DOB records show the Department of Buildings issued 15 elevator-related safety violations on October 2 across Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island, all tied to the same compliance deadline: the 2025 annual filing cycle that closed December 31, 2025.
Thirteen of the 15 violations are listed as Active per DOB Safety Violations data; two were marked Dismissed. The violations split into two categories. Nine are for Failure to File a 2025 Periodic Inspection Report, the annual check required for most passenger and freight elevators. Six are for Failure to File a 2025 Category 1 Test Report, the more involved five-year load test, including two coded CAT1-NJ, meaning the required test itself was not performed or filed.
The two dismissed violations hit 167 Benedict Road in Staten Island (device 5P5161, BIN 5022404) and 374 Broadway in Tribeca (device 1F5046, BIN 1001866).
The active violations span a wide range of buildings and neighborhoods. In Manhattan: 825 Third Avenue in East Midtown (device 1P0998431), 1920 Broadway on the Upper West Side (device 1E20581), 31 Monroe Street in Chinatown-Two Bridges (device 1W6248, one of the two CAT1-NJ citations), and 327 West 76th Street (device 1P46806). In Brooklyn: 74 Spencer Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant (device 3P11469), 1193 McDonald Avenue in Mapleton-Midwood (device 3S5489), 3191 Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay (device 3P5665), 6401 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst (device 3P8060), and 562 61st Street in Sunset Park (device 3W0989318, the second CAT1-NJ citation). In the Bronx: 2739 Third Avenue in Mott Haven (device 2P10003), 2502 Belmont Avenue in Belmont (device 2P5655), and 3840 Orloff Avenue in Kingsbridge Heights (device 2P4051).
None of the violations in this batch involve a reported injury, entrapment, or mechanical failure — DOB's own remarks field describes each as a paperwork lapse against the 2025 filing cycle, not a device malfunction. Separately, DOB Complaints Received data logged roughly 100 new complaints citywide over the past two days, including several coded under the elevator unit (ELEVR) in Queens and Manhattan; those remain unverified complaints, not confirmed violations, and are noted here for volume context only.
For building owners and managing agents, an open elevator violation carries civil penalties that accrue the longer the filing stays outstanding, and DOB can escalate to a partial vacate or elevator shutdown order if a report lapses across multiple cycles. For contractors and elevator maintenance companies servicing these addresses, an open FTF violation is leverage to get a service agreement signed before the next inspection window — the paperwork, not the hardware, is what's exposed here.
Owners or agents at any of the active addresses can confirm violation status and file the outstanding report through the DOB NOW: Safety portal. The periodic and Category 1 filing requirements are set out in New York City Administrative Code §28-304.