Some concerns
Worth seeing, with questions
99
out of 100
Heavier than 52% of buildings in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
3 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
1285 FIRST AVENUE · 133 apartments · built 1963 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- Q train about 3 minutes away
Against it
- 3 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
Open and hazardous
3 violations the city still lists as unresolved
3 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 17 years.
- Fire & life safety2
- Mold1
A typical building of 50 or more apartments has 7. This one has more than 37% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2009-06-25 and remains open on HPD’s records.