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Parking Structure Inspections

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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