1623 2nd Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10028

The four-story, six-unit tenement building at 1623 2nd Avenue in the Upper East Side, built in 1920, has experienced several significant maintenance and compliance issues in recent years. Most notably, there is an active violation from December 2024 regarding the failure to file required annual boiler inspection reports for the low-pressure boiler, with a penalty of $625. There are also multiple active violations related to the failure to file external low-pressure inspection reports from 2018 through 2023.

Between 2021 and 2024, the building underwent a period of substantial renovation work that triggered several violations for non-compliance with stop work orders and building code requirements, including issues with firestopping and construction conformity. These renovation-related violations resulted in financial penalties, though many have since been resolved. Despite these challenges, the building has maintained a relatively clean record regarding pest management, with no reported bedbug infestations in the past six years, as evidenced by the most recent bedbug reports showing zero infested units.

The building has also demonstrated improvement in rodent control, passing recent inspections in 2024 and 2025, though there was some rat activity noted in 2022. Housing Maintenance Code violations have primarily concerned administrative matters, such as the failure to file annual bedbug reports in 2021 and 2024. The building's owners appear to be actively working to address the outstanding violations, as indicated by the ongoing permit applications filed in November 2018 for plumbing and exterior work.