694 8th Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10036

694 8th Avenue is a 5-story, old law tenement building owned by Howard Katz, located in New York City's Theater District and constructed in 1900. The building has experienced recurring issues requiring attention from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), with four recent food establishment complaints between 2024-2025 regarding contaminated food, foreign objects, and food worker activity. These incidents, along with a 2025 complaint about food contamination, suggest ongoing challenges with food safety oversight.

The property has also faced consistent violations of the Housing Maintenance Code regarding bedbug reporting requirements, with eight open violations between 2022-2024 indicating non-compliance with annual bedbug report filing requirements. The building's maintenance history reveals several administrative issues that have since been resolved, including multiple violations for failure to file external low-pressure inspections between 2018-2021, all of which were dismissed by September-October 2023. While the bedbug reporting violations are notable, it's worth mentioning that previous bedbug filings from 2020-2021 reported zero infested, eradicated, or re-infested dwelling units.

The building's history shows consistent rodent inspection compliance, with all inspections between 2010-2014 passing. A construction permit was issued in June 2020, though the specific nature of the work is not detailed in the available data. The property has maintained a five-story structure classified as an old law tenement, adhering to its original architectural designation while navigating various health and safety compliance challenges over recent years.