Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

5 W 8 St

built 1900 · 9 stories · 8 apartments

The building’s record over time

Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jul
2 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Jul 2025
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Jun
Boiler burning natural gas (Laars PW-0400), registration current since Jun 2025
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2023 Jul
No active shed permit; permits since Jul 2022, last expired Jul 2023
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2022 Sep
General construction permit
2021 Aug
Mechanical systems permit
2020 Oct
Safe with a repair and maintenance program (cycle 9, filed Oct 2020)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2019 Apr
Alteration permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2014 Jul
General construction permit
2014 Jul
General construction permit
2014 Apr
General construction permit
2014 Jan
General construction permit
2013 Nov
General construction permit
2013 Oct
Plumbing permit
2013 Aug
Standpipe permit
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2005 Nov
Elevator never closed
DOB Violations
2003 Aug
Elevator never closed
1997 Dec
Latest boiler work permit 1997
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1900
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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