1678 3rd Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10128

1678 3rd Avenue is a 5-story, 16-unit residential building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side, constructed in 1910 and currently owned by Gaetano Scarselli. The building has experienced recurring heating and hot water issues, with emergency complaints filed for individual apartments in December 2022 and throughout the building in January 2021, though both were ultimately closed. Unit 3A has documented violations from January 2021 regarding defective smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, lack of self-closing doors, and imperfect plastered surfaces, while Unit 3C reported similar safety equipment violations and issues with water temperature in 2011.

A recent inspection in June 2023 identified problems with window A/C unit support brackets on multiple floors, resulting in a violation that remains under resolution. The property has generated numerous complaints related to a nearby food establishment, with the most recent complaints in 2024 and 2023 concerning animal-related issues and permit violations, though these were either closed or administratively resolved. Between 2021 and 2022, multiple vaccine mandate non-compliance reports were filed against the building's food establishment.

Notably, the building has maintained a clean record regarding bedbugs over the past several years, with zero reported infestations or eradications in the annual reports from 2018 to 2024. Regular rodent inspections have consistently passed since 2019, with only one instance of rat activity noted in June 2018. The most recent building permits were issued in December 2020, though these records do not indicate the specific nature of the work approved.