Serious concerns
Go in with your eyes open
52
out of 100
Heavier than 97% of buildings in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
33 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby. On the other hand, the building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization.
1495 FIRST AVENUE · 8 apartments · built 1910 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- The building’s age and size suggest rent stabilization
- Q train about 8 minutes away
Against it
- 33 open hazardous violations, against a typical 2 nearby
- Fixes only 0% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
33 violations the city still lists as unresolved
33 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 2.8 years.
- Water leak9
- Structural8
- Heat / hot water7
- Paint / plaster3
- Refuse / sanitation2
- Mold1
- Electrical1
- Plumbing1
- Fire & life safety1
A typical building of 6 to 19 apartments has 2. This one has more than 92% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2019-07-26 and remains open on HPD’s records.