1726 2nd Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10128

1726 2nd Avenue is a five-story, eight-unit old law tenement building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side, owned by Paul Vassilakos and constructed in 1920. The property has experienced several maintenance and compliance issues over the past few years, most notably regarding sanitation and safety. The building has consistently passed rodent inspections in recent years (2022-2024), and there have been no reported bedbug infestations according to the most recent filings showing zero infested units from 2020 through 2025.

However, there have been multiple complaints about garbage/recycling storage conditions in 2020 and 2021, and plumbing issues involving basins/sinks in 2021, all of which were eventually resolved. The building faced several regulatory challenges between 2020-2024, including a violation for failure to file an external low-pressure inspection in 2023 (subsequently dismissed), and a violation issued in 2023 related to permit sign-off requirements. There were also multiple attempts to inspect for work without a permit in 2020, though these inspections were unsuccessful due to lack of access.

More recently, in 2024, there was a complaint about suspended scaffolds, though this was found to have no violations upon inspection. The building's maintenance record shows regular compliance with housing maintenance codes, though access issues for some inspections have been noted. Additionally, the property underwent various safety inspections in 2020-2021, including Tenant Safety Inspections and Local Law 188/17 Compliance Inspections, with most being found in compliance, though one Oath Violation was served in 2023.