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Remove All Obstructions From Water Closet .. In The

HPD order 595 · cites NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2026 · written Feb 24, 1974 – Aug 6, 2026

HPD has written 4,878 violations under order 595, "Remove All Obstructions From Water Closet .. In The", citing NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2026. 655 are open right now, 645 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now
655
Open past deadline
645
Closed
4,223
All time
4,878
Class C (immediately hazardous)
4,878

How order 595 is actually enforced

  • 19 notices (0.4%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
  • 17 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD.
  • 26 repairs were certified after the deadline.
  • 322 notices (6.6%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
  • 4,878 notices (100.0%) are rent-impairing, the class of violation that can let tenants deposit rent with the court under MDL § 302-a instead of paying the owner.
  • 1,046 notices (21.4%) were dismissed.

Open order-595 violations by borough

BROOKLYN238
BRONX207
MANHATTAN133
QUEENS71
STATEN ISLAND6

Buildings with the most open order-595 violations

  1. 1436 WEST 8 STREET, BROOKLYN · 8 open
  2. 155 EAST 96 STREET, BROOKLYN · 3 open
  3. 1765 TOWNSEND AVENUE, BRONX · 3 open
  4. 438 HERZL STREET, BROOKLYN · 3 open
  5. 574 WEST 176 STREET, MANHATTAN · 3 open
  6. 98-30 57 AVENUE, QUEENS · 3 open
  7. 192 CLAREMONT AVENUE, MANHATTAN · 3 open
  8. 1650 PRESIDENT STREET, BROOKLYN · 3 open
  9. 1253 70 STREET, BROOKLYN · 2 open
  10. 1753 FILLMORE STREET, BRONX · 2 open

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The law behind this order

Order 595is HPD’s standard wording for one kind of condition. The legal duty it enforces is NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2026, "Maintenance of sewer connections and plumbing fixtures". The section page carries the statute text, the measured cure times and the full enforcement record.

§ 27-2026 Maintenance of sewer connections and plumbing fixtures · Browse open § 27-2026 records in the live feed · All violation codes

Counted from HPD’s Housing Maintenance Code Violations dataset by order number. Figures recomputed Aug 7, 2026.