About
About HPD Violations NYC
A free tool from the team at ViolationWatch. We built it because HPD Online shows the record but never explains it.
Who runs it
HPD Violations NYC is run by Violationwatch, Inc., 433 Broadway, Unit 220, New York, NY 10013. ViolationWatch monitors NYC buildings for new violations across 10 city agencies and alerts owners, managers and lawyers within minutes. The free search here is the front door. If you want alerts, that's the paid product.
ViolationWatch has been running since 2021. It's a small New York team, and the people who answer the phone above are the people who built this.
Where the data comes from
| Step | Source |
|---|---|
| Address → building | NYC Planning GeoSearch (BIN and BBL) |
| HPD violations | NYC Open Data dataset wvxf-dwi5 (Housing Maintenance Code Violations) |
The city refreshes these daily. Your browser queries them directly. We don't store your searches. The full list of sources, and how we check rules against nyc.gov, is on how we research.
What it can't do
It isn't the official record, and it isn't legal advice. Records are matched by BIN, so a violation filed under the wrong BIN won't show. DOB, ECB and other agencies aren't in this site's search. Use nycbuildingviolationsearch.com or the full ViolationWatch lookup for those. Before a closing, pull the official records from DOB, HPD and OATH.
Contact
Call (347) 201-2336 or email hello@violationwatch.nyc. If something on this site is wrong, tell us and we'll fix it. Every channel, our hours and what happens next are on the contact page, and how we check each page against the city's own sources is on how we research.