Casa Azoutr Fined for Defying Stop-Work Order at Bushwick Site

NYC’s Department of Buildings cited Casa Azoutr Inc. on October 20 for unlawfully continuing construction at a 4-story residential building in Bushwick, Brooklyn, while a stop-work order was legally in effect.

Why it matters

The city’s Environmental Control Board hit Casa Azoutr Inc. with a Class 1, the most severe tier, violation on October 20 for unlawfully continuing construction at a 4-story residential building in Bushwick while a Department of Buildings stop-work order was active. The citation specifically names the breach as contrary to Building Code 28-207.2.2, the provision barring any work once a stop-work order has been served. For a crew to keep working after that order is posted is not a paperwork lapse. It is a deliberate choice to keep a schedule moving in defiance of a legal halt, and DOB’s Class 1 designation reflects that it treats this as a serious, not technical, infraction.

NYC Open Data’s parcel record for the cited block and lot, Brooklyn block 3263, lot 35, resolves to 876 Bushwick Avenue, a building constructed in 1931 that the city’s own property file lists at four stories with just two residential units and roughly 4,344 square feet of built area. The lot’s title holder of record is Bushwick BH 876 LLC, a separate entity from Casa Azoutr Inc., which the violation lists as the respondent and names at a Hollis, Queens address. That split between the property owner and the cited contractor is itself the operative fact for anyone tracking the job: whoever hired Casa Azoutr Inc. now has an active enforcement record attached to the site.

The numbers

DOB’s Environmental Control Board set the penalty at $10,000 for the infraction, with the full balance still due and no payment recorded as of the violation’s filing. The case carries active status and a hearing date of January 6, 2027, meaning the fine is not yet final and remains subject to that proceeding. The violation was both served and issued on October 20, 2026, and covers Brooklyn Identification Number 3074331, the standard city identifier tied to this specific building rather than the lot alone.

What’s next

The $10,000 penalty stands as proposed pending the January 6 hearing, and the case’s active status means the underlying stop-work order has not been shown as lifted in this record. A general contractor carrying a Class 1 unlawful-continuance citation faces closer DOB scrutiny on any other active permits it holds citywide, since ECB history factors into the agency’s risk-based inspection targeting. For the property’s owner of record, Bushwick BH 876 LLC, the open violation and unresolved balance will need to clear before the job can move toward a certificate of occupancy or final sign-off. Anyone evaluating a contractor relationship with Casa Azoutr Inc. on an active or upcoming job should pull the firm’s full ECB history before the next permit decision, not after.

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