GVSHP | Preservation | Reporting Landmark Violations


Reporting Landmark Violations

GVSHP “Preservation Watch” program -- a way to help ensure that serious landmarks violations are reported and the landmarks law enforced, and to preserve our neighborhood’s historic integrity.

GVSHP wants to ensure that landmarks violations are reported and acted upon as swiftly and thoroughly as possible. That is why we want you to know how you can report a landmarks violation to the City, and how you can report it to GVSHP to help advocate for its solution.

If you see something which you believe may be a landmarks violation (destruction/inappropriate alteration of or unpermitted work upon a landmark structure or structure in a historic district), here’s what you can do:

* See if there is a permit from the LPC posted (it should be on the front of the building, next to a permit from the Department of Buildings); if there is, and it describes the work you see being done, then it has been approved by the LPC
* If there is no permit, confirm that it is a landmark structure or in a historic district (if you don’t know, click on maps below of historic districts in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and Noho to determine if the structure is in a district, or you can call or e-mail GVSHP to ask. If the building is not regulated by LPC, it does not need their permission for work, and the work cannot be a violation of landmarks law)
* If you think it may be unpermitted work or work which violates landmarks law, report it to GVSHP right away, and we can help determine if it may be a violation, and help you report it and ask for an inspection as soon as possible.
* If you are sure it is a violation of landmarks law, or the situation seems urgent and needing immediate attention, you can file a complaint and request an inspection from the LPC by CLICKING HERE for an LPC complaint form in PDF format (you can also report violations to LPC violations inspections officer Diane Simonson at (212) 669-7948 or dsimonson@lpc.nyc.gov). Please forward a copy of your complaint/inspection request to GVSHP for us to follow up on.
* If you believe the situation presents an imminent danger, call the police.

Below, for each historic district, the first link will take you to a map in adobe pdf format on the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission Web site. The Second link will take you to a copy of the map on the GVSHP web site.

PDF Greenwich Village Historic District

HTML Greenwich Village Historic District

PDF Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District

HTML Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District

PDF MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District

HTML MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District

PDF St. Mark's Historic District

HTML St. Mark's Historic District

PDF NoHo Historic District

HTML NoHo Historic District

PDF NoHo East Historic District

HTML NoHo East Historic District