Nine buildings across the Bronx and Brooklyn are set for OATH/ECB hearings on November 6, and four of them involve the same complaint: elevators cited for failing to maintain required safety equipment, according to Department of Buildings records filed with the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings.
At 480 Concord Avenue in the Bronx, DOB cited 480 Concord Ave Owner LLC on September 2 after an inspector found no inspection certificate posted in the elevator car, an inoperative in-car emergency communication line, and a car top with what the violation notice calls "excessive dirt and debris." The charge, filed under code section 28-304 for failure to maintain an elevator or conveying system, carries a $625 penalty. OATH records show the case closed in the respondent's favor with all terms met and no balance due.
Two more Bronx buildings drew the same elevator-maintenance charge the same week. At 810 East 152nd Street, DOB cited Abeken Apartments LP on August 31 for insufficient car lighting, a missing NYC identification number on the operating panel, and an uncovered inspection certificate — also a $625 penalty, also closed with no balance due. At 1750 Grand Concourse, DOB cited 1750 GC LLC on August 27 for what the violation describes as "aggressive car stopping" at the lobby landing, the same $625 fine under the same code section.
A fourth elevator case, at 305 East 158th Street, carries more weight. DOB records show Senior Living Options Inc. was cited in February after an inspector found the building's only service elevator out of service — filed as a Class 1 condition, the department's most serious tier, under building code section 28-304. That case has moved to judgment: OATH docketed it in August with a $1,250 penalty still due.
Elsewhere on Tuesday's calendar, DOB records show a facade violation at 1040 Gerard Avenue in the Bronx, where an inspector in August found cracked window glass on the third floor and rusted window lintels at multiple locations — a $2,500 charge against 1040 Gerard Owners Corp under the building-wall maintenance code. At 820 Colgate Avenue, HP Lafayette Boynton Housing Development Fund Corp was cited for a cellar hallway partially blocked by garbage, a $1,250 case. And in Brooklyn, at 587 Bristol Street, DOB cited Goldy Rolnitzky in May after an inspector found the front porch guardrail replaced with "construction plastic tubes" the department's notice says are not sturdy enough to withstand heavy wind — a $1,250 charge under the general code-compliance maintenance section.
Two older cases on Tuesday's docket carry larger defaulted penalties. At 105 East 183rd Street in the Bronx, DOB cited Peak Point Corp in September for work without a permit, alleging an illegally built enclosed storefront vestibule obstructing the sidewalk — a $1,250 charge, closed with all terms met. Separately, OATH records show a March case against a Bronx respondent listed as "1226 E. Gunhill" has gone to default, with a $2,530 balance now due after an inspector responding to an incident found two rooms — including a bedroom — built out in a hair salon cellar alongside a refrigerator and microwave, cited as work without a permit.
None of the nine cases on Tuesday's calendar reached a hearing result beyond the OATH filing stage reflected in this data; DOB records list compliance status for each separately, and the department's public hearing calendar is the system of record for case outcomes.