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ViolationScout10 open Class C, with 1 certification filed and 2 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.Is this your building?
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261 Pleasant Ave, Manhattan

BBL 1-01708-0022

En español: 10 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 24 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 49 años abierta, desde el 24 de noviembre de 1976.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 10 open Class C, with 1 certification filed and 2 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

The oldest open HPD violation has been open 49 years, since November 24, 1976.

Since September 29, 2023, a certification was filed on 1 Class C violation, after the original certify-by date. How certification works

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10 open Class C, an OATH hearing on January 7, 2027, and no facade report filed for inspection cycle 9. The oldest open HPD violation was filed November 24, 1976.

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OATH hearings
A hearing on a DOB summons is set for January 7, 2027.
DOB violations
3 active DOB violations. The newest was issued February 22, 2023.
DOB facade
No Report Filed for inspection cycle 9. Need this filed?
Certificate of occupancy
Final, issued November 10, 2016.
Bedbug report
Filed May 6, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumberRegistered party when filed
Class C10 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Vermin / InfestationInvalid certification19086244265 Pleasant LLC
Vermin / InfestationInvalid certification19086243265 Pleasant LLC
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant17783432
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant17775536
Notice sent17742974
Fire SafetyNotice sent17742973
Fire SafetyNotice sent17742970
Vermin / InfestationDefect letter sent17359224
MoldNotice sent to tenant17776278
Vermin / InfestationNot complied with16291599
Class B13 open most often Fire Safety
CIV14 mailed19086245265 Pleasant LLC
MoldNo access to reinspect (first try)17775492
Fire SafetyNot complied with17775427
Fire SafetyNot complied with17775426
Not complied with17775423
Certified late17742971
Not complied with16291598
Not complied with16291597
Not complied with16291595
Not complied with16291594
The report lists all 13, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
OATH/ECB1 open
Local Law, Class 2Hearing pending37027757M

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Questions about this building

Does 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan had 24 open violations on September 27, 2026: 23 from HPD and 1 from OATH/ECB. 10 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 49 years, since November 24, 1976.

Is 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 10 open Class C, with 1 certification filed and 2 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. That window ends September 27, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

When were certifications filed on Class C violations at 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan?

Since September 29, 2023, a certification was filed on 1 Class C violation, after the original certify-by date. A certification is the filing, dated when it was made, not HPD's acceptance of it. It is compared with the original certify-by date on the notice. A granted postponement moves that date and the city's data keeps only the first, so a certification counted after it may still have met a postponed date.

Does 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan have an OATH hearing coming up?

Yes. A hearing on a DOB summons is set for January 7, 2027. DOB summonses are heard at OATH, the city's hearings office, and OATH can move a hearing to a later date. When nobody shows up, the summons is decided by default, the costliest way one ends.

Does 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan have active DOB violations?

Yes. 3 active DOB violations. The newest was issued February 22, 2023. The Department of Buildings writes these separately from HPD's housing violations, for things like boilers, elevators, facades, construction and energy filings. Each one stays active until DOB resolves or dismisses it.

What did the latest facade report find at 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan?

No Report Filed for inspection cycle 9. Buildings taller than six stories must have their exterior walls inspected once in every inspection cycle under the city's Facade Inspection Safety Program (every five years under DOB's current rule), and each inspection report is filed with DOB as Safe, SWARMP (safe with a repair and maintenance program) or Unsafe. No Report Filed means DOB has no report for that cycle. The rating is from the latest filing and does not describe the facade today; DOB's page for the building shows anything filed since.

Does 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan have a certificate of occupancy?

Its latest certificate of occupancy is a final one, issued November 10, 2016. A certificate of occupancy says how a building may be used and occupied. A temporary one lets people move in while work finishes and has to be renewed until DOB issues the final one. DOB's records here start in July 2012, so an older certificate may not show.

When did 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On May 6, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.

Is 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan rent stabilized?

The building has rent-stabilized apartments on its 2024 registration. That comes from the Rent Guidelines Board's list of buildings with at least one stabilized apartment registered that year. Buildings that registered late are left off, and a 421-a or J-51 building can leave stabilization when its tax benefit ends. A particular apartment's status is for NYS HCR to say.

When was 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1900 as the year 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as an elevator apartment building with 6 floors.

How many apartments does 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 23 residential units at 261 Pleasant Avenue, Manhattan. The count is for the whole tax lot.

Where do these numbers come from?

From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on OATH hearing dates, DOB violations, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB facade filings, DOB certificates of occupancy, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through September 27, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.

Sources. HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, plus OATH hearing dates, DOB violations, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB facade filings, DOB certificates of occupancy, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. Counts cover HPD Class B and C violations from the last 3 years that HPD still shows open, and OATH/ECB summonses from the same 3 years that the city still shows active. The city's own pages can show more, never fewer.

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ViolationScout, 261 Pleasant Ave, Manhattan: violations, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/261-pleasant-avenue-manhattan

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