Look up a building's open HPD violations

Type a New York City address. We pull the building's open violations from HPD's public records, group them by apartment, and show which ones one crew can clear in a single visit.

  1. Step 1

    Look it up

    Every open violation, grouped by apartment, with the date HPD wants it corrected.

  2. Step 2

    We walk it

    We see each apartment with you or your super and confirm what's in our trades.

  3. Step 3

    One visit per apartment

    Plaster, paint, doors, floors, tile and windows done together, so the tenant is disturbed once.

  4. Step 4

    You certify

    The owner certifies correction with HPD. Our photos and invoice are the backup.

Source: HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations on NYC Open Data. HPD updates it daily and this page refreshes hourly. Your Notice of Violation has the deadlines that count.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Do you file the certification of correction with HPD?

No. The owner or managing agent certifies correction with HPD. We give you dated before-and-after photos and an itemized invoice for each apartment so the certification is quick.

What about mold?

We find and fix the water that's causing it, then rebuild the drywall, plaster and paint. The mold itself is handled by a licensed mold remediation contractor, and we schedule around them.

What about lead-based paint violations?

A lead hazard order (§27-2056.6) has to be corrected by an EPA RRP certified firm using lead-safe work practices, with clearance dust wipes taken by an independent inspector. The lookup marks those separately so you can see them.

The violations are already past their correct-by date. Is there any point in clearing them now?

Yes. An open violation keeps running up a daily civil penalty until it is corrected and certified, and HPD can send its own contractor, do the work and bill the owner — unpaid, that charge becomes a lien on the building, the lot and the rents. Certifying a correction that did not happen carries its own penalty on top. HPD publishes the current schedule on its Penalties and Fees page.

What is the Alternative Enforcement Program?

Every year, on or about January 31, HPD designates at least 250 of the most distressed buildings for AEP — chosen by the ratio of open hazardous and immediately hazardous violations per apartment and by the emergency repair charges the owner has run up, highest charges first. A building in AEP gets a building-wide inspection and per-apartment fees every six months until it is discharged, and discharge means correcting all the heat and hot water violations, all immediately hazardous mold and 80 percent of everything else hazardous within four months. Working the list apartment by apartment before it gets there is the cheaper path, and it is the work we do.

Is the lookup free?

Yes. It reads HPD's public data. You don't need to give us anything to use it.