60 feet of site fence falls at 5001 New Utrecht, Brooklyn

Rogers Developers Grp LLC was cited on Sept. 26 after about 60 linear feet of construction fence collapsed at 5001 New Utrecht Avenue in Brooklyn, according to ECB violation 39205738Z. The Department of Buildings classed it Class 1, its most serious tier, with a $2,500 penalty imposed and the violation still active.

Why it matters

For contractors and builders on Brooklyn sites, the fence is a permitted, inspected item, not a formality. A Class 1 citation on a perimeter fence shows the department will write the top tier for site protection alone, before any structural failure in the building. Rogers is the respondent on this one, so a general contractor carries the exposure even where the owner of record is a different party.

The numbers

The building sits under a DOB NOW filing, B00672000-I1, an alteration to enlarge an existing 3-story mixed-use building, with a stated initial cost of $1,211,070. The job lists Satmar Meat Market Inc as owner.

The Jan. 3, 2023 deed moved the lot from Park ARL LLC to 5001 Realty LLC for $1.9 million. Park ARL had paid $2.07 million in 2018. We did not pull lot or building area, so no price per square foot is stated. The DOB filing predates the 2023 deed, and the records we pulled do not tie the two owners together.

This is the fourth ECB violation on the building’s BIN. Rogers drew a Class 2 for an expired fence permit in September 2024 ($625, resolved) and a Class 2 in January 2026 for no construction activity at what the inspector described as a 3-story new building (resolved). A separate Class 2 against a scaffold contractor from January 2025 shows active with $2,400.

What’s next

The violation is active, so the respondent must answer at the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings or cure it. We could not confirm from the record whether any work stop followed. ACRIS was checked through the city’s public mirror, which lags the live register, so a more recent transfer is possible. Related: a Court Street vault collapse in Brooklyn also drew a city vacate, and more is on our New York page.