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208 West Street

1,325Records
17City systems
1Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10007 · Neighborhood: Tribeca-Civic Center
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1,325 recorded events, 1981–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 370 311 service requests, 246 DOB permits, 206 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10007
Built1980
Floors8
Res. units0
ClassW5
Owner (PLUTO)DORMITORY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NY
BBL1001420050
BIN1066406

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations1 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2005-04-05.

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Patterns

7 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 3 · winter 2025–26: 4). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

3
’24–25
4
’25–26

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$10,000 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

116 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (42) · Noise (17) · Blocked Driveway (5) · Maintenance or Facility (5) · Broken Parking Meter (4) · Homeless Person Assistance (3).

Filed construction activity

$184,330,771 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (95 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$249,067,000 $112,080,150
2026$252,771,000 $113,746,950
2027$259,007,000 $116,553,150

The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: DORMITORY AUTHORITY

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)F — did not submit required benchmarking data, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
MBJ Downtown (Bmcc Cafeteria)AmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary flood maps) — lenders typically require flood insurance here.

Hurricane evacuation zone 1 of 6 — zone 1 evacuates first.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

SubwayChambers St — 1 2 3 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: Harrison St / West St — M20 · 300 ft
Citi BikeDuane St & Hudson St · 850 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 234 Independence School
Middle: M.S. 297. Confirm with the DOE's school search.

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.

Report a problem to 311

208 West Street

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

116 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2013-07-09RPTT $1,810,281 — from METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC to T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH; T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH $1,810,281
2013-07-09RPTT $1,810,281 — from METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC to T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH; T-MOBILE HOLDING GMBH $1,810,281
2006-11-01RPTT $373,376 — from THE BANK OF NEW YORK to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO $373,376

Ten-year activity

2001000
2017
112
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
2017361871677
201849161334112
201932193416101
2020123015764
20211518311579
20226425540
202377361767
20248242759
2025101826559
202621842778
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The full timeline

Construction 452Enforcement 328Housing & tenants 396Ownership & money 10Health & systems 139

Every one of the 1,325 recorded events, 1981–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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