New York City Department of Buildings
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The New York City Department of Buildings is the municipal agency responsible for regulating building construction, safety, and code enforcement across New York City.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New York City Department of Buildings canonical | 5 |
| NYC Department of Buildings | 1 |
| New York City Department of Buildings offices | 1 |
| New York City building authorities | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T275714 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York City Department of Buildings Context triple: [New York City government, hasPart, New York City Department of Buildings]
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A.
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is the municipal agency responsible for identifying, designating, and regulating the city’s architecturally, historically, and culturally significant buildings and sites.
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B.
Empire State Development
Empire State Development is New York State’s chief economic development agency, responsible for promoting business growth, job creation, and investment across the state.
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C.
New York City Department of Transportation
The New York City Department of Transportation is the municipal agency responsible for managing and maintaining much of New York City's transportation infrastructure, including roads, bridges, traffic systems, and pedestrian facilities.
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D.
New York City Economic Development Corporation
The New York City Economic Development Corporation is a nonprofit organization that leads and manages the city’s economic growth initiatives, real estate projects, and business development programs to strengthen New York City’s economy.
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E.
New York State Office of General Services
The New York State Office of General Services is a state agency responsible for providing centralized support services—such as procurement, facilities management, and real estate services—to other New York State government entities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York City Department of Buildings Target entity description: The New York City Department of Buildings is the municipal agency responsible for regulating building construction, safety, and code enforcement across New York City.
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A.
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is the municipal agency responsible for identifying, designating, and regulating the city’s architecturally, historically, and culturally significant buildings and sites.
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B.
Empire State Development
Empire State Development is New York State’s chief economic development agency, responsible for promoting business growth, job creation, and investment across the state.
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C.
New York City Department of Transportation
The New York City Department of Transportation is the municipal agency responsible for managing and maintaining much of New York City's transportation infrastructure, including roads, bridges, traffic systems, and pedestrian facilities.
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D.
New York City Economic Development Corporation
The New York City Economic Development Corporation is a nonprofit organization that leads and manages the city’s economic growth initiatives, real estate projects, and business development programs to strengthen New York City’s economy.
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E.
New York State Office of General Services
The New York State Office of General Services is a state agency responsible for providing centralized support services—such as procurement, facilities management, and real estate services—to other New York State government entities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building regulatory authority
ⓘ
municipal government agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Borough of Brooklyn
ⓘ
Borough of Manhattan ⓘ
linked to:
borough of Manhattan
Borough of Queens ⓘ Borough of Staten Island ⓘ
linked to:
Staten Island
Borough of the Bronx ⓘ
linked to:
The Bronx
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employerOf |
building inspectors
ⓘ
code enforcement officers ⓘ construction safety inspectors ⓘ plan examiners ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Borough offices of the Department of Buildings
ⓘ
construction safety unit ⓘ enforcement division ⓘ licensing unit ⓘ plan examination division ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New York City ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
New York City
ⓘ
State of New York ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. state of New York
|
| officialName | New York City Department of Buildings ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Government of the City of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City government
New York City government ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
building permits
ⓘ
certificate of occupancy issuance ⓘ construction permits ⓘ construction site safety oversight ⓘ demolition permits ⓘ elevator inspections ⓘ enforcement of New York City Building Code ⓘ enforcement of New York City Zoning Resolution ⓘ enforcement of building code violations ⓘ enforcement of construction safety regulations ⓘ enforcement of energy code for buildings in New York City ⓘ facade inspections ⓘ licensing of construction professionals ⓘ licensing of construction safety professionals ⓘ licensing of master electricians ⓘ licensing of master plumbers ⓘ plan examination for building projects ⓘ sign permits ⓘ stop work orders on construction sites ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName |
NYC DOB
ⓘ
NYC Department of Buildings ⓘ
linked to:
New York City Department of Buildings
|
| website | https://www.nyc.gov/site/buildings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: New York City Department of Buildings Description of subject: The New York City Department of Buildings is the municipal agency responsible for regulating building construction, safety, and code enforcement across New York City.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: New York City Department of Buildings
linked to: New York City Department of Buildings
linked to: New York City Department of Buildings