Lower East Side: elevator violations

Manhattan

142 Lower East Side buildings have an active DOB elevator violation, 836 in all. The most recent was issued 2 Oct 2026.

142buildings with an active violation

836active violations

168active, issued since 1 Jan 2025

Before 2015oldest active, year issued

New this week

0elevator violations issued

1Cat 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
Cat 1 defects: correction not filed	238
Cat 1 test report not filed	204
Other or older violation types	179
Periodic inspection report not filed	114
Periodic defects: correction not filed	101

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	93
2015	4
2016	26
2017	15
2018	11
2019	27
2021	3
2023	362
2024	127
2025	119
2026	49

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