1668 1st Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10128

The four-story, six-unit residential building at 1668 1st Avenue on the Upper East Side, owned by Susan Doss and constructed in 1920, has experienced several notable maintenance and compliance issues in recent years. Most concerning are the three active violations related to the failure to file external low-pressure inspections for 2022, 2023, and most recently in September 2024, suggesting ongoing neglect of this safety requirement.

While the building has maintained a clean record for bedbug infestations, reporting the same pattern of zero infested units across multiple years from 2018 to the present, there was a brief period of rat activity noted during an October 2024 inspection, though this was subsequently passed in November 2024. The building's housing maintenance record shows one bedbug report violation in March 2023 requiring an annual report filing, but this appears to have been resolved as all subsequent reports show no infestations.

The property has generally performed well in rodent inspections, with most recent inspections passing, though a pattern of occasional citations appears, with the most recent passing in November 2024 following an initial rat activity finding in October 2024. The building's inspection history from 2018-2025 shows a mix of compliance, initial failures, and successful remediation, particularly regarding rodent control, though the recurring issues with external low-pressure inspection filings represent the most significant ongoing compliance challenge.