Upper West Side (Central): elevator violations

Manhattan

535 Upper West Side (Central) buildings have an active DOB elevator violation, 2,716 in all. The most recent was issued 2 Oct 2026.

535buildings with an active violation

2,716active violations

552active, 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	859
Other or older violation types	658
Cat 1 test report not filed	524
Periodic defects: correction not filed	354
Periodic inspection report not filed	321

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	256
2015	14
2016	92
2017	91
2018	51
2019	146
2021	8
2023	1,140
2024	366
2025	446
2026	106

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