515 Avenue Of The Amer, Manhattan, NY 10011

The three-story, two-family residential building at 515 Avenue of the Americas in the West Village, owned by Peter Ting and constructed in 1910, has experienced persistent issues with unauthorized unit conversions and transient occupancy violations between 2019 and 2025. Most notably, the property faced multiple illegal conversion complaints and violations in 2025 (three instances), 2024, and 2020, with the most recent complaint in April 2025 resulting in an Oath Violation.

The building underwent significant scrutiny in December 2019 when multiple Environmental Control Board violations were documented, including unauthorized conversions of Apartment 2 into multiple furnished rooms, inadequate fire safety systems, and the removal of a posted vacate order, leading to substantial fines totaling $39,312. These violations indicated serious safety concerns, including inadequate means of egress and absence of required fire alarm systems for transient use. The property has maintained a consistent record of passing rodent inspections from 2016 through 2025, suggesting general maintenance of sanitary conditions.

The most recent rodent inspection from March 2025 passed without issue. Despite these ongoing illegal conversion complaints and safety violations, the building has successfully passed regular rodent inspections over the years, with ten consecutive passing results spanning nearly a decade from 2016 to 2025. The persistence of illegal conversion complaints and safety violations in recent years, particularly regarding unauthorized unit modifications and transient occupancy violations, is of note, though these issues have resulted in various penalties and citations being issued.