Elevator Uptime

Elevator outages in Washington, DC

Washington, DC's residential towers, federal office buildings, and Metro stations all depend on working elevators. Elevator Uptime tracks every indexed building's outage history in a public, searchable record. Report a broken elevator in 15 seconds. No account, no email.

Tracked buildings
3,231
Active outages
3
Affected buildings
3

Outage history — last 12 months

26 recorded outages across tracked Washington, DC buildings. Record begins January 2026.

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Each bar counts outages by the month they began, drawn from regulatory records and live-feed archives. A month with no bar had no recorded outages in our data — not necessarily zero real outages.

Affected buildings

All tracked buildings (3,231)

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Showing the first 500 of 3,231 tracked buildings. The full list is indexed in our buildings sitemap.

Elevator outages in Washington, DC

The District's residential landlords are bound by the DC Housing Code, which requires prompt repair of elevator outages and accommodation for disabled tenants. Complaints are filed with the DC Department of Buildings and the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Federal buildings are subject to GSA maintenance standards; ADA Title II governs accessibility across federal property.

Transit coverage is anchored by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The agency publishes live elevator and escalator status for every Metrorail station at wmata.com/service/elevators-escalators, including planned outages for the system's ongoing escalator modernization program. Outages at WMATA stations are added to the public record here the moment they appear on the agency feed.

How to report a broken elevator in DC

  • Residential tenants: DC Department of Buildings or DCRA housing complaint line
  • Federal buildings: GSA facility services, or the agency's tenant representative
  • WMATA stations: use the WMATA elevator and escalator status page, or call WMATA customer service
  • Any building, public record: file an outage on Elevator Uptime in 15 seconds

For the full reporting guide, see how to report a broken elevator.

Transit agencies covering Washington, DC