Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
86
out of 100
Heavier than 73% of buildings in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
55 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
1501 SECOND AVENUE · 12 apartments · built 1910 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- 6 train about 5 minutes away
Against it
- 55 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
55 violations the city still lists as unresolved
55 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 33 years.
- Heat / hot water10
- Other10
- Fire & life safety10
- Paint / plaster8
- Disrepair6
- Structural5
- Plumbing2
- Refuse / sanitation2
- Gas1
- Electrical1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 96% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 1979-06-04 and remains open on HPD’s records.