Which selected-building record guide should I use?

Use the source-specific guide that matches the question: NYC DOB façade filing records, elevator-device records, DOB ECB case records, or HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violation records. Each is a separate capped, named public source rather than a combined building score.

What does the NYC building-record workflow check?

For one exact NYC Building Identification Number, the workflow separately checks whether four capped official-source queries return façade filing, elevator-device, DOB ECB case, or HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violation rows. It does not combine fields or establish completeness.

Does a source row or blank result decide a building's status?

No. A row count, status field, date, or blank result does not establish property condition, operation, maintenance, safety, inspection status, compliance, legal status, risk, insurance coverage, or an underwriting decision. Verify consequential information with the issuing agency and qualified professionals.

Why use an exact NYC BIN?

An exact seven-digit Building Identification Number keeps the workflow centered on a building a team has already selected instead of producing a citywide property or contact list.

NYC selected-building research

Research published NYC building records by BIN, one source at a time.

A source-aware entry point for teams that already know the building they need to review. Start with an exact BIN, see which official queries return capped rows, and use the appropriate source-specific view.

What the source check can route

The workflow independently queries four named official sources: NYC DOB façade filings, NYC DOB elevator-device records, NYC DOB ECB cases, and NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations. A count is only the source rows returned within each cap.

It does not merge fields, score a building, substitute for agency search, establish a complete history, or create a property watch.

Why one selected building matters

Facilities, property, compliance, insurance-operations, and servicing teams sometimes need a shorter path to the right official source before agency follow-up. This workflow is for a building your team has already selected and is authorized to review—not a property directory, contact list, or mass record export.

Each underlying query is capped at 20 source rows and the summary does not save the entered BIN.

Choose the question-specific source path

Use one of these guides when the record type—not a blended building score—is the question. Each keeps its publisher fields and limits separate.

Façade filing records

For a known building's City-published façade filing fields. A record is not a façade-condition, safety, or compliance conclusion.

Review NYC façade filing records →

Elevator-device records

For published elevator-device fields tied to a selected BIN. A record is not an operation, maintenance, inspection, safety, or compliance conclusion.

Review NYC elevator records →

DOB ECB case records

For individual City-published DOB ECB case fields. A record is not a case outcome, current balance, collection, or legal conclusion.

Review NYC ECB case records →

HPD violation records

For City-published HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violation fields. A record is not a current-condition, repair, legal, or compliance conclusion.

Review NYC HPD violation records →

A bounded four-source workflow

Start with one BIN.
Use the seven-digit NYC Building Identification Number for a building your team has already selected.
Read the source response.
See only whether each fixed, official-source query returned capped rows or was temporarily unavailable.
Verify consequential information.
Open the relevant source-specific view, then use NYC DOB, HPD, and qualified professionals for operation, maintenance, inspection, safety, condition, compliance, or any decision.

Need to confirm the BIN first? Use NYC DOB’s Public Portal ↗ to search the agency’s public property profile by address, BBL, or BIN for a building your team already selected. Return with the seven-digit BIN; ViolationNet does not receive the agency-search details.

Open the selected-building source workflow when your team has the BIN.

Route one known building to the relevant capped official-record view and retain source context before agency verification.

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