DOB records show three Local Law 84 benchmarking violations issued citywide on September 25, 2026, the only new entries in this cycle's DOB Safety Violations dataset.
Local Law 84 requires owners of covered buildings to file an annual report of a building's energy and water use with the city — the "benchmarking" the violation code refers to. Missing that filing deadline is what triggers the violation, not any physical defect in the building.
At 2620 East 13th Street in Brooklyn (BIN 3330957, Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach), DOB issued violation VIO-DQ-EN-BENCH-202608-0167233 for failure to file the benchmarking report under Administrative Code Section 28-309.4. That violation's status is listed as Dismissed.
At 401 West 42nd Street in Manhattan (BIN 1083745, Hell's Kitchen), DOB issued a matching violation, VIO-DQ-EN-BENCH-202608-0166118, also now Dismissed per DOB records.
A third violation, at 9 Innovation Way East in Brooklyn (BIN 3429555, Spring Creek-Starrett City), carries a different violation type — FTF-EN-BENCH, also a benchmarking filing failure under the same Administrative Code section — and its status is listed as Active, meaning it has not been resolved as of this writing.
None of the three records indicate a safety condition, stop-work order, or injury; all three are compliance-filing matters tied to Local Law 84's annual energy-reporting mandate.
Separately, DOB's Complaints Received dataset logged roughly 100 new complaints citywide over the past two days, spanning categories from elevator conditions to illegal conversions to plumbing. Per DOB's own classification, a complaint is an unverified report, not a confirmed violation, and none of today's complaints are tied to the benchmarking violations above.
For owners and managing agents: an active LL84 violation accrues separately from any penalty already assessed, and a property's benchmarking compliance history is public via DOB's online records — worth checking before a sale, refinance, or Local Law 97 filing crosses your desk.