# 96 East 208 Street, Bronx, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/2033260035/96-east-208-street-bronx).
BBL 2033260035 · BIN 2017731 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 20 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 21 apartments
- 13 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 7 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- Tax lien sold at the city's lien sale — a sign of financial distress

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 20 stabilized units for 2023, of about 21 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 20, 2019: 20, 2023: 20.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1925, 5 floors, 21 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

82 open (class C immediately hazardous: 20, class B hazardous: 54, class A non-hazardous: 8); 131 on record.
13 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
7 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

2 active of 2 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

16 in the last 12 months; 69 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (27), UNSANITARY CONDITION (11), PAINT/PLASTER (10), GENERAL (6), DOOR/WINDOW (4).

## Bedbugs

6 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)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

The tax lien was sold at the city's lien sale in 2021.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 96 EAST 208 OWNERS LLC
- Agent: TAHIR GASHI
- HeadOfficer: ESAT GASHI
- SiteManager: TAHIR GASHI
- Lessee: 96 EAST 208 OWNERS

The same owner is linked to 7 other buildings (ESAT GASHI at 345 KEAR ST).

## 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/2033260035/96-east-208-street-bronx