208 Avenue Of The Amer, Manhattan, NY 10014

The 46-unit, 6-story building at 208 Avenue of the Americas in SoHo, owned by Kosha Diaz, has experienced several significant maintenance and safety issues over recent years. Most notably, there are active violations regarding fire safety, including a 2023 ECB violation for obstructed fire escape drop ladders due to a restaurant canopy and an unaddressed 2021 violation for failure to perform a Category 5 inspection. The building has a history of rodent-related problems, with multiple complaints logged between 2021-2022, though recent rodent inspections in 2024-2025 show improved conditions, including passed compliance inspections.

Several food establishment complaints were filed in 2022, including issues with bare hand contact with food and pest problems, all of which were eventually addressed according to DOHMH records. The building's history reveals multiple fire safety concerns, including a 2023 complaint about fire escape conditions that was investigated but resulted in no violations. There have also been notable compliance issues regarding building egress, with a 2023 complaint about locked/blocked egress resulting in an Oath violation.

While the building has undergone various permits and work in the past five years, including multiple work permits issued in 2019-2020, there have been several occasions of construction-related complaints that were inspected but found to have no violations. On a positive note, the property has maintained a clean bedbug record for the past eight inspection periods from 2018-2025, with no reported infestations. The most recent inspections show generally improving conditions, though the active fire safety violations and historical rodent issues remain notable concerns.