Empire Scaffolding System
Empire Scaffolding System is the permittee on 1,605 permits in NYC Department of Buildings Permit Issuance records, issued between 2002 and Apr 21, 2020, 63% of them in Manhattan.
Compiled from 8 public recordsChecked Sep 15, 2026Sources & method
Filed with DOB under 7 spellings
Merged into one profile after normalizing punctuation, legal suffixes, common abbreviations and DOB's fixed-width name truncation. Spellings that could be a different business are never merged.
- EMPIRE SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM · 1,427
- EMPIRE SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM INC · 104
- EMPIRE SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM INC. · 42
- EMPIRE SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM, INC. · 18
- EMPIRE SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM, INC · 6
- EMPIRE SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM,INC · 6
- EMPIRE SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM IN · 2
- Active Permitsi
- 0
- Permits On File
- 1,605
- Boroughs Active
- Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island
- First Activity
- 2002-01-28
- Last Activity
- 2020-04-21
- Phone on Filei
- (718) 482-1650
Recent Jobs
Approved DOB NOW permits, most recent first.
- 156-20 Riverside Drive$1
Feb 27, 2020 · Sidewalk Shed · Manhattan · Owner: 158th St & Riverside Dr. Housing Co · Signed-off
- 231 East 10 Street$1
Mar 28, 2019 · Sidewalk Shed · Manhattan · Owner: 231 E10th St Hdfc · in force to Jan 1, 2020
- 156-20 Riverside Drive$1
Feb 22, 2019 · Sidewalk Shed · Manhattan · Owner: 158th St & Riverside Dr. Housing Co · Signed-off
- 35-33 83 Street$1
Feb 8, 2019 · Sidewalk Shed · Queens · Owner: Pr · Signed-off
- 35-33 83 Street$1
Feb 5, 2019 · Sidewalk Shed · Queens · Owner: Pr · Signed-off
- 35-33 83 Street$1
Jan 29, 2019 · Sidewalk Shed · Queens · Owner: Pr · Signed-off
- 231 East 10 Street$1
Jan 29, 2019 · Supported Scaffold · Manhattan · Owner: 231 E10th St Hdfc · in force to Jan 1, 2020
- 156-20 Riverside Drive$1
Jan 25, 2019 · Sidewalk Shed · Manhattan · Owner: 158th St & Riverside Dr. Housing Co · Signed-off
Leadership
No executive publicly disclosed by the company or reputable press that we could verify. NYC's public DOB/DOS records don't include company officers or ownership at all, so we only show a name here when the company's own site or a named press source discloses one directly — most small subcontractors don't publish one anywhere findable. See Official Record Lookups below to search yourself.
Business Registration
- Registered Name
- Empire Scaffolding Systems Inc.
- Entity Type
- Domestic Business Corporation
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Initial NY Filing
- 2000-12-22
- Registered Agent Address
- 38-70 Review Ave, Long Island City, NY, 11101
Live from the NYS Department of State's own Corporation & Business Entity filing record — a real government registration, not a marketing data broker. Source: data.ny.gov
Locations
Job-site addresses from this company's own DOB permit filings — no headquarters address is publicly disclosed by Empire Scaffolding System that we could verify.
Licensed Professionals of Record(1)
The individual license holders DOB has on file as pulling permits under this business name — a second, permit-level real "key employee" data point NYC's public records provide, alongside Leadership above.
- Empire Scaffolding SystemGC · License #0020486
Current Permits
Unexpired permits in DOB's older Permit Issuance records, which most new work no longer goes through.
No unexpired permits in the older Permit Issuance records.
Recent Permit History(10)
- 60 West 76 Street, ManhattanApr 25, 2019
EQ permit · Issued · 7 stories · Est. —
- 1468 5 Avenue, ManhattanJan 29, 2019
EQ permit · Issued · 8 stories · Est. —
- 339 West 29 Street, ManhattanJul 1, 2015
EQ permit · Issued · 4 stories · Est. —
- 339 W 29 St, ManhattanJun 19, 2015
EQ permit · Issued · 4 stories · Est. —
- 936 1 Avenue, ManhattanMay 9, 2014
EQ permit · Issued · 6 stories · Est. —
- 67 Vestry Street, ManhattanMay 7, 2014
EQ permit · Issued · 11 stories · Est. —
- 100 West 92 Street, ManhattanMay 2, 2014
EQ permit · Issued · 29 stories · Est. —
- 225 West 60 Street, ManhattanApr 25, 2014
EQ permit · Issued · 19 stories · Est. —
- 148 West 67 Street, ManhattanApr 16, 2014
EQ permit · Issued · 6 stories · Est. —
- 396 Lefferts Avenue, BrooklynMar 19, 2014
EQ permit · Issued · 4 stories · Est. —
Developers & Owners Worked With(8)
From DOB's own owner-of-record field on each notable job's filing, above — ranked by how many of Empire Scaffolding System's own projects that owner appears on. A real, sourced client relationship, not an inferred one.
