101 1st Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10003

The five-story tenement building at 101 First Avenue in the East Village, owned by Pablo Tipas, has exhibited several significant maintenance and safety concerns over recent years. Most notably, in early 2022, there were multiple complaints regarding building-wide heat and hot water issues, with violations issued by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). More recently, in March 2024, multiple emergency complaints were filed concerning the roof door/hatch, fire escape, door issues, and both smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, all of which were subsequently closed.

The building has also faced recurring issues with building systems and safety equipment, including multiple heating system complaints (notably in December 2022), window frame violations, and various door-related problems. While the building has maintained compliance in rodent inspections with consistent passing results from 2019 through 2025, bedbug reports from 2024 showed no instances of infestation during the 2022-2023 reporting period. The property has undergone multiple inspections and received various violations, particularly in 2023, when citations were issued for safety and maintenance concerns including improper storage of refuse and missing safety signage.

Some violations, such as those pertaining to self-closing doors on the first story, have been resolved, while others, like the current open violation regarding a freestanding radiator on the fifth story, remain pending. A historical violation from 2019 regarding annual boiler inspection filing was dismissed after the penalty was paid. The building's water management services have been regularly maintained, as evidenced by consistent passing results in rodent inspections and an absence of documented bedbug occurrences in recent reports, though there have been multiple pest-related complaints filed with HPD over the years.