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202 8 Avenue

700Records
18City systems
60Open violations
37.5Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10011 · Neighborhood: Chelsea-Hudson Yards
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700 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 240 311 service requests, 159 HPD complaints, 129 HPD housing violations.

BoroughManhattan 10011
Built1901
Floors5
Res. units8
ClassC7
Owner (PLUTO)202 EIGHTH AVENUE,LLC
BBL1007700003
BIN1014013

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GRADE B

A modest record — below the level that usually signals systemic problems. More recorded distress than 67% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 37.5. In ZIP 10011, 68% of residential buildings hold an A and 5% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations60 total — 21 class C (immediately hazardous), 33 class B, 6 class A. Oldest open since 1999-09-11.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

Patterns

20 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 2 · winter 2024–25: 6 · winter 2025–26: 12). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.

2
’23–24
6
’24–25
12
’25–26

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

What 311 hears from this address

29 service requests in the last three years. Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (10) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (4) · Noise (3) · DOOR/WINDOW (2) · Drinking (2) · Homeless Person Assistance (2).

Filed construction activity

$49,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (3 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1901)
YesSix or more residential units (8)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)202 EIGHTH AVENUE LLC
Head officerROBERT MALTA
Managing agent202 EIGHTH AVENUE LLC
Last registered2025-11-12

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$4,794,000 $2,157,300
2026$5,753,000 $2,588,850
2027$5,890,000 $2,650,500

The city's market estimate has risen 23% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
El CocoMexicanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Hurricane evacuation zone 5 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

Subway23 St — C E · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
18 St — 1 · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 8 Av / W 20 St — M20 · 50 ft
Citi BikeW 20 St & 8 Ave · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 011: The Sarah J. Garnet Elementary 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

202 8 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

29 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 10 of them about heat or hot water.

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

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $900,000 on 2022-08-05 (lender: Signature Bank), covering 8 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2022-08-05Agreement $56,000,000 — from 110 WEST 73 ASSOCIATES, LLC; 635 NINTH AVENUE CORP.; LMS REALTY LLC; 169 NINTH AVENUE REAL to SIGNATURE BANK $56,000,000
2022-08-05Mortgage $900,000 — from LMS REALTY LLC; 114 WEST 73RD REALTY CORP.; 110 WEST 73 ASSOCIATES, LLC; WEST 73RD STREET to SIGNATURE BANK $900,000
2022-08-05AL&R $56,000,000 — from 202 EIGHTH AVENUE, LLC; 169 NINTH AVENUE REALTY LLC; 114 WEST 73RD REALTY CORP.; 654 NINTH to SIGNATURE BANK $56,000,000
2020-09-17AL&R $51,100,000 — from 328-330 WEST 46TH STREET, INC.; 110 WEST 73 ASSOCIATES, LLC; 654 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP. to SIGNATURE BANK $51,100,000
2020-09-17Agreement $51,100,000 — from 635 NINTH AVENUE CORP.; 328-330 WEST 46TH STREET, INC.; 654 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP.; 114 to SIGNATURE BANK $51,100,000
2020-09-17Mortgage $4,985,663 — from 654 NINTH AVENUE REALTY CORP.; 169 NINTH AVENUE REALTY LLC; 110 WEST 73 ASSOCIATES, LLC; 3 to SIGNATURE BANK $4,985,663
2015-07-06Agreement $4,500,000 — from MALTA, ROBERT to SIGNATURE BANK $4,500,000
2015-07-06AL&R $4,500,000 — from MALTA, ROBERT to SIGNATURE BANK $4,500,000
2015-07-06Mortgage $1,786,755 — from MALTA, ROBERT to SIGNATURE BANK $1,786,755
2013-08-22Agreement $2,810,880 — from SIGNATURE BANK to MALTA, ROBERT $2,810,880
2011-06-29AL&R $2,900,000 — from 202 EIGHT AVENUE, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $2,900,000
2011-06-29Agreement $2,900,000 — from 202 EIGHT AVENUE, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $2,900,000
2011-06-29Mortgage $1,502,046 — from 202 EIGHT AVENUE, LLC to SIGNATURE BANK $1,502,046
2006-05-01AL&R $1,500,000 — from NORTH FORK BANK to 202 EIGHTH AVENUE LLC $1,500,000
2006-05-01Agreement $1,500,000 — from 202 EIGHTH AVENUE LLC to NORTH FORK BANK $1,500,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201705610167
201811350340
201903190325
2020013419
2021006028
202200154322
202300210122
202402302337
20250490316
202600130316
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The full timeline

Construction 29Enforcement 50Housing & tenants 541Ownership & money 52Health & systems 28

Every one of the 700 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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