{"id":111,"date":"2016-12-09T18:18:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T18:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?post_type=studies&p=4509"},"modified":"2016-12-09T18:19:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T23:19:00","slug":"bushwick-leads-in-smoke-detector-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/bushwick-leads-in-smoke-detector-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushwick Leads in Smoke Detector Violations – Seeing Improvements in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

In light of the recent tragedy in Oakland<\/strong> and with a winter ahead of renters using space heaters to heat their apartments above the bare minimum required by NYC law, fire safety is as important as ever. Using NYC\u2019s OpenData platform, we counted the number of violations issued to landlords for lack of or improper installation of a smoke detector using a subset of the 311 data<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over 6,000 violations have been issued resulting from over 16,000 complaints<\/strong> to 311 since the data set begins in January 2010. Lack of smoke detectors was a contributing factor to the Oakland tragedy on December 2nd<\/sup>, and NYC law<\/a>\u00a0requires a minimum of one working smoke detector in all non owner-occupied (rented) dwellings, and it must be no further than 15 feet from the entrance to the primary bedroom.<\/p>\n

The map below<\/strong> shows the average yearly number of violations issued in each neighborhood tabulation area (NTA) per ten thousand rental units, (calculated using the American Community Survey<\/a>) as well as a breakdown of violations by year. Addresses receiving at least 5 violations since 2010 have been indicated.<\/p>\n

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