208 West 20th Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

The five-story, 20-unit Old Law Tenement building at 208 West 20th Street in Chelsea, owned by Peter Tran and constructed in 1920, has experienced recurring issues with heat and hot water systems throughout late 2023 and early 2024. The building has documented multiple heat and hot water complaints between November 2023 and February 2024, with some involving the entire building and others limited to individual apartments.

Notably, an inspection on January 11, 2024, revealed dangerously high water temperatures of 179 degrees in apartment 4F. Recent records indicate an open water leak complaint as of December 2024, and while there have been no bedbug reports in the past five filing periods (2019-2025), rodent inspections have shown some inconsistency, with a compliance failure in 2022 and rat activity noted in August 2019. The building's record shows various safety and maintenance concerns, including multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations in late 2023 regarding missing safety equipment in apartments 1D and 3B, such as smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and self-closing doors.

The property has experienced issues with emergency systems, as evidenced by multiple complaints regarding line of travel and self-closing doors in December 2023. Additionally, the building has had regular inspections and complaints regarding elevator service, emergency exits, and exterior maintenance violations, including four "failure to file external low pressure inspection" violations between 2023-2024, with the most recent active violation from April 2023. While recent inspections from 2023 and 2024 passed rodent inspections, indicating some improvement in pest control, there remains an active violation for excessive water temperatures and ongoing maintenance issues that require attention.