- Maxwell Kates2 projects
- 60 West 76 St Llc1 project
- Prestige Management1 project
- Nat Associates1 project
- 339 West 29 Street, Llc1 project
- 936 First Ave Corp1 project
- 67 Vestry Street Llc1 project
- 148 West 67 Llc C/o Abro Managem1 project
Other Contractors on the Same Projects(2)
Other real companies that pulled a permit on one of Empire Scaffolding System's own DOB job numbers, above — a genuine, sourced co-occurrence (same job application on file at DOB), not a confirmed formal GC/subcontractor relationship, which NYC's public permit data doesn't record at all.
- Empire Scaffolding Systems Inc1 shared job
EQ permit(s)
- Empire Ny Installations I1 shared job
EQ permit(s)
NYC Contract Awards Won
Cross-referenced against the city's own "Recent Contract Awards" dataset by vendor name — a DOB permit-pulling contractor and a procurement-awarded vendor are two different city record systems, joined here by an exact match after normalizing punctuation, legal suffixes, and common abbreviations. A real business can legitimately win contracts under a slightly different legal name than the one on its DOB permits, so an empty result here doesn't mean Empire Scaffolding System has never won a city contract — only that no exact name match was found.
No exact name match found in NYC's awarded-contracts records. Browse Contract Awards →
Public Safety & Compliance Records(75)
These are citywide building-equipment compliance filings (including elevator and boiler safety compliance), ECB violations, and DOB complaints recorded at the same addresses as this company's projects above — not violations or complaints attributed to or caused by Empire Scaffolding System. NYC's public data does not link any of these records to specific contractors (ECB violations in particular are almost always filed against the property owner), so no company safety score is shown or implied.
- DOB Complaint7G · DOB-assigned complaint category code, not independently decoded.Closed · 2026-07-20
- DOB SafetyFacades · FTC-FC-UNSAFEActive · 2026-05-13
- DOB Complaint6V · DOB-assigned complaint category code, not independently decoded.Closed · 2026-04-27
- DOB Complaint6V · DOB-assigned complaint category code, not independently decoded.Closed · 2026-04-27
- DOB SafetyFacades · FTC-FC-SWARMPActive · 2026-04-15
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2026-04-07
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2026-03-05
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2026-03-05
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2026-03-05
- Elevator ComplianceAccessibility Lift · DOB NOW: Elevator Safety Compliance filing status for device Accessibility Lift at this address.Active · 2026-02-05
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2025-08-18
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2025-08-18
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2025-05-02
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2025-05-02
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2025-04-08
- Elevator ComplianceElevator · DOB NOW: Elevator Safety Compliance filing status for device Elevator at this address.Active · 2024-10-19
- DOB SafetyElevators · FTC-VT-CAT1-COActive · 2024-10-11
- DOB SafetyElevators · FTC-VT-CAT1-COActive · 2024-10-11
- DOB Complaint83 · DOB-assigned complaint category code, not independently decoded.Closed · 2024-05-29
- DOB Complaint7K · DOB-assigned complaint category code, not independently decoded.Active · 2024-05-10
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 2 · 28-302.4 FAILURE TO SUBMIT A REQUIRED REPORT OF CRITICAL EXAMINATION DOCUMENTINIn Violation · 2024-04-11
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 2 · 28-302.4 FAILURE TO SUBMIT A REQUIRED REPORT OF CRITICAL EXAMINATION DOCUMENTINDefault · 2024-04-11
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2024-03-27
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2024-03-27
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2024-02-29
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 2 · 28-302.5 FAILURE TO FILE AN AMENDED REPORT ACCEPTABLE TO THIS DEPARTMENT INDICAIn Violation · 2024-01-16
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 2In Violation · 2023-12-12
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 1 · AC 1RCNY9-01 LICENSED RIGGER DESIGNATED AN UNQUALIFIED FOREMANIn Violation · 2023-12-12
- DOB SafetyBoiler · FTC-BE-EXT-LPDismissed · 2023-11-14
- DOB SafetyBoiler · FTC-BE-EXT-LPDismissed · 2023-11-14
- DOB SafetyElevators · FTC-VT-CAT1-CODismissed · 2023-10-23
- DOB SafetyElevators · FTC-VT-CAT1-COActive · 2023-10-23
- DOB SafetyElevators · FTC-VT-CAT1-COActive · 2023-10-23
- DOB SafetyElevators · FTC-VT-PER-CODismissed · 2023-10-02
- DOB SafetyElevators · FTC-VT-PER-CODismissed · 2023-10-02
