Initial Observation Report Prior To Submitting the Full Engineering Report May Be Required
Under new rules, parking structure owners in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Upper Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island must submit an initial observation report for their parking structures to NYC Buildings by August 1, 2024*.
This initial assessment report is in addition to the full engineering report and is submitted in DOB NOW: Safety. Data on the NYC Buildings’ interactive map shows that there are 4,372 parking structures in the Periodic Inspection for Parking Structures (PIPS) five-borough universe:
1545 Manhattan
1265 Queens
1072 Brooklyn
452 Bronx
38 Staten Island
Status as of 4/12/2024:
126 Unsafe
164 SREM**
166 Pending status
186 Safe
3,730 No report filed yet.
Parking structures requiring an Initial Observation report by August 1, 2024*:
Sub Cycle 1B
1/1/2024 - 12/31/2025
Manhattan Community Districts 8 -12, and Brooklyn
Required*
Sub Cycle 1C
1/1/2026 - 12/31/2027
Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island
Required
*Owners of parking structures who submit a Periodic Inspection for Parking Structures (PIPS) full engineering report by August 1, 2024, are not required to submit an Initial Observation report.
** Safe with repairs or engineering monitoring.
PHOTO: LUCAS BECK in unsplash
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