1681 1st Avenue, Manhattan

Winter heat outages, locked boiler access, and ground-floor food complaints define the operational file at this First Avenue rental.

This 12-unit Upper East Side building has 8 open code violations, including 2 Class C immediately hazardous citations. Building filings show recurring winter heating outages paired with ground-floor food establishment complaints for trash and pests. Three things to know:

Winter heat calls are frequent, and inspectors were locked out of the boiler room. 21 heat and hot water complaints hit this address, including calls running through January 2026. Inspectors issued a Class C immediately hazardous violation after finding the cellar boiler room door locked, preventing access to the heating system.

Ground-floor food operations triggered complaints for pests, garbage, and odor bleed. 2 complaints specifically cited food establishment issues involving rodents, insects, or garbage at the address, with the most recent call logged in February 2026. In buildings with commercial dining space, odor and pest issues often bleed through shared risers into apartments above.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 8 open violations cover paint, plaster, and detector issues concentrated partly in unit 2B
• 3 sidewalk snow and ice calls were filed against the address in early 2026
• 186 illegal parking calls within three blocks mostly involve blocked hydrants and sign violations

1681 1st Avenue is a 12-unit building in Manhattan, New York City (BBL 1015500023). This building is associated with Greek Corner Realtycor. Brix tracks 8 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1925, this walk-up apartment building sits in Manhattan and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 58 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.

What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

• Heat/hot Water: 58 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed January 30, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT AT CEILING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
• § 300 M/D LAW FILE PLANS AND APPLICATION AND LEGALIZE THE FOLLOWING ALTERATION OR RESTORE TO THE LEGAL CONDITION EXISTING PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF SAID ALTERATION
• § 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM DOOR LOCKED AT CELLAR AT BOILER ROOM
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 2B, 2nd

The building last changed hands on June 18, 1993, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 13/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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