The Department of Buildings' Environmental Control Board issued a batch of violations across the five boroughs on September 28, all served the same day and all still pending hearings in early December, per DOB ECB Violations records.
The largest penalty in the batch hit a 7-story building undergoing alteration work at 2320 Frederick Douglass Blvd in Manhattan. DOB cited respondent Airitan Management Corp after an inspection found no site safety manager or coordinator present, a Class 1 violation carrying a $10,000 penalty. The violation description states the inspector ordered a stop to all work pending the required personnel being provided. The hearing is scheduled for December 3.
Sidewalk shed conditions drew two separate violations this batch. At 571 East 141st Street in the Bronx, DOB cited respondent 571 E 141st St Rlty for a sidewalk shed at two building exposures that inspectors found was missing required cross bracing, horizontal bracing, and vertical bracing — a Class 2 violation with a $2,400 penalty, hearing set for December 4. Separately, a 6-story building linked to respondent AMP Communication LLC drew a Class 1, $2,500 violation for a sidewalk shed with a pipe scaffold on top installed without a permit on file, hearing set for December 2.
Work-without-a-permit violations made up the bulk of the batch — DOB cited more than a dozen properties across the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens for unpermitted plumbing, electrical, and general construction work, with penalties ranging from $1,250 to $2,500 per violation. Two Brooklyn properties on West 11th Street, one block apart, each drew separate unpermitted-structure citations the same day.
An elevator violation at 6016 7th Avenue in Brooklyn cited respondent Xian De Realty LLC for an inoperable elevator across floors 1 through 5, which DOB's violation description says created hazardous conditions for the public — a $625 penalty, hearing scheduled for December 2. The same address and respondent also drew a separate Class 2 violation the same day for an exterior crack and water penetration at a fifth-floor apartment.
Separately, DOB's public complaint log shows roughly 100 new complaints entered in the two days ending September 30 across the boroughs, covering categories from elevator conditions to illegal conversions to construction safety. A complaint is an unverified allegation, not a finding — DOB records show many were still active and uninspected as of this writing.
All violations listed carry hearing dates in early December before OATH/ECB and remain in PENDING status; respondents may contest, correct, or pay at hearing. None of the balances due have been paid as of the September 28 issue date, per DOB records.
For contractors and property managers working near any of these addresses, the takeaway is procedural: site safety staffing, permit filings, and sidewalk shed bracing are the categories DOB keeps finding gaps in, and each carries penalties that stack if a certificate of correction isn't filed on time — several respondents in this batch were already cited for exactly that failure on older violations.