Manhattan · Upper West Side (Central)

38 West 96 Street, Manhattan

DOB complaints

Department of Buildings complaints attached to this BIN. Category and disposition text come from DOB’s published code lists; some newer codes have no published description yet.

25 records

• Feb 27, 2026

  CLOSED

  Special Operations Compliance Inspection (1U)

  Ecb Violation Served (A8)

  Complaint #

  1718102

  DOB unit

  SPOPS

  Inspected

  Feb 27, 2026

  Disposition date

  Mar 2, 2026

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Feb 20, 2026

  CLOSED

  7R

  Ecb Violation Served (A8)

  Complaint #

  1717609

  DOB unit

  SPOPS

  Inspected

  Feb 27, 2026

  Disposition date

  Mar 2, 2026

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Feb 17, 2026

  CLOSED

  Failure To Maintain (73)

  Ecb Violation Served (A8)

  Complaint #

  1717301

  DOB unit

  MAN.

  Inspected

  Mar 27, 2026

  Disposition date

  Mar 27, 2026

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Dec 23, 2025

  CLOSED

  Failure To Maintain (73)

  Please See Complaint Number (H1)

  Complaint #

  1713157

  DOB unit

  MAN.

  Inspected

  Dec 23, 2025

  Disposition date

  Dec 23, 2025

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Nov 27, 2025

  CLOSED

  Construction -Contrary/Beyond Approved Plans/Permits (83)

  No Violation Warranted For Complaint At Time Of Inspection (I2)

  Complaint #

  1711244

  DOB unit

  MAN.

  Inspected

  Jan 23, 2026

  Disposition date

  Jan 23, 2026

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Oct 7, 2025

  CLOSED

  Failure To Maintain (73)

  Ecb Violation Served (A8)

  Complaint #

  1706396

  DOB unit

  MAN.

  Inspected

  Oct 30, 2025

  Disposition date

  Oct 31, 2025

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Aug 20, 2025

  CLOSED

  Failure To Maintain (73)

  No Violation Warranted For Complaint At Time Of Inspection (I2)

  Complaint #

  1702711

  DOB unit

  MAN.

  Inspected

  Aug 28, 2025

  Disposition date

  Aug 28, 2025

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Aug 20, 2025

  CLOSED

  Construction -Contrary/Beyond Approved Plans/Permits (83)

  No Violation Warranted For Complaint At Time Of Inspection (I2)

  Complaint #

  1702707

  DOB unit

  MAN.

  Inspected

  Aug 28, 2025

  Disposition date

  Aug 28, 2025

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Jul 30, 2025

  CLOSED

  7J

  Inspector Unable To Gain Access - 2nd Attempt (C2)

  Complaint #

  1701138

  DOB unit

  RTEU

  Inspected

  Aug 1, 2025

  Disposition date

  Aug 1, 2025

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Apr 27, 2025

  CLOSED

  Failure To Maintain (73)

  Ecb Violation Served (A8)

  Complaint #

  1694266

  DOB unit

  MAN.

  Inspected

  Jul 21, 2025

  Disposition date

  Jul 21, 2025

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Feb 17, 2025

  CLOSED

  7J

  Inspector Unable To Gain Access - 2nd Attempt (C2)

  Complaint #

  1688816

  DOB unit

  RTEU

  Inspected

  Feb 19, 2025

  Disposition date

  Feb 19, 2025

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Aug 24, 2024

  CLOSED

  7J

  Inspector Unable To Gain Access - 2nd Attempt (C2)

  Complaint #

  1675961

  DOB unit

  RTEU

  Inspected

  Aug 27, 2024

  Disposition date

  Aug 27, 2024

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Jul 17, 2024

  CLOSED

  7J

  No Violation Warranted For Complaint At Time Of Inspection (I2)

  Complaint #

  1672729

  DOB unit

  RTEU

  Inspected

  Jul 18, 2024

  Disposition date

  Jul 22, 2024

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Feb 1, 2024

  CLOSED

  After Hours Work - Illegal (04)

