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281 Columbus Avenue

ManhattanBIN 1028649
$2,500.00 recorded as dueHPD registration valid
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Open Class C
0
Immediately hazardous
Open Class B
0
Hazardous
Open Class A
0
Non-hazardous
Fines due
$2,500.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Permits on file
32
DOB permit records
Last activity
Mar 23, 2026
DOB record

Building health score

A composite of public indicators. Every input is a public record. See the full methodology.

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Health score · Jul 29, 2026
Scored from all 88 public records for this building
Open Class C violations
Immediately hazardous, uncertified
This building 0
Open Class B violations
Hazardous
This building 0
Heat & hot water records
Violations and complaints, last 24 months
This building 0
Unpaid penalties
OATH/ECB summonses with balance due
This building $2,500
Bedbug filings with infestations
Annual LL69 filings on record
This building 0
Tenant litigation
Open HP actions in Housing Court
This building 0
Active vacate order
HPD or FDNY order to vacate, still in effect
This building No

Unified timeline

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Mar 23, 2026
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Dec 3, 2025
Dec 30, 2024
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Jan 14, 2020
Oct 25, 2019
Jan 30, 2019
Jul 29, 2018
Sep 29, 2016
Oct 8, 2015
Oct 2, 2015
Jan 28, 2014
Jan 31, 2013
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Dec 6, 2012
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Jun 23, 2011
Sep 7, 2009
May 7, 2009
Apr 2, 2009

OATH / ECB summonses & fines

$2,500.00 is recorded as due across the 3 summonses below, out of $3,400.00 in penalties imposed. The city’s published records do not show whether a penalty was paid, reduced, or written off.

OATH and ECB summonses for 281 Columbus Avenue
1742456Mar 22, 2026FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. NOTED. AT THE TNov 5, 2026Resolved$2,500.00
741566Jan 28, 2005WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. NOTED: AT GROUND FLOOR RESTAURANT, THERE ERECTEMay 19, 2005IN VIOLATION
741567Jan 28, 2005HAVING A PROJECTION 18"BEYOND STREET LINE. NOTED: AN ENTRY ENCLOSURE TMay 19, 2005IN VIOLATION