1711 1st Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10128

This 34-story, 82-unit residential building at 1711 First Avenue in the Upper East Side, owned by Stephen Ostrower, was constructed in 2015 and has experienced several notable maintenance and compliance issues over its lifetime. The most significant recent event was a water supply issue in February 2020 that affected apartment 14B on the 14th floor and the boiler room access, though no violations were ultimately issued.

The building has undergone regular rodent inspections from 2019 through 2024, passing all inspections, and has maintained a clean record regarding bedbug infestations, with no reported cases since 2019. Between 2018 and 2024, multiple Department of Buildings (DOB) violations were addressed, including a period in 2023-2024 where multiple external low-pressure inspection filing failures were documented, though these violations were ultimately dismissed. In 2018, there was an elevator service issue that resulted in an Oath Violation being served, and two construction-related incidents were recorded: one in 2018 involving the illegal operation of a device and another in 2018 related to a worker injury incident, which incurred a $2,500 penalty.

The building has received several complaints over the years, including concerns about the illegal operation of hotel rooms in a residential building in 2018, after-hours work in 2019, and unauthorized plumbing work in 2022, though none of these complaints resulted in violations. Various permits for plumbing and electrical work have been issued between 2018 and 2021, indicating ongoing maintenance and systems upgrades. The building's systems were certified as free from bedbug infestations as recently as October 2023, and it has consistently passed rodent inspections.