Twenty OATH/ECB tickets tied to Bronx properties are set for hearing on October 2 at the Bronx Hearing Part 2 location, according to Department of Buildings records filed with the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings. Six of them share the same root problem: elevators that failed inspection.
At 1894 Eastchester Road in the Bronx, DOB records show a Class 2 violation for an inoperative emergency phone and a worn car shoe scraping on the rails, cited under ASME A17.1 elevator code, respondent listed as 1894 Realty LLC, $625 total violation amount, hearing result "in violation." At 2087 Creston Avenue, DOB records show a passenger elevator found out of service entirely, respondent Creston Avenue Associates L P, also $625. At 226 West Tremont Avenue, DOB records show an elevator safety test certificate (CAT 1 tag) that had expired with no recent test on file, respondent CAP 226 Tremont Ave Property O, $625. At 1325 Lafayette Avenue, DOB records show hoist ropes exhibiting "rouge" — red iron-oxide corrosion requiring evaluation — respondent Longfellow Owners LLC, $625. At 464 East 159th Street, DOB records show an elevator that failed to respond to car and hall calls for the sixth floor, respondent Longfellow-Hall Housing Dev F, $625. At 80 East 181st Street, a separate violation for a third-floor exit door not self-closing, respondent Weinstock Family LLC Facilities, $625.
A second cluster involves active construction sites rather than elevator maintenance. At 1169 Washington Avenue, DOB records show a mobile crane in use at street level that wasn't shown on the approved site safety plan, respondent Beechwood Weeksville Cont, $1,250. At 10 Van Cortlandt Avenue East, DOB records show a proposed 12-story building using a fire hydrant for construction water without an approved backflow-prevention assembly, respondent Mega Contracting GP LLC, $1,250. At 490 East Tremont Avenue, DOB records show two separate tickets against KDL Construction Develo — one for scaffolding with loose debris netting, missing planking, and bent bracing, the other for a sidewalk shed with mudsills buried in dirt and debris — each carrying a $1,250 violation amount. At 1060 Clay Avenue, both the site's electrical contractor (S R Electrical Mechanic) and general contractor (MJH Construction Corp) were separately cited $300 each for an active permit not posted at the construction fence.
All 20 tickets carry a "hearing completed" or "paid in full" status with a result of "in violation" and a compliance status of "All Terms Met," per OATH/ECB records — meaning these cases have already been adjudicated or settled ahead of the scheduled hearing date, a common posture in the OATH docket system. None of the violation amounts in this batch carry an outstanding balance due.
Separately, DOB's complaint intake system logged roughly 100 new complaints citywide in the two days ending October 1, including several elevator-related entries (unit code ELEVR) at addresses on Whiteplains Road in the Bronx and 1 Avenue in Manhattan. A complaint is an unverified intake record, not a finding — DOB has not yet inspected or ruled on these.
For contractors and building owners working in the Bronx, the pattern is a reminder of where DOB enforcement attention concentrates: aging elevator equipment in older multifamily buildings, and active site-safety paperwork — crane plans, hydrant permits, shed and scaffold conditions — at new-construction and alteration jobs. Owners and GCs with open violations at these addresses can look up full case status, including any scheduled compliance deadlines, through the OATH Hearings Division or DOB's Building Information System using the ticket numbers above.