A heat and hot water violation in NYC: the citywide numbers.
heat and hot water violations HPD has written across the city
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A heat and hot water violation in NYC is one of 158,972 HPD has written across the city. 149,792 of them are Class C, the immediately hazardous class, 94.2% of the category. Of those Class C violations 73,109 have ever been certified corrected, 48.8%, and 19,353 have stood open more than a year with nothing filed.
What this means
No heat in winter, or no hot water at any time of year, is an immediately hazardous Class C condition. The owner has to restore service and certify the repair with HPD, and the violation stays open until HPD accepts that certification or closes the case.
If you own or manage the building. A heat and hot water violation stays open until HPD accepts a certification or closes it, and it comes up at sale, refinance and permit. 3,705 heat and hot water violations citywide are already marked Not Complied With.
If you clear violations for a living. 19,353 Class C heat and hot water violations are more than a year old with no certification on file, 12.9% of the class. That is the standing work, citywide.
If you rent here. Each of these was confirmed by an HPD inspector. A certification is the owner’s word that the repair was made; it does not show whether the condition is gone. The heat guide measures heat certifications against the certify-by date on the notice.
Heat and hot water by borough
The Bronx carries the most heat and hot water violations of the five boroughs, 56,216, and Staten Island the fewest at 2,430. Volume is not the same as follow-through: the Bronx certifies 54.9% of its Class C heat and hot water violations and Staten Island 33.4%.
| Borough | Violations | Class C | Class C certified | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronx | 56,216 | 52,990 | 54.9% | 9 |
| Brooklyn | 47,491 | 44,827 | 46.0% | 10 |
| Manhattan | 34,762 | 32,380 | 51.4% | 9 |
| Queens | 18,073 | 17,276 | 34.4% | 10 |
| Staten Island | 2,430 | 2,319 | 33.4% | 10 |
Each borough links to its own page for this category, with its month-by-month counts, its streets and every status. Median days is that borough’s median from inspection to a filed Class C certification.
Where heat and hot water violations stop
HPD gives every violation a status that says where the case stands. Across heat and hot water violations citywide the most common is Violation Closed, and 2.3% carry Not Complied With, the status set once a certify-by date passes with no accepted certification.
| Current status | Violations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violation Closed | 60,926 | 38.3% |
| Violation Dismissed | 50,315 | 31.7% |
| NOV Sent Out | 33,998 | 21.4% |
| Not Complied With | 3,705 | 2.3% |
| First No Access To Re- Inspect Violation | 2,793 | 1.8% |
| Invalid Certification | 2,428 | 1.5% |
| NOV Certified Late | 2,415 | 1.5% |
| Violation Will Be Reinspected | 677 | 0.4% |
The eight most common statuses on heat and hot water violations citywide, out of 158,972. Each name links to its own page in the status glossary.
How heat and hot water violations compare with the other five categories
This site tracks six categories of HPD housing violation. On the share of Class C violations ever certified corrected, heat and hot water violations sit at 48.8%, and the citywide median time to a filed certification is 9 days. Lead paint, Vermin and pests, Mold, Water leaks, Electrical each have the same tables for their own violations, and the certificate of correction guide compares certification across all six.
Common questions about NYC heat and hot water violations
How many heat and hot water violations does NYC have?
HPD has written 158,972 heat and hot water violations under the housing maintenance code through September 27, 2026, and 149,792 of them are Class C, the immediately hazardous class. That is a count of the city's own published violations in our copy of the data, not an estimate.
Is a heat and hot water violation serious?
It depends on the class HPD's inspector assigned. 94.2% of heat and hot water violations are Class C, which carries a 24-hour correction window; the rest are Class A or B, at 90 and 30 days. What each class means has its own page.
How long does a heat and hot water violation take to clear?
For Class C, the citywide median from inspection to a filed certification is 9 days. 48.8% of Class C heat and hot water violations have ever been certified corrected, and 19,353 have stood open more than a year with nothing filed.
Does this page report a heat and hot water condition or clear a violation?
No. It counts violations. A condition inside an apartment is reported to 311, and a correction is certified with HPD directly. This site files nothing and represents no one, and nothing here is advice.
What these numbers do not tell you
They do not say whether a condition is gone. A violation with no certification may have been fixed the same week with nothing filed, or never touched, and HPD’s data cannot tell the two apart. They carry no penalty amounts. They say nothing about what an owner intends or what happens next. This page names no building and no owner; to look up one building, use the form above.
Cite this page
ViolationScout, Heat and hot water violations in New York City, counts by class, borough and status over HPD's Housing Maintenance Code Violations dataset, filtered to heat and hot water. Figures through September 27, 2026, read on September 29, 2026. https://violationscout.com/nyc/heat-hot-water
Counts of violations whose description matches heat and hot water; certified means the violation carries a certified date; median days is the median of certified date minus inspection date over the Class C violations that carry both. Source: NYC Open Data. How every figure here is counted: /methodology.
Every figure here is a citywide count; no building or owner is named on this page. By borough, status codes decoded, the guides, citywide.