1656 2nd Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10028

Situated in Manhattan's Upper East Side, 1656 2nd Avenue is a 4-story, 9-unit Old Law Tenement building constructed in 1910 and currently owned by 300 East 86th Street LP. The property has been experiencing notable pest management challenges, particularly with rodents, as evidenced by multiple 311 complaints and housing maintenance code violations in 2025, including emergency inspections for unsanitary conditions.

Despite these recent issues, the building has maintained a consistent record of bedbug management compliance, showing no infested units in the past five reporting periods from 2021 to 2025. The building's maintenance history reveals several significant incidents requiring official intervention. In 2021, there was a heat and hot water emergency affecting the entire building, though tenants reported restoration of these services shortly thereafter.

More recently, in October 2023, the Department of Buildings issued a partial stop work order related to unauthorized electrical work, which is still connected to an active violation from the Environmental Control Board with a penalty of $2,530 for work without proper permits. The property has demonstrated relatively good compliance with regular inspections, passing multiple rodent inspections between 2017 and 2023, though recent inspections in 2024 indicated the presence of rat activity requiring bait application. Historical violations from 2018 regarding exhaust system maintenance in the ground-floor commercial space have been resolved, and the building has consistently submitted its required annual bedbug reports, showing proper regulatory compliance in this area.