NYC Renter Guides
Built From Real Building Data.
Tenant rights, building violations, lease traps, pest issues, and how to research any NYC building before you sign, covering all 5 boroughs.
How Often Do Heat Complaints Turn Into HPD Violations?
Heat is the biggest 311 housing category and the lowest converting one, at 4.5 violations per 100 complaints filed. Four mechanics produce that number, and you can work around three of them.
What Do Boiler Inspection Records Tell You About an NYC Building?
A boiler filing shows whether an inspector checked the device and whether that device has been written up before. It says nothing about the temperature in your unit, and the measured gap between the two is large.
Which NYC Neighborhoods Have the Most Heat Complaints?
Highbridge draws 336.7 heat and hot water complaints per 1,000 apartments against a citywide 124.8. The ranking repeats our other two, so the calendar is the finding: January runs 20.4 times August.
Apartment Has No Hot Water in NYC: Who Has to Fix It?
Your landlord has to restore hot water and pay for it. The order of steps after a 311 call, the per-day penalty an owner faces, and what HPD does when nothing gets fixed.
How to Check Boiler Violations in NYC
Heat season started October 1. Two public city files show whether a building's boiler has a current inspection, a recorded defect, or an unpaid failure-to-file violation, and both are searchable before you sign.
NYC Hot Water Requirements: Temperature, Hours and Tenant Rights
New York City sets hot water at 120 degrees minimum between six in the morning and midnight, every day of the year. The hours live in section 27-2031, and most pages on this topic drop them.
Which NYC Neighborhoods Have the Most HPD Violations?
Belmont tops our neighborhood ranking at 125.9 HPD violations per 100 apartments against a citywide 30.1, and 45.3% of buildings in the measured apartment stock had none. Figures as of September 22, 2026.
Which NYC Neighborhoods Have the Most Pest Complaints?
Port Richmond leads our ranking at 98.4 HPD pest complaints per 1,000 apartments against a citywide 25.0. Complaints peak in August and bottom out in March, and the rate barely tracks building age.
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How to Check Fire Safety Violations Before Renting in NYC
Four sets of city records show fire safety problems in an NYC building before you sign. Each covers different ground, FDNY data stops earlier than renters expect, and the counts show what is ordinary.
How to Read NYC Property Records
A field-by-field translation of HPD, DOB, ECB, ACRIS and PLUTO records, with the three traps that catch a first-time reader and the measured share of rows each one hits.
Can Mold Make an NYC Apartment Uninhabitable?
Mold can breach the warranty of habitability in a New York apartment, and a Housing Court judge decides that, not a square footage. Leaving on your own reading of the law is the part that goes wrong.
Mice in My NYC Apartment: What Should I Do?
Mice in any room of a NYC apartment are an immediately hazardous violation, and the owner has 21 days to correct it by sealing gaps and fitting door sweeps. Here is the law, the safe fix, and the evidence to keep.