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Street work appears overnight with no owner notice — tenants and deliveries blindsided.
NYC DOT · real-time
DOT · Detection engine
NYC DOT violation monitoring, before the fine.
NYC DOT activity happens around your buildings — street work, construction, permits, signage. Catch disruptions before they affect tenants, access, or operations.
Live scan
Every few minutes
65K+
2024 volume
~15 min
Alert latency
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The problem
Why DOT monitoring is hard to do manually.
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Construction permits around your block affect parking, egress, and staging you didn't plan for.
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DOT sidewalk and plaza repairs can close your frontage entrance for weeks.
What we detect
Every signal our engine surfaces for DOT.
Our detection engine fuses filings, inspection outcomes, complaint routing, and derivative signals into one feed. Public records are one input among many — never the ceiling.
- DOT permits within a configurable radius (65 – 1,640 ft) of each address
- Street closures and lane shifts near your property
- Sidewalk repair schedules and permits
- Construction activity at neighboring buildings
- Traffic signal work, signage changes, and paving
- Block-level emergency work orders
- Special event closures affecting access
- Late-night / weekend work permits nearby
65K+
DOT permits issued citywide in 2024
ViolationWatch detects every one of them
Classes & fines
Know the severity before it knows you.
DOT violations escalate in tiers. Every alert we send includes class, fine exposure, cure window, and the exact source record — no digging required.
Severity
Class & description
Our handling
INFO
Street work permit
Contractor or utility work on or near your block.
Instant alert · routed
WARN
Sidewalk closure
Pedestrian route affected adjacent to your frontage.
Instant alert · routed
CRITICAL
Emergency work
Unscheduled DOT activity — usually same-day notification.
Instant alert · routed
Typical fine range · N/A · DOT activity is not a fine to you — it's operational risk around your property.
Check a specific address →The workflow
How DOT monitoring works for your buildings.
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Add a building by address
Paste any NYC address. Our engine auto-resolves to BIN & BBL, backfills prior DOT history, and flags every open item on day one.
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Our engine monitors 24/7
Signal fusion across every DOT source runs continuously. New filings, inspection outcomes, and derivative indicators are caught within minutes.
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Alerts route to the right people
Email, WhatsApp, Slack, SMS — per-building and per-severity. Your super sees heat complaints; your counsel sees Class 1s and OATH dates.
Related monitoring
Every NYC agency. One signal feed.
DOB
Department of Buildings
Permits · stop-works · FISP
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HPD
Housing Preservation & Development
Class A / B / C · heat season
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ECB
Environmental Control Board
OATH hearings · fine mitigation
View coverage →
FDNY
Fire Department of New York
Fire code · C of F · vacates
View coverage →
311
City Service Complaints
Early warning · pre-violation
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Start monitoring DOT today.
Seven-day free trial. Cancel anytime. Setup in under a minute. Cover one building or a whole portfolio — same engine, same speed.