345 1st Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10010

345 1st Avenue is a 4-story, 3-unit old law tenement building located in Gramercy, constructed in 1910 and currently owned by Youngjune Kwak. The building has experienced some notable maintenance and pest-related issues over recent years. Between 2020 and 2023, the property generated three separate Housing Maintenance Code violations regarding the failure to file annual bedbug reports, though all these violations were subsequently closed.

While there was one recorded rat sighting in 2020 requiring follow-up inspections, recent rodent inspections in 2025 and 2022 showed compliance with regulations, with the most recent inspection passing without any noted issues. Additionally, the building has maintained up-to-date bedbug reporting for the past three years (2021-2023), showing no recorded infestations or eradications during these periods. The Department of Buildings has received several complaints about the property, including three incidents in 2021 related to an allegedly illegal storefront/business sign and a reported adult establishment, though inspections of these complaints found no violations.

A rodent-related service request from 2020 resulted in health department violations requiring follow-up inspections. The building's most recent permit issuance was for emergency works in late 2020, though specific details of this work were not provided in the available data. Historically, the building has demonstrated consistent compliance with rodent inspections, passing all but one initial inspection between 2010 and 2025, suggesting effective ongoing maintenance and pest control efforts.