Inspection of required sprinklers in converted dwellings and dwellings used for single room occupancy

NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2050 (repealed) · cited Jun 5, 1968 – Aug 5, 2026

5,212 NYC housing violations have been issued under NYC Housing Maintenance Code § 27-2050, which is 0.0% of every HPD violation attributed to a section. 2,738 are still open, 2,729 of them past the legal deadline on the notice.

Open now

2,738

Open past deadline

2,729

Closed

2,474

All time

5,212

Share of attributed

0.0%

Class C (immediately hazardous)

How § 27-2050 is actually enforced

The median legal deadline on a § 27-2050 notice is 35 days. The median violation that got fixed took 1,500 days to reach “violation closed”, measured across 1,714 closed violations.

385 notices (7.4%) sit at not complied with: the deadline passed and HPD found the condition unrepaired.
28 certifications of repair were rejected by HPD. 6 of those are recorded as false certification: the owner certified a repair that inspection did not confirm.
63 repairs were certified after the deadline.
2,266 notices (43.5%) are reissues: the violation was written, not fixed, and written again.
1,383 notices (26.5%) are rent-impairing, the class of violation that can let tenants deposit rent with the court under MDL § 302-a instead of paying the owner.
752 notices (14.4%) were dismissed.

What inspectors cite § 27-2050 for

The most common orders written under this section, in HPD’s own wording.

Provide A Piece Of Garden Hose 10 Feet In · 1,729 · order 713
Seal In Open Position The O.s.y. Valve Of The · 1,383 · order 714
Provide 3 Extra Sprinkler Heads And Suitable Wrench For · 1,270 · order 715
Maintain On The Premises A Copy Of The Sprinkler · 582 · order 711
Provide An Angle Hose Valve Or Sill Cock At · 248 · order 712

Open § 27-2050 violations by borough

BROOKLYN		1,266
MANHATTAN		1,097
QUEENS		220
BRONX		124
STATEN ISLAND		31

Buildings with the most open § 27-2050 violations

709 PUTNAM AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 10 open
729 ST NICHOLAS AVENUE, MANHATTAN · 9 open
298 ST MARKS PLACE, STATEN ISLAND · 9 open
421 51 STREET, BROOKLYN · 8 open
857 MACY PLACE, BRONX · 7 open
575 ST MARKS AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 7 open
815 GREENE AVENUE, BROOKLYN · 7 open
71 DECATUR STREET, BROOKLYN · 7 open
1052 MORRIS AVENUE, BRONX · 7 open
11 MT MORRIS PARK WEST, MANHATTAN · 7 open

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Questions people ask about § 27-2050

How long does an owner have to fix a § 27-2050 violation?

Each notice carries its own deadline set by the violation's hazard class. Across 5,212 § 27-2050 notices, the median legal deadline was 35 days from the notice date.

How long does it actually take to fix a § 27-2050 violation?

Measured across 1,714 § 27-2050 violations that reached "violation closed", the median took 1,500 days from the notice date, against a median legal deadline of 35 days.

Are § 27-2050 violations rent-impairing?

1,383 of 5,212 § 27-2050 notices (26.5%) are marked rent-impairing by HPD. When a rent-impairing violation goes unrepaired, New York's Multiple Dwelling Law § 302-a can let tenants deposit rent with the court instead of paying the owner. The specifics depend on the case.

How many § 27-2050 violations are open in NYC right now?

2,738 § 27-2050 violations are open as of Aug 7, 2026, and 2,729 of them are already past the legal deadline on the notice.

Where this comes from

Counted from HPD’s Housing Maintenance Code Violations dataset. Each notice is attributed to a section by HPD’s own order number where one is on record, otherwise by the section its notice text cites. 11,131,117 of the city’s 11,136,167 HPD notices are attributed that way; the share above is a share of those. Figures recomputed Aug 7, 2026.

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