1450 1st Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10021

1450 1st Avenue is a 5-story, 13-unit Old Law Tenement building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side, owned by Vito Mazzarino and constructed in 1910. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years, with the most recent concerns emerging in September 2024 involving access issues for HPD inspections regarding ceiling paint/plaster and an electric/gas range. Notable problems occurred in early 2023, including multiple heat and hot water complaints affecting the entire building, with violations issued for inadequate hot water provision and locked access to the heating system.

The building's maintenance history shows recurring issues with heat/hot water systems, as evidenced by three separate emergency complaints in January 2023 alone. In addition to the above, there is an active Department of Buildings violation from June 2023 related to the failure to file the 2018 external low-pressure inspection. The building's records show consistent compliance with rodent inspections, with all annual inspections between 2010-2019 passing successfully.

While there have been bedbug-related violations noted in 2021-2024 regarding failure to file annual reports, recent filings through May 2025 indicate no infested units during the 2023-2024 period. The building underwent some permitted work in 2018, with multiple permits issued between July and October of that year, though specific details of this work are not provided in the records. The building's maintenance pattern shows a mix of recurring heating issues, compliance challenges, and successful pest control efforts in recent years, with the most pressing concerns being the lack of access for inspections and the active heating system violations from 2023.