The Department of Buildings served an Environmental Control Board (ECB) violation on September 3 against HR W 185 LLC, the respondent listed for a residential building at 3301 Barker Avenue in the Bronx, for failure to obey a vacate order, according to DOB ECB violation records (violation number 39203088R, BIN 1063983, Block 2166, Lot 159).

The underlying vacate order dates to September 30, 2025, when DOB records say the agency ordered a full vacate of the building because tenants had no second means of egress — no fire escape. DOB records show that order was partially rescinded on January 16, 2026, covering only the basement and first-floor apartments; the record's own violation description cuts off mid-sentence at that point, so DOB's public data does not spell out in full what remains in force for the second- and third-floor units, only that the September 3 citation treats the vacate order as still being violated.

DOB lists the new violation as Class 1 — the agency's most severe construction category — carrying a $10,000 penalty that shows as unpaid as of the filing date, per DOB records. A hearing before OATH's Environmental Control Board is scheduled for November 12 at 9:30 a.m.; the case is currently listed as pending, meaning no finding has been made.

No M/WBE or subcontracting detail appears in this record.

For anyone doing egress or fire-escape work in multifamily buildings, this is what enforcement looks like when a life-safety order lingers: DOB doesn't just cite the original condition, it can cite the building again for not fully clearing the order that condition triggered. A Class 1 charge and a five-figure penalty are the agency's way of saying partial compliance isn't compliance.

Track the case through OATH's Environmental Control Board hearing calendar ahead of the November 12 date, and confirm current occupancy status for 3301 Barker Avenue directly with DOB before treating any unit there as clear to re-lease or re-enter for work. Source: DOB ECB Violations, NYC Open Data (dataset 6bgk-3dad), https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Housing-Development/DOB-ECB-Violations/6bgk-3dad.