Badweightlifter t1_iqujf5u wrote on October 3, 2022 at 4:51 AM

Reply to comment by nycfoto in Basement apartment under the sewer? by yoohoooos

>Some of these vaults are used as storage space or habitable rooms.

Pretty certain those vaults cannot be used as habitable rooms since it lacks the minimum natural light requirement. Also seems too deep to be considered a habitable room.

nycfoto t1_iqujybk wrote on October 3, 2022 at 4:57 AM

Again, I've been in these rooms or voids. I've had to do vault surveys before the NYC DOT planned on ripping up the sidewalk for roadway improvements. They needed to know what areas were hollow, before digging. Hence a vault survey.

You can stand in them and some have been converted to rooms. They are grandfathered in.