One building or a whole portfolio: JBS assesses each cited sidewalk, repairs it to NYC DOT specification, and helps you through the dismissal paperwork, scheduled around each notice's 75-day date. JBS is licensed and insured, with both a contractor license and a sidewalk license.
Property owners are responsible for installing, repairing and maintaining the sidewalk next to their property (NYC Administrative Code § 19-152), and are potentially liable for injuries caused by failing to keep it free of defects (§ 7-210). When a DOT inspector finds a defect, the owner receives a Notice of Sidewalk Violation. There is no fine, but a copy is filed with the County Clerk and stays on file until the City confirms the repair, which can complicate a sale or refinance.
If the cited flags aren't repaired within 75 days, NYC DOT may do the work and the Department of Finance bills the owner. After 90 days unpaid, interest accrues and a monetary lien is placed on the property. Source: NYC DOT Sidewalks.
From NYC DOT's Sidewalk Management Database – Violations on NYC Open Data, data as of October 17, 2026.
| Borough | Violations with no dismissal on record | …of which cite a trip hazard | New records entered, last 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queens | 39,387 | 29,226 | 2,016 |
| Brooklyn | 51,391 | 35,066 | 1,836 |
| The Bronx | 15,392 | 11,258 | 837 |
| Manhattan | 17,587 | 8,916 | 632 |
| Staten Island | 6,047 | 4,605 | 325 |
How we counted: "no dismissal on record" means the record has no dismissal date; some records are many years old. Borough is taken from the street code in each record (or, where missing, the contract borough code); about 4,000 citywide records have neither and aren't included. "Last 12 months" counts records entered October 17, 2025 through October 16, 2026.
Sources: NYC DOT Sidewalks · NYC311: Sidewalk Violation and Repair. NYC311 also explains how to check a contractor's license before you hire.
Send the violation number or address. We pull the public record, visit the sidewalk, and check the PIR flags, curbs, tree roots and utility hardware.
A written quote per property, so each owner or entity can approve its own work.
Break out the cited flags, remove the debris, prep the base and pour new concrete to NYC DOT sidewalk specifications.
We help gather what the dismissal inspection request needs (permit number, address, block and lot, violation number) and make sure the sidewalk is clear for the inspector. DOT makes the final call on dismissal.
Curb and driveway apron work alongside the sidewalk flags where the job needs it.
One point of contact and a simple status list across your properties: quoted, scheduled, poured, dismissal requested.
Managing several buildings with notices on different dates? Send us the list. We sort the properties by their 75-day dates, group nearby addresses so crews and containers aren't crossing the city twice, and send you one schedule. Each property still gets its own quote and paperwork, so owners, boards and LLCs can sign off separately.
Our yard is in Richmond Hill, Queens, and we work across Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island. Bronx buildings follow the same DOT notice, permit and dismissal process as every other borough, and Bronx portfolios can be grouped by neighborhood into one schedule the same way.
The owner of the property next to the sidewalk. Under NYC Administrative Code § 19-152, property owners are responsible for installing, repairing and maintaining the sidewalk adjoining their property, and NYC DOT issues the Notice of Sidewalk Violation to the owner. Property managers usually coordinate the repair on the owner's behalf.
75 days from receiving the Notice of Sidewalk Violation. The clock starts on the date shown on the certified mail receipt or, if the notice could not be delivered by mail, the date it was posted on the property. NYC DOT notes that a sidewalk permit does not extend the 75 days.
NYC DOT may perform the repair itself or hire a contractor, and the Department of Finance bills the owner. The owner has 90 days to pay that bill before interest is added; after that, a monetary lien is placed against the property. A payment plan is available to eligible owners of certain residential properties.
No. NYC DOT states there is no fine associated with a sidewalk violation. A copy of the notice is filed with the County Clerk and stays on file until the City confirms satisfactory repairs, which can complicate selling or refinancing the property.
After repairs are completed under a valid sidewalk construction permit, a Sidewalk Violation Dismissal Inspection is requested through NYC311 with the permit number, property address, block and lot, violation number, and the owner's email and phone. A DOT inspector checks the work, and the violation is removed once the inspector confirms it was done correctly. JBS helps prepare that paperwork, but the dismissal decision is made by NYC DOT.
According to NYC DOT, if a property received multiple Notices of Sidewalk Violation, the newest one supersedes all previous notices. Every flag (sidewalk square) marked with a number on the Preliminary Inspection Report sketch must be replaced and any defects corrected.
It depends on the property type. The City no longer issues violations or imposes liens on 1-, 2- and 3-family properties for sidewalk damage caused only by City trees. NYC311 states that tree or root damage next to properties with 4 or more units, commercial buildings or vacant lots is the owner's responsibility.
An owner can appeal within 75 days of receiving the notice if the defects marked on the Preliminary Inspection Report don't exist. DOT schedules a re-inspection by a different inspector within 180 days of the request, and that result is final.
Yes. Send us a list of addresses or violation numbers. We look each one up, assess the sidewalks on site, and give you a separate itemized quote per property so each owner or entity can approve and pay for its own work. We then build a schedule around each notice's 75-day date.
NYC DOT says to estimate the City's cost by multiplying the square footage on the Preliminary Inspection Report by the per-square-foot price on the letter sent with the notice, and the final bill can include additional repairs. A private quote depends on the flags cited, curbs, tree roots and access, so we price each property after seeing it rather than quoting a flat rate in advance.
Call the office at (718) 849-2500, or use the form with your violation numbers or addresses, one per line.
