Some concerns
Worth seeing, with questions
70
out of 100
Heavier than 88% of buildings in Upper East Side-Yorkville
9 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby. On the other hand, 6 apartments here are rent stabilized.
1685 FIRST AVENUE · 27 apartments · built 1915 · records to 2026-09-18
In its favor
- 6 apartments here are rent stabilized
- Q train about 3 minutes away
Against it
- 9 open hazardous violations, against a typical 7 nearby
- Fixes only 8% of violations by the city’s deadline
Open and hazardous
9 violations the city still lists as unresolved
9 of them are past the correction deadline HPD set, by a median of 6 years.
- Fire & life safety2
- Heat / hot water2
- Disrepair2
- Pests1
- Structural1
- Water leak1
A typical building of 20 to 49 apartments has 7. This one has more than 53% of them.
The oldest shown was issued 2019-12-16 and remains open on HPD’s records.