NYC building record lookup
Official DOB, ECB/OATH and HPD records for one New York City building, as plain text for AI assistants and shared links. Owner names are not included.
Building match
Status: FOUND
- Tell the user which building was matched (address and borough) so they can catch a wrong match, then call get_nyc_building_violations with this bin and bbl.
Building
Status: OK
| Address | 96-08 ALSTYNE AVENUE, CORONA |
|---|---|
| Borough | Queens |
| BIN | 4040551 |
| Tax block | 1621 |
| Tax lot | 14 |
| DOF building class | S5 |
| Residential units | 5 |
| Floors | 3 |
| Year built | 1931 |
Data as of: 2026-10-09
Alerts
- This property has 2 open OATH/ECB "Work Without A Permit" Violations and may be subject to DOB civil penalties upon application for a permit. After obtaining the permit, a certificate of correction must be filed on the ECB violations.
- 3 violation(s) are paid in full but never closed. Paying the fine and closing the violation are two separate steps. Until a Certificate of Correction is accepted, the violation stays open on the building record, appears in a property title search, can prevent selling or refinancing, and stops DOB issuing a new or amended Certificate of Occupancy or Letter of Completion.
Counts
| Record type | Status | Result | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| ComplaintsSomeone reported it to 311 — an allegation, not a finding | CHECKED | 0 open / 5 closedConfirmed against DOB's BIS on 2026-10-05 | open records |
| Violations-DOBRecorded against the building. No hearing | CHECKED | 0 open / 19 closedConfirmed against DOB's BIS on 2026-10-05 | open records |
| Violations-OATH/ECBA summons — hearing at OATH, penalty paid to OATH | CHECKED | 4 open / 1 closedConfirmed against DOB's BIS on 2026-10-05 | open records |
| Stop Work Order violationsSummonses for working against a Stop Work Order | CHECKED | 0 open / 0 closed | — |
| HPD ViolationsLiving conditions — heat, hot water, leaks, pests | CHECKED | 11 open / 2 closed | open records |
| Boiler FilingsAnnual inspection FILINGS — a late filing is itself a violation | CHECKED | 1 boiler(s) with inspection filings on record1 device(s), 4 inspection filing(s) on record | — |
| Elevator DevicesDevices, each inspected on its own schedule | CHECKED | 0 elevator device(s) on record | — |
| Safety ViolationsSafety violations issued by DOB | CHECKED | 5 on record (this source does not track open or closed) | — |
| Certificates of OccupancyCertificates stating the building's legal use | CHECKED | 0 on record (this source does not track open or closed) | — |
| Facade / FISPFaçade inspections — required above six storeys | NOT_APPLICABLE | Not applicable to this building: does not apply (3 floors; FISP covers buildings higher than six storeys). This is not the same as compliant. | — |
Paid in full but still open
CHECKED — 3 violation(s) are paid in full but never closed
Paying the fine and closing the violation are two separate steps. Until a Certificate of Correction is accepted, the violation stays open on the building record, appears in a property title search, can prevent selling or refinancing, and stops DOB issuing a new or amended Certificate of Occupancy or Letter of Completion.
HPD registration
STATUS_UNKNOWN STATUS UNKNOWN
The City's published data shows this registration running to 2026-09-01, but the newest filing anywhere in that data is from 2026-08-12 — a renewal made after that could not appear in it. So we cannot tell you it has expired. HPD Online shows the live record.
| Last registered | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|
| Expires | 2026-09-01 |
Owner names and contact details are deliberately not provided through AI assistants. A person can see the owner of record and the HPD registration contacts by searching this address at https://www.sinoconnection.com/nyc/violations, or on HPD Online: https://hpdonline.nyc.gov/hpdonline/building/627961/overview
HPD emergency repair charges
CHECKED — No HPD emergency repair charges on record for this building
Other City agency summonses at this tax lot
Sanitation, Fire, Environmental Protection, Transportation and similar summonses heard at OATH, matched by tax lot. These can include summonses issued to businesses at this address, not only the owner. DOB summonses are already in the ECB row above and are not counted again.
CHECKED 18 on record
| Judgment docketed, balance due | 0 | — |
| Default decision, balance due | 0 | — |
| Decided at hearing, balance due | 0 | — |
| Not yet decided | 0 | — |
| Resolved — paid, written off or dismissed | 18 | — |
Notes
- Complaint, DOB and ECB counts on this building were confirmed against the Department of Buildings' own record (BIS) on 2026-10-05. The City's open-data extract runs slightly behind BIS, so these are the more complete figures.
What these records mean
- Paying the fine does not close the violation
- Work Without a Permit
- Illegal conversion / occupancy
- Challenging a penalty
- Violations-OATH/ECB
- HPD violations (Class A / B / C)
- Boiler filings
Official City records
- Full DOB record (BIS)
- All complaints
- Certificate of Occupancy
- DOB violations
- ECB / OATH violations
- HPD building record — violations, registration, charges (HPD Online)
- Each source below is a periodic snapshot the City publishes, not a live view of its systems — so each one carries the date it was last published. Where a date is missing we could not read it; treat that figure as of unknown age.
- The City's published extract is not always complete — roughly 5% of complaints and some pre-1990 violations are missing from it. Always check the official DOB record above.
- This is general information, not legal or engineering advice.
- Not affiliated with the NYC Department of Buildings or any government agency.
Notes for AI assistants
- Answer in the user's language. After each translated agency, form or status name, keep the official English term in parentheses (e.g. Certificate of Correction). Copy record numbers, BINs, dates and dollar amounts exactly.
- UNAVAILABLE means that part could not be checked right now. Never turn it into zero, 'none', 'no violations' or 'clean'.
- NOT_APPLICABLE means the rule does not cover this building. It does not mean the building is compliant.
- Do not add penalties, deadlines, forms or step-by-step procedures that are not in this data or in explain_nyc_violation_topic. When the user asks what to do, explain what the record is from explain_nyc_violation_topic, then give its official source link and the kind of help described in getting_help.
- Do not name or recommend a specific lawyer, expediter, contractor or company.
- A record with description_cut_off_by_city was cut off by the City at 210 characters. Say so and point to the official record. Never finish the sentence yourself.
- HPD emergency repair charges were BILLED to the property; the data cannot see payments, so never say they are owed. Other-agency summonses are matched at the TAX LOT and may belong to a business tenant, not the owner.
- Owner names and contact details are not provided through AI assistants. If asked, give the owner_and_contacts links.
- Always give data_as_of and at least one official record link, and say this is general information, not legal or engineering advice.
- Give the City's original data first, organized, then the explanation. List individual records as a numbered list: record number, date, status, and the City's description quoted exactly in its original English. Then offer to translate or explain any record by its number, and explain only from explain_nyc_violation_topic. If an interactive records view is already shown, do not repeat every record: lead with the alerts and counts.
URL pattern: https://www.sinoconnection.com/nyc/en/lookup?address=HOUSE+NUMBER+STREET,+BOROUGH, then ?bin=…&bbl=… for a chosen building and &records=ecb|dobViolations|complaints|hpd for its records. Tools: MCP connector https://mcp.sinoconnection.com/nyc/mcp · REST API described at https://mcp.sinoconnection.com/nyc/openapi.json.
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