Section 492. Right of entry of officers of the department

The
  commissioner and his deputies and such other officers  or  employees  of
  the  department as are authorized by the commissioner may without fee or
  hindrance enter and inspect all vessels, premises, grounds,  structures,
  buildings  and  every part thereof and all underground passages of every
  sort in the city or in the port of New  York  for  compliance  with  the
  provisions  of  law or rules and regulations enforced by the department.
  Any refusal to permit such entry or inspection shall  be  triable  by  a
  judge  of  the  New  York city criminal court and punishable by not more
  than thirty days' imprisonment, or by a fine  of  not  more  than  fifty
  dollars, or both.