- DOB SafetyBoiler · LBLVIODismissed · 2023-06-30
- DOB SafetyBoiler · LBLVIODismissed · 2023-06-30
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 2 · 27-/28-/BC-MISC MISCELLANEOUS VIOLATIONSCured/in-vio · 2023-06-26
- DOB SafetyBoiler · LBLVIODismissed · 2023-06-20
- DOB SafetyBoiler · LBLVIOActive · 2023-04-25
- DOB SafetyRetro-Commissioning - LL87 · FTF-EN-EARCXDismissed · 2023-04-22
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2023-03-30
- Elevator CompliancePersonnel Hoist · DOB NOW: Elevator Safety Compliance filing status for device Personnel Hoist at this address.Removed · 2023-02-24
- Elevator CompliancePersonnel Hoist · DOB NOW: Elevator Safety Compliance filing status for device Personnel Hoist at this address.Removed · 2023-02-24
- Elevator ComplianceElevator · DOB NOW: Elevator Safety Compliance filing status for device Elevator at this address.Active · 2023-02-11
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 1 · 28-301.1 FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER: SERVICE EQUIPMEIn Violation · 2023-02-02
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2022-09-21
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 2 · 28-105.12.2 WK DOESN'T CONFORM TO APPRV CONST DOC/AMENDS IN MANUF DIST RES USEIn Violation · 2022-06-29
- Elevator ComplianceAccessibility Lift · DOB NOW: Elevator Safety Compliance filing status for device Accessibility Lift at this address.Active · 2022-04-26
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 2 · 28-302.5 FAILURE TO FILE AN AMENDED REPORT ACCEPTABLE TO THIS DEPARTMENT INDICADefault · 2021-10-08
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 2 · 28-301.1 FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER: SERVICE EQUIPMEDismissed · 2021-09-09
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 1 · 27-/28-/BC-MISC MISCELLANEOUS VIOLATIONSDismissed · 2021-04-19
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 2 · 27-/28-/BC-MISC MISCELLANEOUS VIOLATIONSCured/in-vio · 2021-04-19
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2020-12-23
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 1 · 28-301.1 FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER: SERVICE EQUIPMEAdmit/in-vio · 2020-12-02
- Elevator ComplianceElevator · DOB NOW: Elevator Safety Compliance filing status for device Elevator at this address.Active · 2020-10-09
- Elevator ComplianceElevator · DOB NOW: Elevator Safety Compliance filing status for device Elevator at this address.Active · 2020-10-09
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 1 · 28-301.1 FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER: SERVICE EQUIPMEAdmit/in-vio · 2020-06-25
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 1 · 28-301.1 FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER: SERVICE EQUIPMEAdmit/in-vio · 2020-06-25
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 1 · 27-/28-/BC-MISC MISCELLANEOUS VIOLATIONSIn Violation · 2020-02-04
- Elevator ComplianceElevator · DOB NOW: Elevator Safety Compliance filing status for device Elevator at this address.Active · 2019-12-30
- DOB SafetyBoiler · LBLVIODismissed · 2019-11-08
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — no defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2019-04-25
- DOB SafetyAEUHAZ · FTC-AEU-HAZActive · 2019-01-09
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 1 · 28-301.1 FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNERIn Violation · 2018-09-27
- Boiler ComplianceInitial · DOB NOW: Safety Boiler filing — defects noted on inspection.Accepted · 2018-08-30
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 2 · 28-105.1 WORK WITHOUT A PERMITCured/in-vio · 2017-03-29
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 2 · AC 28-204.4 FAIL TO COMPLY W/COMMISSIONER ORDER TO FILE CERT OF CORRECTION W/DOBIn Violation · 2016-12-07
- ECB ViolationCLASS - 2 · AC 28-204.4 FAIL TO COMPLY W/COMMISSIONER ORDER TO FILE CERT OF CORRECTION W/DOBIn Violation · 2016-10-22
- DOB SafetyAEUHAZ · FTC-AEU-HAZDismissed · 2016-08-24
- DOB SafetyAEUHAZ · FTC-AEU-HAZActive · 2016-08-10
- DOB SafetyBoiler · LL6291Dismissed · 2000-02-07
- DOB SafetyBoiler · LL6291Dismissed · 1999-03-16
- DOB SafetyBoiler · LL6291Dismissed · 1998-05-04
- Elevator ComplianceElevator · DOB NOW: Elevator Safety Compliance filing status for device Elevator at this address.Active · 1988-08-10
Stop Work Orders(0)
DOB Stop Work Orders issued at this company's project addresses. A minority reference a job number in their text — when that job number matches one of Empire Scaffolding System's own permits, it's marked directly linked below. The rest are address-level only (same building, different or unspecified job) and are shown as context, not attributed to this company.
