102 1st Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10009

The five-story Old Law Tenement building at 102 1st Avenue in NYC's East Village, owned by Kwei Chien Chu, has experienced several notable issues over recent years. Most concerning is an ongoing pattern of bedbug reporting violations, with four consecutive Housing Maintenance Code violations (in 2021, 2022, 2023, and most recently in 2024) indicating non-compliance with the requirement to file annual bedbug reports.

While rodent inspections conducted annually from 2019 through 2025 have consistently passed, suggesting good pest control management, the building has faced food safety concerns as evidenced by two Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) complaints - the most recent in December 2024 regarding a kitchen/food prep area, and a prior incident in 2021 involving foreign objects in food. A plumbing complaint was filed in 2021, though no violation was found upon inspection in December of that year. The building's permit history shows multiple permits were issued in 2018 and 2019, including electrical and plumbing work, though the specific nature of these improvements is not detailed in the available records.

Of particular note is the building's pattern of bedbug report violations, which has persisted for several years and remains open as of 2024. While the building has passed all recent rodent inspections, indicating effective pest management in this regard, the recurring food safety complaints and the single plumbing issue from 2021 suggest occasional maintenance challenges. The most recent health inspection was conducted in February 2025, and while the results are not specified, previous inspections in 2024 and 2023 yielded passing results, indicating some level of regulatory compliance in recent years.