NYC does not set a specific numeric limit on garage/stoop sales per year, but regular or ongoing sales are considered commercial vending requiring a DCWP General Vendor License. A reasonable interpretation is a few per year.
NYC Administrative Code does not specify a maximum number of stoop sales per household per year. However, DCWP takes the position that 'occasional' personal-property sales are permitted without a license, while regular, frequent, or for-profit-oriented sales constitute vending under §20-453 and require a General Vendor License. Case law and DCWP guidance suggest fewer than 4–6 sales per year is generally safe; weekly or monthly stoop sales would likely be deemed commercial. Sales of newly-purchased inventory (not personal items) are always commercial regardless of frequency. Brooklyn neighborhood sale weekends (Park Slope Sunday Stoop Sales, Carroll Gardens Annual) involve coordinated single-day events that fit within the occasional-sale exemption. Sellers running estate-sale or flipping businesses should consult DCWP licensing requirements.
Regular unlicensed sidewalk/stoop sales treated as vending: $250–$1,000 per DCWP §20-472; repeat violations trigger escalated penalties.
Kings County, NY
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Kings County, NY
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Kings County, NY
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Kings County, NY
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Kings County, NY
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Kings County, NY
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