1728 2nd Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10128

1728 2nd Avenue is a 5-story, 18-unit old law tenement building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side, built in 1915 and currently owned by Gramatas Poulos. The building has a documented history of maintenance issues, most notably in 2019 when multiple complaints and violations were recorded related to electric/gas ranges, cooking gas supply problems, and a significant pest infestation involving both roaches and mice in apartment C on the first floor.

These issues resulted in several Housing Maintenance Code violations, including inadequate gas supply to kitchen fixtures in both apartment C and 3B, and a violation related to the building's front balconies and fire escape that required scraping and repainting. A window pane issue was reported in August 2018, and pest problems resurfaced in June 2022, though this complaint was promptly addressed within a day of filing. More recent history shows improved conditions, with the building passing rodent inspections consistently between 2017 and 2024, and no reported bedbug infestations in the past five years according to the bedbug reporting system.

In 2020, there was an illegal conversion complaint regarding a smoke shop operation on the ground floor, which resulted in a violation being served. The most recent inspection in 2024 showed no significant issues, and the building has maintained a regular schedule of passing rodent inspections, indicating improved pest management. The only outstanding matter appears to be a 2019 violation on the need for general maintenance in various common areas, including public hall ceilings and doors, though this was presumably addressed given the building's subsequent clean inspection history.