The Department of Buildings served a cluster of Class 1 and Class 2 violations this week citing failures in perimeter protection — jersey barriers, debris netting, and fencing — at sites across Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, according to DOB's ECB violations database.

At 48-02 25th Avenue in Astoria, Queens, Mega Contracting GP LLC was cited three times on October 17 for conditions tied to the same site: jersey barriers at two exposures not interlocked or filled with water or sand per manufacturer specification; a supported scaffold with debris netting not fully enclosing the structure; and an inadequate work and storage zone with materials stacked above four feet and not fully enclosed by fencing, per the violation descriptions. Penalties on the three violations total $11,250, with hearings scheduled for December 23.

At 105 East 34th Street in Manhattan, Selca Construction Inc. was cited for disconnected and unfilled jersey barriers around a concrete washout area and for a sidewalk shed found not meeting code specifications, with a cracked and disturbed sidewalk cited as a tripping hazard, per DOB's record. At 42-09 235th Street in Douglaston, Queens, J E Levine Builder Inc. was cited for disconnected jersey barriers and missing netting between a perimeter fence and sidewalk shed at a topped-off 12-story building. Combined penalties on the two Manhattan violations and two Queens violations run $8,650.

Three additional violations cite closed sites where DOB inspectors reported being unable to reach a watchperson: at 1262 59th Street in Brooklyn (City Builders NYC LLC), 185 Marcy Avenue in Brooklyn (B Contractors Group LLC), and 1200 Union Turnpike-listed West 21st Construction at a site in Staten Island, inspectors describe shouting at the perimeter and banging on fences or gates with no response, per the violation records. Penalties for those three range from $2,500 to $5,000.

Separately, DOB cited 312 West 49th Street HDFC and two Bedford Equities LLC-controlled addresses on East 89th Street in Manhattan for obstructed fire escapes and passageways — overgrown vegetation and flower pots in one case, a wood stockade fence in the other, according to the violation descriptions. All violations listed here are civil ECB citations with hearings pending in December 2026 and January 2027; DOB's record does not indicate whether conditions have been corrected, and none of the respondents' responses are included in the public filings.