Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction
Pursuant to New York City’s Housing Maintenance Code, the Department of Housing
Preservation and Development (HPD) collects information on multiple dwellings in New York
City, and other buildings that fall under its jurisdiction. HPD’s Buildings Open Data covers all
buildings which meet any of the following criteria:
a. HPD has required the owner to register the building under the Housing Maintenance
Code (HMC)
b. HPD has initiated a litigation action under the HMC
c. HPD has received a complaint for the building
d. HPD has initiated a work order for the purposes of emergency repair, demolition, or
the Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP) for the building
e. HPD has added the property to the AEP program
Buildings are identified by a BuildingID.
Columns
Name | Socrata field name | Column name in sgr mount | Data type | Description |
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LowHouseNumber | lowhousenumber | lowhousenumber | Text | Address information for the building |
LegalClassB | legalclassb | legalclassb | Number | The number of rooms in a multiple dwelling without individual baths and kitchens |
Block | block | block | Number | Tax block for building |
StreetName | streetname | streetname | Text | Address information for the building |
LegalClassA | legalclassa | legalclassa | Number | The number of apartments in a multiple dwelling |
Boro | boro | boro | Text | Boro code (1 = Manhattan, 2 = Bronx, 3 = Brooklyn, 4 = Queens, 5 = Staten Island) |
BoroID | boroid | boroid | Number | Unique number identifying a borough |
LifeCycle | lifecycle | lifecycle | Text | The stage in the building life cycle |
Zip | zip | zip | Text | Address information for the building |
Lot | lot | lot | Number | Tax lot for building |
LegalStories | legalstories | legalstories | Number | Number of legal stories in building |
HouseNumber | housenumber | housenumber | Text | Address information for the building |
BIN | bin | bin | Number | DCP Building Identification Number for building |
CommunityBoard | communityboard | communityboard | Number | Unique number identifying a Community District/Board, which is a political geographical area within a borough of the City of NY |
ManagementProgram | managementprogram | managementprogram | Text | Contains the current active management program which determines who is responsible for the management of this building |
DoBBuildingClassID | dobbuildingclassid | dobbuildingclassid | Number | Unique number identifying DoB Building Class Code |
DoBBuildingClass | dobbuildingclass | dobbuildingclass | Text | Stores DoB building classification codes as augmented by HPD for other than Multiple Dwellings (see DoBBuildingClass below) |
RecordStatusID | recordstatusid | recordstatusid | Number | Unique number for record status |
BuildingID | buildingid | buildingid | Number | Unique identifier of building |
RegistrationID | registrationid | registrationid | Number | Multiple dwelling registration number, used by HPD in the master building file to identify a building |
HighHouseNumber | highhousenumber | highhousenumber | Text | Address information for the building |
CensusTract | censustract | censustract | Text | Geographic area defined by the U.S. Census Bureau for the various decennial censuses |
RecordStatus | recordstatus | recordstatus | Text | "The numeric value of the status of this building code (1 = Active, 2 = Inactive, 3 = Pending)" |