1274 1st Avenue

A 6-story building with 25 apartments, built in 1920, in Manhattan, NY 10065.

Addresses on the lot: 1274 to 1276 1st Avenue.

HPD records as of October 27, 2026

64open HPD violations8 immediately hazardous

1complaint to HPD, past yearnone about heat

5rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2023

Nonehousing court cases in 5 years1 older

1274 1st Avenue has 64 open HPD violations, 8 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the past year. It is registered to BARBARA STERN LLC. 5 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023.

Does 1274 1st Avenue have open violations?

Yes: 64 open violations as of October 27, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

Class	Deadline	Open
C, immediately hazardous	24 hours for most	8
B, hazardous	30 days	34
A, non-hazardous	About 90 days	22

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 1 complaint to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, none about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD

Who owns 1274 1st Avenue?

1274 1st Avenue is registered with HPD to BARBARA STERN LLC. The registration also names a head officer, the person HPD contacts about the building.

The registration on HPD Online ↗ · The owner’s other buildings, on Who Owns What ↗ · Deeds and mortgages (ACRIS) ↗ · How to find who owns a building

Housing court and evictions

None in the past five years. HPD’s record has 1 older case, the latest from 2021.

City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 6% of residential buildings in 10065 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 1274 1st Avenue rent stabilized?

5 apartments were registered as rent stabilized in 2023, up from 4 in 2018. That’s 5 of the building’s 25 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 27, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 1-01463-0048.