34 East 1st Street, Manhattan, NY 10003

34 East 1st Street is a 5-story, 8-unit tenement building located in Manhattan's East Village, owned by Michael Soudry and constructed in 1910. The building has experienced several recurring heat and hot water issues over recent years, particularly in 2022 and 2023, with emergencies reported for both the entire building and individual apartments. More recent service requests indicate these problems have persisted into early 2023.

The building underwent multiple inspections in 2022, revealing various safety concerns including defective fire escapes, missing or defective doors, and issues with carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, particularly in apartment 2L, though many of these violations have since been resolved. The property faced a lapse in filing the 2022 external low-pressure inspection, resulting in a violation issued in April 2023, though this was later dismissed in November 2024. Regular rodent inspections conducted from 2019 through 2025 have generally shown compliance, with the most recent inspections in 2024 and 2025 passing without issues.

The building has maintained its bedbug reporting requirements, with the most recent filing in October 2024 showing no infestations during the reporting period, consistent with previous reports. While several emergency and non-emergency service requests were made throughout 2022-2023, many complaints regarding access to apartments during inspections resulted in closed cases without resolutions. All housing maintenance code violations have been addressed except for one open Class C violation related to a door issue in apartment 2L, as of the latest records. The building's infrastructure appears to have undergone regular maintenance, with specific attention needed to address the recurring heating system issues that continue to affect tenant comfort.