1422 2nd Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10021

1422 2nd Avenue is a four-story, six-unit Old Law Tenement building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side neighborhood, owned by Alex Meija and constructed in 1910. The building has experienced recurring issues with heat and hot water systems over the past two years, with multiple emergency complaints filed between November 2023 and February 2024, affecting both individual apartments and the entire building.

In late 2023, the Department of Buildings issued violations related to defective boiler conditions, including missing safety components and improper storage in the boiler room, resulting in fines totaling $1,250, though these violations have since been resolved. The building's infrastructure has shown persistent maintenance challenges, with a refrigerator service complaint in July 2024 that HPD was unable to inspect, and a plumbing water supply issue in January 2024 that was inspected with no violations found. Despite these maintenance issues, the building has maintained a clean record regarding pest control, with no bedbug infestations reported in any of the annual filings from 2019 to 2025, and all rodent inspections since 2016 (except for two failures in late 2016) have passed.

The building's recent history indicates a pattern of heating system problems, particularly during the winter months, with multiple complaints about inadequate heat and hot water. While some issues have been promptly addressed and resolved, others indicate ongoing challenges with building maintenance and response times. The property's age and classification as an Old Law Tenement suggest it may require regular attention to infrastructure systems such as heating, plumbing, and electrical, as evidenced by the recent spike in service requests and violations related to these systems.