1071 1st Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10022

The four-story, five-unit tenement building at 1071 1st Avenue in Midtown, currently owned by 1071 First Avenue LLC, has experienced recurring maintenance issues over the past two years, particularly concerning water and heating systems. Most notably, as of April 2025, there is an open complaint about a slow water leak, and there have been multiple heating and hot water issues, with several emergency complaints filed between February and April 2025, though some were duplicates of other complaints or closed after occupants reported that conditions had improved.

The building has also faced persistent water-related problems, with three documented slow leaks between late 2023 and 2025, and earlier issues in 2024 involving damp spots that were ultimately verified as corrected by HPD. The property has several active Department of Buildings violations related to external low pressure inspections, with non-compliance issues dating back to at least 2018, though inspection results from 2025 indicate the building passed the rodent inspection with no active rodent issues.

Previous structural concerns included fire escape deficiencies documented in 2020-2021, which were subsequently corrected. The building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with all recent annual reports (2020-2024) showing zero infested units, and there were no reported bedbug cases between 2019-2024. While some maintenance issues have been addressed promptly, the pattern of recurring heating, water, and inspection compliance issues suggests ongoing maintenance challenges at this century-old property.