1665 1st Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10028

1665 1st Avenue is a 4-story, 14-unit residential building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side, owned by Rafael Rojas and constructed in 1915. The building has experienced recurring heat and hot water issues, with complaints filed in both 2018 and 2021, affecting either individual apartments or the entire building, though both situations were ultimately resolved.

In 2018, a significant environmental control board violation was recorded regarding improperly located kitchen exhaust and laundry discharge ducts near recreation spaces, resulting in a $1,280 penalty. The building is in compliance with bedbug reporting requirements, with no reported infestations in the most recent filings from 2023 and 2024. Regular rodent inspections have been conducted annually since at least 2012, with all inspections passing and no rodent issues noted.

The property has maintained good compliance with housing maintenance codes in recent years, with the most recent inspection in March 2023 revealing only a routine requirement to file the annual bedbug report, which has been consistently filed with no infestations reported. While there have been some notable service complaints and violations in the building's history, particularly regarding heating issues and the 2018 exhaust duct violation, recent years have shown improved overall compliance with health and safety regulations, including timely bedbug reporting and consistent passing of rodent inspections. The most recent health-related complaint on record, filed in July 2022 regarding food poisoning, was referred to the NYC Health Department and appears to be an isolated incident with no reported follow-up issues.