# 178 8 Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1007690001/178-8-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1007690001 · BIN 1013963 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: moderate

- 1 active DOB violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 5 stabilized units for 2023, of about 20 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 5, 2019: 5, 2020: 5, 2021: 5, 2023: 5.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1887, 5 floors, 20 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

0 open (class C immediately hazardous: 0, class B hazardous: 0, class A non-hazardous: 0); 48 on record.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 9 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 16 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 5 on record.
Most common: FLOORING/STAIRS (1), GENERAL (1), PAINT/PLASTER (1), PLUMBING (1), UNSANITARY CONDITION (1).

## Bedbugs

9 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

2 cases on record, 0 open, 2 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: EIGHTH 19TH CO LLC
- Agent: BUCHBINDER & WARREN.LLC
- HeadOfficer: LORI BUCHBINDER
- Officer: KYLe UNGEr
- Shareholder: ZOHAR BENDOV
- SiteManager: KYLE UNGER

The same owner is linked to 33 other buildings (LORI BUCHBINDER at ONE UNION SQUARE WEST).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1007690001/178-8-avenue-manhattan