  No Violation Warranted For Complaint At Time Of Inspection (I2)

  Complaint #

  1659342

  DOB unit

  ERT

  Inspected

  Mar 10, 2024

  Disposition date

  Mar 11, 2024

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Dec 26, 2023

  CLOSED

  Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Buildings (4A)

  Inspector Unable To Gain Access - 2nd Attempt (C2)

  Complaint #

  1656480

  DOB unit

  SPOPS

  Inspected

  Jan 9, 2024

  Disposition date

  Jan 9, 2024

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Aug 20, 2023

  CLOSED

  Illegal Conversion (45)

  Inspector Unable To Gain Access - 2nd Attempt (C2)

  Complaint #

  1646025

  DOB unit

  Q-L

  Inspected

  Oct 25, 2023

  Disposition date

  Oct 25, 2023

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• May 27, 2023

  CLOSED

  Construction -Contrary/Beyond Approved Plans/Permits (83)

  Inspector Unable To Gain Access - 2nd Attempt (C2)

  Complaint #

  1637917

  DOB unit

  MAN.

  Inspected

  Jul 20, 2023

  Disposition date

  Jul 20, 2023

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Oct 28, 2022

  CLOSED

  After Hours Work - Illegal (04)

  No Violation Warranted For Complaint At Time Of Inspection (I2)

  Complaint #

  1621372

  DOB unit

  ERT

  Inspected

  Nov 6, 2022

  Disposition date

  Nov 6, 2022

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Sep 11, 2022

  CLOSED

  Construction - Change Grade / Change Watercourse (06)

  Inspector Unable To Gain Access - 2nd Attempt (C2)

  Complaint #

  1617905

  DOB unit

  MAN.

  Inspected

  Sep 21, 2022

  Disposition date

  Sep 26, 2022

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Sep 11, 2022

  CLOSED

  Plumbing Work - Illegal/No Permit(Also Sprinkler/Standpipe) (66)

  Inspector Unable To Gain Access - 2nd Attempt (C2)

  Complaint #

  1617904

  DOB unit

  PLUMB

  Inspected

  Nov 18, 2022

  Disposition date

  Nov 18, 2022

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Sep 11, 2022

  CLOSED

  Certificate Of Occupancy - None/Illegal/Contrary To Co (31)

  Inspector Unable To Gain Access - 2nd Attempt (C2)

  Complaint #

  1617903

  DOB unit

  MAN.

  Inspected

  Nov 14, 2022

  Disposition date

  Nov 14, 2022

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Sep 11, 2022

  CLOSED

  7J

  No Violation Warranted For Complaint At Time Of Inspection (I2)

  Complaint #

  1617901

  DOB unit

  RTEU

  Inspected

  Sep 11, 2022

  Disposition date

  Sep 11, 2022

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Sep 11, 2022

  CLOSED

  Electrical Wiring - Defective/Exposed, In Progress (59)

  Inspector Unable To Gain Access - 2nd Attempt (C2)

  Complaint #

  1617900

  DOB unit

  ELCTR

  Inspected

  Sep 19, 2022

  Disposition date

  Sep 20, 2022

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• May 7, 2021

  CLOSED

  Gas Utility Referral (1L)

  No Violation Warranted For Complaint At Time Of Inspection (I2)

  Complaint #

  1570853

  DOB unit

  PLUMB

  Inspected

  May 18, 2021

  Disposition date

  May 18, 2021

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7

• Apr 18, 1989

  CLOSED

  Permit - None (Building/ Pa/ Demo Etc.) (05)

  No Violation Warranted For Complaint At Time Of Inspection (I2)

  Complaint #

  1001549

  DOB unit

  MAN.

  Inspected

  May 1, 1989

  Disposition date

  May 9, 1989

  Address on complaint

  38 West 96 Street

  Community board

  Manhattan CB 7