Some concerns
Worth seeing, with questions
100
out of 100
Heavier than 38% of buildings in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
16 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
1153 FIRST AVENUE · 300 apartments · built 1965 · records to 2026-09-19
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- M/Q train about 6 minutes away
Against it
- 16 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
16 violations the city still lists as unresolved
16 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 17 years.
- Heat / hot water4
- Disrepair4
- Water leak3
- Paint / plaster2
- Fire & life safety2
- Other1
A typical building of 50 or more apartments has 7. This one has more than 61% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2009-08-04 and remains open on HPD’s records.