air compressor without a DOT permit, and separately for unsafe storage of cement pallets stacked eight feet high, two violations totaling $4,900, according to DOB records. At 215-28 Hillside Avenue in Queens Village, Allstate Renovation Inc. was cited for an expired sidewalk shed permit and for debris spilling onto the public sidewalk through a chainlink fence, two violations totaling $2,500, per DOB records.

Building-maintenance complaints rounded out the batch: a detaching lower roof and split wood shingles at 839 Hancock Street in Brooklyn (Bernice Bolden, $1,250); a deteriorated chimney missing mortar and bricks at 91-59 84 Street in Jamaica, Queens (Ivelisse Hiraldo, $2,500); and corroded, non-compliant galvanized gas piping on a roof HVAC installation at a property on Yonkers Avenue tied to BIN 2006002 (Ellen Rose Associates LLC, $2,500), all according to DOB records. Separately, DOB logged roughly 100 new construction-related complaints citywide over the past two days, per DOB Complaints Received data — a volume consistent with a routine reporting period and not, by itself, evidence of any of the conditions described above.

All violations listed carry PENDING hearing status with hearings scheduled between December 31, 2026 and January 15, 2027, and none has yet been paid, per DOB ECB records.

What to do next

If your firm or a project you're bonding is named above, the hearing dates are already on the calendar — December 31 through January 15 — and a $0 amount-paid balance means the clock is running on a contest-or-pay decision. Anyone pulling a permit near 40-21 159 Street in Flushing or 215-28 Hillside Avenue in Queens Village should check DOB's violation lookup before mobilizing equipment or sheds at those sites, since both already carry active sidewalk/equipment citations. For any job under a standing stop-work order, confirm its status is formally lifted in DOB's system before resuming work — the East 35 Street case above shows what an inspector finds when that step gets skipped.