Madison: elevator violations

Brooklyn

113 Madison buildings have an active DOB elevator violation, 568 in all. The most recent was issued 2 Oct 2026.

113buildings with an active violation

568active violations

104active, issued since 1 Jan 2025

Before 2015oldest active, year issued

New this week

0elevator violations issued

0Cat 1 test reports filed

2 Oct 2026latest elevator violation issued

DOB issued no elevator violations in this data between 21 to 27 Oct 2026. The most recent one was issued 2 Oct 2026. Violations reach DOB open data in batches; the latest batch we have is dated 2 Oct 2026.

Week of 21 to 27 Oct 2026. Violations are counted by the date DOB issued them. Cat 1 reports are counted by the filing date on the device record.

Buildings with the most active violations

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Active violations by type

Type	Active
Other or older violation types	160
Cat 1 test report not filed	153
Cat 1 defects: correction not filed	127
Periodic inspection report not filed	81
Periodic defects: correction not filed	47

Most of these are notices that DOB had no inspection or test report on file for a cycle, or no proof that defects were corrected. They are not findings that an elevator is unsafe. What a failure-to-file notice means and how it is cured.

Active violations by year issued

Year	Active
Before 2015	62
2015	7
2016	16
2017	20
2018	16
2019	38
2021	1
2023	245
2024	59
2025	69
2026	35

Public NYC records as of 27 Oct 2026. Not an inspection, a compliance certificate or legal advice. Not affiliated with NYC DOB.