Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

688 8 Ave

built 1920 · 5 stories · 5 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 · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Dec
Latest accepted inspection Dec 2025, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 May
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Apr
Plumbing permit
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
DOB Violations
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2022 Oct
Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain EGH-85), registration expired since Oct 2022
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2021 Sep
Plumbing class - 1
DOB Violations
2021 Aug
Sprinklers permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2021 Aug
Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit, Construction fence permit
2020 Nov
Construction class - 2
DOB Violations
2020 Aug
No active shed permit; permits since Aug 2019, last expired Aug 2020
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2019 Aug
Supported scaffold permit
2019 Jan
Sign permit
2018 Dec
Sign permit
2018 Apr
Low Pressure Boiler
DOB Violations
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2007 Mar
Construction never closed
DOB Violations
1999 Aug
Construction never closed
1999 Aug
Zoning never closed
1996 Mar
Latest boiler work permit 1996 (2 on record)
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
1920
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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