Two buildings landed active DOB violations this week for blowing past elevator inspection deadlines — one at 1 Centre Street in Manhattan, the other at 130-30 28th Avenue in College Point, Queens.

Per DOB Safety Violations records, the Centre Street building (BIN 1001394, block 121, lot 1) was cited October 2 for failing to file its 2025 periodic inspection report on elevator device 1P1466. The violation closes out the cycle ending December 31, 2025, and carries the code FTF-VT-PER-CO. Status is listed as active.

Across the river, the College Point property at 130-30 28th Avenue (BIN 4537931, block 4327, lot 100) was cited the same day for a different failure — not filing the 2025 Category 1 test report on elevator device 4P12382. That's the FTF-VT-CAT1-CO code, also tied to the December 31, 2025 cycle, also active.

Cat1 tests and periodic inspection reports aren't paperwork for paperwork's sake — they're the annual and five-year checks that confirm an elevator's safety devices actually work. DOB requires owners to file the results whether the elevator passed or not; missing the filing deadline triggers the violation regardless of the equipment's actual condition.

Neither violation record indicates an inspection failure, an incident, or an injury — both are filing violations, meaning the report itself didn't get submitted on time. DOB's violation remarks don't state why.

For separate context, DOB's complaint feed logged two elevator-related complaints in the same 48-hour window — one at 60 Clarkson Avenue in Brooklyn (complaint 3A83264, category 6M, unit ELEVR) and one at 546 East 145th Street in the Bronx (complaint 2451480, category 6S, unit ELEVR). Both are unverified complaints, not confirmed violations, and carry no finding of fault.

Owners carrying an active FTF-VT violation face escalating penalties the longer the filing sits open, and the device itself can be flagged for a shutdown order if the lapse continues. Anyone with work scheduled at either address — contractors, managing agents, elevator maintenance subs — should check DOB NOW for the device's current filing status before mobilizing, since an active violation can hold up related permits at the same BIN.

Full filing status for both devices is searchable by BIN on DOB NOW: Safety and the DOB Building Information System.