Midwood: elevator violations

Brooklyn

168 Midwood buildings have an active DOB elevator violation, 637 in all. The most recent was issued 2 Oct 2026.

168buildings with an active violation

637active violations

107active, 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	208
Cat 1 test report not filed	153
Cat 1 defects: correction not filed	139
Periodic inspection report not filed	80
Periodic defects: correction not filed	57

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	77
2015	6
2016	31
2017	30
2018	12
2019	48
2021	4
2023	249
2024	73
2025	75
2026	32

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