NYC Elevator Compliance & Inspection Leads

48,000+ NYC elevators haven't filed this year's legally required safety test yet. Every one of them belongs to a building that will need an elevator inspection company — soon, and by law. This Actor gives you that list, fresh from the NYC Department of Buildings' daily-updated records, filtered the way a sales team actually uses it.

Who this is for

• Elevator service & inspection companies — pull every active device in your boroughs with the annual CAT1 test still outstanding, or the 5-year CAT5 test coming due in the next 6 months. Each record is a building that must buy what you sell, with the address and a plain-English reason to call.
• Property investors & due-diligence teams — check the full compliance history of every device in a building (by address or ZIP) before you buy.
• Insurers, lenders, and proptech — monitor compliance status across a portfolio; the dataset updates daily.

What you get

One clean record per elevator device, with computed compliance flags you won't find in the raw city data:

{
    "device_number": "1P16006",
    "device_type": "Elevator",
    "device_status": "Active",
    "address": "613 WEST 186 STREET",
    "borough": "Manhattan",
    "zip_code": "10033",
    "neighborhood": "Washington Heights (North)",
    "cat1_filed_current_year": false,
    "cat1_latest_report_filed": "2025-06-11",
    "cat5_next_due": "2027-01-25",
    "cat5_due_in_days": 151,
    "periodic_latest_inspection": "2026-03-05",
    "is_lead": true,
    "lead_reasons": [
        "CAT1 test not filed for 2026 (latest: 2025)",
        "CAT5 test due in 151 days"
    ]
}

Every record also includes latitude/longitude, BIN and BBL (for joining to other NYC property data), and the untouched source record. Export to Excel, CSV, or JSON with one click, or pull via API on a schedule.

How to use it

1. Pick a lead filter:
   • CAT1 not filed this year — the annual-test lead list (the big one)
   • CAT5 due soon — devices whose 5-year test lands within your chosen window
   • Any lead — both combined
   • All devices — no compliance filter, full inventory
2. Narrow by borough, ZIP codes, or device type if you work a territory.
3. Set maximum records — you're only charged for records actually delivered.
4. Run it. Schedule it weekly and the list refreshes itself; the city updates the data daily.

Why the flags matter (NYC rules, in one breath)

NYC requires every elevator device to file a Category 1 test every calendar year and a Category 5 test every five years. Buildings that fall behind face DOB violations and civil penalties. cat1_filed_current_year: false on an active device means that clock is ticking right now; cat5_due_in_days counts down the five-year deadline computed from the device's own filing history.

Data source & fair use

Data comes from the NYC Department of Buildings DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance open dataset, updated daily, accessed through the city's official public-data API — no scraping, no bot games, fully public records. This Actor reads politely (paged requests with rate-limit handling) and includes only what the city itself publishes.

Support

Questions and feature requests are answered fast — usually within hours. If a filter you need is missing (violations, permit activity, other cities/states), open an issue: siblings of this Actor are being built in the order people ask for them.