1452 2nd Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10021

1452 2nd Avenue is a five-story, 16-unit Old Law Tenement building located in the Upper East Side, constructed in 1910 and currently owned by Khedouri Ezair. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with the most recent incident reported in February 2025, following a similar complaint in January 2021. This pattern of infrastructure problems suggests potential maintenance challenges within the building's systems.

The property has also faced significant regulatory scrutiny, particularly during 2018-2019, when multiple violations were documented regarding fire safety, construction work, and occupancy concerns related to a ground-floor eating and drinking establishment. These violations included substantial penalties for issues such as unauthorized work during a stop work order, removal of fire stopping materials, and obstruction of egress pathways. While most of these violations appear to have been resolved, there is currently an active violation from 2018 regarding failure to certify correction of an immediately hazardous violation. The building's recent history shows improvements in certain areas, with three consecutive years (2022-2025) reporting no bedbug infestations, and consistent passing of rodent inspections from 2010 through 2019, indicating effective pest management.

The property has maintained compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, consistently showing zero infested units. A food establishment complaint regarding rodents, insects, or garbage was addressed and closed in 2022-2024. The building has had its share of building management challenges, as evidenced by multiple complaints to various agencies, including HPD and DOHMH, though many recent complaints have been closed promptly, suggesting better response and resolution times. Two notable incidents in 2021 involved non-compliance with vaccination mandates and issues with food establishment sanitation, though these appear to be isolated cases rather than ongoing concerns.