143 1st Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10003

The five-story, eight-unit tenement building at 143 1st Avenue in the East Village, owned by Tara Dexter, has experienced a series of concerning maintenance issues over recent years, particularly in 2025. Most notably, there were multiple heat/hot water complaints in early 2025 (including emergencies in February and January) and recent reports of unsanitary conditions involving both pests and mold that remained unresolved as of March 2025. The building has a documented history of bedbug infestations, with the most recent official reporting in December 2024 showing one affected unit, though previous records indicate multiple instances between 2020 and 2024.

The property has also faced challenges with maintaining basic infrastructure, evidenced by several housing maintenance violations and service requests regarding unsanitary conditions. While rodent inspections conducted between 2022 and 2025 have consistently passed, suggesting some level of pest management success, the recurrent nature of various maintenance issues indicates ongoing challenges with building upkeep. The building's violation history reveals both common urban maintenance issues and some more unique concerns, such as a period of bedbug infestation during 2021 that affected multiple areas including at least one apartment and common areas.

The property has undergone various inspections and received multiple violations in 2021, including issues with self-closing doors, fire retardant materials, and roof leaks in common areas. Two complaints regarding possible illegal hotel rooms in 2020-2021 could suggest unauthorized unit usage, though these investigations were either unable to gain access or found no violations at the time of inspection. Recent months have shown some improvement in rodent management, with all inspections from 2022 to 2025 passing, and building permits from 2019 indicate some level of building maintenance investment, though the specific nature of these permits was not detailed in the provided data.