Manhattan · Block 492 · Lot 31 · 10012

208 Bowery

3 floors · 3 apartments · 4,032 sq ft · built 1920 · class K4 · owner of record: 208 Bowery Rlty Corp

3open violations
$3,625ECB/OATH penalties owed
0HPD class C (immediately hazardous)
Overdueto Annual property registration

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Compliance deadlines

RequirementDueStatus
Annual parapet observation Check
Local Law 126 · By December 31 each year
What this is

If the building has a parapet facing a street, sidewalk or other public way, a competent person (such as a mason, engineer or architect) must observe it every year and the owner keeps the report for DOB on request. Detached one- and two-family homes are exempt. Agency page

Dec 31, 2026
in 70 days
Keep the report on file (not filed with DOB)
Bedbug annual filing Applies
Local Law 69 · December 1 to 31 each year
What this is

Owners of multiple dwellings file their bedbug infestation history for the prior year with HPD and post or distribute it to tenants. Agency page

Dec 31, 2026
in 70 days
Annual
Annual notice: window guards and lead paint Applies
HPD / Health Code · January 1 to 16 each year
What this is

Deliver the annual notice to every unit asking whether a child lives there (window guards for children 10 and under; lead paint for children under 6 in pre-1960 buildings), then follow up on units that don't return it by mid-February. Agency page

Jan 16, 2027
in 86 days
Annual
Annual property registration Applies
HPD registration · September 1 each year
What this is

Residential buildings with three or more units, and one- and two-family homes the owner doesn't occupy, register with HPD every year ($13 fee). An unregistered building can't start a nonpayment case in Housing Court and faces civil penalties. Agency page

OverdueNo current registration found
Gas piping inspection (2029 cycle) Likely applies
Local Law 152 · During 2029
What this is

Buildings with gas piping (except one- and two-family homes) need a periodic gas piping inspection by a licensed master plumber every four years. Community district 2 is on the 2029 cycle; certification is filed with DOB after the inspection. Buildings with no gas piping file a certification instead. Agency page

Dec 31, 2029
in 1166 days
Next cycle year 2029

Open violations

ECB / OATH (2) · $3,625 owed
IssuedViolationHearingBalance
Aug 10, 2022Construction CLASS - 3
BUSINESS AWNING APROX 3'X17' WHITE CANVAS STATES "SNOW XUE GAO"IN BLACK TEXT. 1 ADVERTISING SIGN APROX 3'X4' BLACK BACKGROUND, HANGING FROM A POLE, STATES "LIFE IS A KILLER"&"NOTHING RECEDES LIKE SUCCESS" IN MU
#39067786K
Nov 10, 2022
IN VIOLATION
$500
Aug 10, 2022Construction CLASS - 2
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER, NOTED AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED AT EXPOSURE ONE, SECOND LEVEL, A HORIZONTAL CRACK ALONG 2ND LEVEL WINDOW LINTELS. CRACK STRETCHES THROUGHOUT THE WID
#39067787M
Nov 10, 2022
DEFAULT
$3,125
DOB (0)

None open.

DOB NOW Safety (1)
IssuedViolationStatus
Sep 18, 2025Gas Piping - LL152 FTF-PL-PER
Cycle 1, Sub-cycle B (premises is in Community District 2)
Active
HPD (0)

None open.

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City records as of Oct 22, 2026, 8:00 AM ET. BBL 1004920031.

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