The Department of Buildings issued a wave of Class 1 violations — its most severe category, reserved for conditions the agency considers immediately hazardous — across active construction sites in Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan on September 17, according to DOB ECB Violations records.

At 131-44 40 Road in Flushing, Queens, DOB cited Acer Construction Inc. after an inspector observed no guardrails on window openings from the first to second floor of the site, per the violation record. The description reads, in part, "HAZARDOUS CONDITION CAN CAUSE FALLS/FATAL INJURIES." The violation carries a $5,000 penalty and a hearing is scheduled for November 25.

At 1314 59th Street in Brooklyn, DOB cited Above Builder Group LLC twice on the same date for conditions at a proposed eight-story building under construction. One violation cites inadequate guardrail systems at the fourth-floor elevator shaft and roof level, which DOB's record says "expose workers to falls and bodily harm." A second violation at the same address cites housekeeping failures, describing "multiple trip slip & fall hazards due to excessive amount of debris/materials in walkways and at points of egress." Combined penalties on the two violations total $7,500. Both carry hearing dates of December 4.

At 1202 Halsey Street in Brooklyn, DOB cited NYC Building Solutions Co for failing to designate a competent person on an active site, as required under Building Code 3301.13.3, per the violation record. The inspector's notes state none was provided upon request. That violation carries a $5,000 penalty and a November 25 hearing date. A related company, EJ Homes 45 LLC, listed at the same Halsey Street address, was separately cited for an unsafe pipe scaffold at a different site — missing guardrails, pins, and toeboards, with "unsecured/unsafe planking, and loose planks," according to the violation description. That penalty is $2,500.

In Manhattan, DOB cited Selca Construction Inc. at 105 East 34th Street for an incomplete roof on a four-story new building with no roof or window protection in place at adjacent properties, according to the record, which directs the contractor to "stop all exterior work 10ft from adjacent propert[ies]." That violation carries the largest penalty in this batch — $10,000 — with a hearing set for December 4.

All violations listed here are active and pending hearing; none has been paid, per DOB's balance-due field, and none reflects a finding of liability — ECB violations are administrative charges resolved at hearing, not adjudicated findings.

DOB's complaint intake also logged roughly 100 new complaints across the city in the same 48-hour window, per DOB Complaints Received records — a volume consistent with the department's typical daily intake and not itself evidence of a trend at any one site.

For contractors: a Class 1 violation is DOB's language for 'this could kill someone before we get back to reinspect.' Guardrail, scaffold, and competent-person citations are the ones inspectors write up fastest and hearing officers take least kindly to contesting without a corrective-action paper trail already in hand.

Anyone with active work at these addresses, or working for these firms, can look up the full violation and hearing record by BIN through DOB's Building Information System (a.k.a. BIS) or DOB NOW. Hearings for the November 25 batch are before the OATH/ECB tribunal; respondents may submit corrective evidence or appear in person.