108 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206

108 Manhattan Avenue is a three-story, three-unit old law tenement building built in 1920 and owned by La Iglesia De Dios, Inc. The building has a troubling history of maintenance and safety compliance issues, with the most recent concern being an active violation for failure to file the annual boiler inspection report from 2017, dating back to November 2019 and still unresolved as of 2025.

Between 2021 and 2024, the building received four consecutive Housing Maintenance Code violations regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though the most recent filing in April 2024 indicates one apartment experienced a bedbug infestation during the reporting period from November 2022 to October 2023, which was subsequently eradicated with no re-infestation reported. The building experienced multiple concerning incidents in April 2023, including three complaints about unpermitted work in occupied multiple dwelling spaces, and two significant safety concerns: one regarding illegal plumbing work and another about defective/exposed electrical wiring.

In both cases involving the electrical wiring and plumbing work, inspectors were unable to gain access to evaluate the situation after multiple attempts. While all complaints were marked as closed, the nature of these issues raises safety concerns. The building's maintenance record shows persistent challenges in meeting basic safety and reporting requirements, with the bedbug reporting violations particularly notable for their frequency over multiple years.