About us
Built to make NYC property research actually usable
We pull together the NYC building records that matter — violations, fines, permits, flood risk, neighborhood safety — so you can read one report instead of hunting through a dozen city portals.
Why we built this
Every time we looked at an apartment, we ended up with 10 open tabs: HPD violations here, DOB permits there, 311 complaints in another window, FEMA flood maps in another. Half of them broken, half of them indecipherable if you don't speak NYC bureaucratese.
The information is public. The city genuinely does publish most of it. But the experience of actually getting a clear picture of a building — is it safe, is it well-maintained, will the landlord fix things — is brutal unless you're willing to dedicate an afternoon to each address.
We built NYC Property Audit for ourselves first: one address in, one readable report out, pulled fresh from the city every time. If you've ever been bitten by something you couldn't have known without an FOIL request, you're our user.
Where our data comes from
Every field in every report is traceable to a public NYC or federal dataset. No scraped listings, no landlord-submitted data, no marketing fluff.
HPD
Housing violations, complaints, registrations
DOB
Permits, ECB violations, stop-work orders
DOF
Tax class, assessments, delinquency
FEMA
Flood zone designation
311
Service requests and noise complaints
Census ACS
Neighborhood demographics
NYC open data can lag by a few days. We cache reports for 6 hours and show you when each dataset was last updated.
What we care about
- No ads, no data resale — One-time $14.99 per building. We don't sell your searches, we don't push affiliate mortgage quotes, and we don't need your phone number.
- Show our work — Every claim in a report links back to the underlying NYC dataset. If we're wrong, you can check us against the source.
- Free preview, paid detail — You can always see whether a building has open violations before you pay. The unlock buys you the specifics — addresses, dates, severity, fines.
Frequently asked questions
How fresh is the data?
Reports are built from NYC Open Data (DOB, HPD, OATH, NYPD, DOE, FEMA). We refresh per-address records every few hours and rebuild the report when you request one.
Where does the data come from?
Every number cites an official NYC source — DOB violations, HPD complaints, OATH judgments, NYPD precinct data, and FEMA flood maps. We don't invent or score anything that isn't on the public record.
What if a violation was already resolved?
We show each violation with its status (Open, Dismissed, Cured, etc.) and the filing and disposition dates. Resolved issues stay visible so you can see history, not just current exposure.
What's your refund policy?
Full refund if your report fails to generate or the PDF is unusable. If a public data source later removes or corrects a record, contact us and we'll help review it.
How do I contact support?
Reply to your receipt email or reach us through the contact link in the footer. We answer within one business day.
What does one unlock cover?
One unlock covers one building — all records tied to that property: violations, unpaid fines, permits, flood zone, neighborhood safety, sales and mortgage history, and more. NYC records are filed against the whole building (BBL), so that's what the report reflects.