South Williamsburg: elevator violations

Brooklyn

339 South Williamsburg buildings have an active DOB elevator violation, 2,375 in all. The most recent was issued 2 Oct 2026.

339buildings with an active violation

2,375active violations

265active, issued since 1 Jan 2025

Before 2015oldest active, year issued

New this week

0elevator violations issued

2Cat 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	1,313
Cat 1 test report not filed	624
Cat 1 defects: correction not filed	233
Periodic inspection report not filed	154
Periodic defects: correction not filed	51

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	714
2015	88
2016	147
2017	117
2018	40
2019	199
2021	8
2023	668
2024	129
2025	160
2026	105

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