No Stop Work Orders on record at these addresses.
Layoff & Closure Notices (WARN)(0)
Matched by business name against NYS DOL's official WARN Dashboard (layoffs/closures affecting 50+ employees). This is an approximate name match, not verified — WARN notices are filed under whatever legal entity operated the site, which can be a parent company, subsidiary, or DBA different from the name on a DOB permit. Confirm at the source link below before treating a match as confirmed. As of 2026-08-04, no NYC-area construction company appeared on the current WARN list — an empty result here is the norm, not a bug.
No matching WARN notices on file for this business name.
Companies Ranked Near Empire Scaffolding System
Citywide, by permits on file with NYC DOB. This measures volume, not quality. Ranking counts cover each firm's main spellings, so they can sit below the all-spellings total quoted above.
- #205S.j. Vision&son P&h Inc1,433
- #206Cod Mechanical Corp1,432
- #207Johnny's P&h Contrac Inc1,427
- #208Empire Scaffolding System1,427
- #209E&j All Seasons Construct1,424
- #210Legacy Builders/developer1,424
- #211Capitol Fire Spkl Co,inc1,418
About Empire Scaffolding System: Common Questions
- How many NYC building permits does Empire Scaffolding System have?
- Empire Scaffolding System is the permittee on 1,605 permits in NYC Department of Buildings Permit Issuance records, issued between 2002 and Apr 21, 2020, 63% of them in Manhattan.
- Which boroughs does Empire Scaffolding System work in?
- By permits on file with the NYC Department of Buildings: Manhattan (1,013), Queens (228), Brooklyn (213), Bronx (143) and Staten Island (8).
Official Record Lookups
For company ownership, executives, or safety-inspection history beyond what DOB publishes, search the primary government sources directly:
- NY Dept. of State — Corporation & Business Entity Search
Official state registration record — registered agent, entity status, and filing history.
- OSHA Establishment Search
Federal workplace-safety inspection and citation history, searchable by company name.
- NYS DOL WARN Dashboard
Official statewide layoff/closure notice filings (WARN Act), searchable by employer.
- Better Business Bureau — Search This Company
BBB accreditation status, customer rating, and complaint history, pre-searched by this company's name near New York, NY.
Sources & Method
Every figure on this profile comes from the records below, read live on Sep 15, 2026. DOB spellings of a business name are merged only after normalizing punctuation, legal suffixes, common abbreviations and DOB's fixed-width truncation; spellings that could belong to a different business stay separate. Constructel publishes no quality ratings or composite scores for companies — the rank shown is permit volume and nothing else. Every dataset this site uses →
- [1]DOB Permit Issuance — NYC Department of Buildings
- [2]Active Corporations: Beginning 1800 — New York State Department of State
- [3]Recent Contract Awards — NYC Mayor's Office of Contract Services
- [4]DOB Safety Violations — NYC Department of Buildings
- [5]DOB ECB Violations — NYC Department of Buildings / Environmental Control Board
- [6]DOB Complaints Received — NYC Department of Buildings
- [7]Stop Work Orders in NYC — NYC Department of Buildings
- [8]WARN Dashboard — NYS Department of Labor
Cite this profile
Constructel NYC. "Empire Scaffolding System — NYC Permits, Projects & Licenses." Data retrieved September 15, 2026. https://constructelnyc.com/companies/empire-scaffolding-system