Current law requires owners of parking garages to submit an in-depth structural inspection report by a certified engineer every six years, with nearly 2,000 garages in Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island exempt from mandatory examination until the end of 2027. The Department of Buildings’ new rule will force owners to hire an engineer to give their garages a once-over by August 2024, in addition to the more comprehensive structural review later on, regardless of their location.
The rule comes as few owners file inspection reports, even with a Dec. 31 deadline approaching for more than 1,000 parking garages located on the Upper West Side and south of Central Park. So far, owners of just 80 of those structures have submitted their mandatory inspection reports, city data shows. At least 24 of the garages are considered “unsafe” and require repairs within 90 days.
Under the existing law, owners of garages elsewhere in Manhattan and Brooklyn don’t have to submit their inspection reports until the end of 2025, while owners in Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx get another two years.
Andrew Rudansky, a spokesperson for the buildings department, said the new rule will allow the city to “identify potential structural issues before disaster strikes” at those facilities.
(No shit moron, that's what the damn building department is supposed to inspect FOR, and ALWAYS HAS been the reason there are structural and engineering inspections)
Jason Damiano, a senior structural engineer at RAND Engineering and Architecture, said it’s a stretch to think the owners of thousands of garages will comply by August.
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