1661 York Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10128

1661 York Avenue is a 5-story, 62-unit New Law Tenement building located in Manhattan's Upper East Side, owned by Donald Manocherian and constructed in 1920. The building has experienced several significant maintenance issues in recent years, with the most critical being heat and hot water problems affecting both individual apartments and the entire building in late 2021 and March 2022.

Other notable maintenance concerns include electrical issues (no lighting) in March 2020 and various conditions in November 2021, including unsanitary conditions related to pests and cabinet problems, though these issues were subsequently verified as corrected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). The building's records indicate compliance with bedbug prevention protocols, with all annual reports from 2019 through 2024 showing zero infested units. Regular rodent inspections have consistently passed since at least 2012, demonstrating good pest management.

The property has had some regulatory matters to address, including violations in 2019 regarding failure to file benchmarking reports of energy use, though these were eventually dismissed or resolved. Most recently, in 2024, there was an illegal conversion complaint filed, but inspectors were unable to gain access to verify the conditions. The building's management has generally responded to and resolved complaints, though there have been multiple instances where inspectors could not gain access to investigate reported problems.