1286 1st Avenue
A 5-story building with 52 apartments, built in 1900, in Manhattan, NY 10021.
Addresses on the lot: 1288 1st Avenue, 1290 1st Avenue, 401 to 403 East 69th Street.
HPD records as of October 27, 2026
1286 1st Avenue has 45 open HPD violations, 22 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 10 complaints to HPD in the past year, 1 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 1286 FIRST AVE LLC.
Does 1286 1st Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 45 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 | 22 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 18 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 5 |
It has an open class C violation, as 70% of NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments do. More on buildings by size
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 10 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 27, 2026, 1 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.
Among NYC buildings with 50 to 99 apartments, 77% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 65% had one about heat or hot water.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 1286 1st Avenue?
1286 1st Avenue is registered with HPD to 1286 FIRST AVE LLC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
44 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.
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 7 older cases, the latest from 2019.
It was once in HPD’s Alternative Enforcement Program, for the city’s worst-maintained buildings, and has since left it.
City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 6% of residential buildings in 10021 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 1286 1st Avenue rent stabilized?
No rent-stabilized apartments were registered here from 2018 to 2023. That doesn’t prove there are none: some owners don’t register them.
How to check if an apartment is rent stabilized
Scores out of ten, from today’s records
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Buildings nearby
- 405 East 69th Street40 apartments, built 1900
- 400 East 70th Street216 apartments, built 1984
- 1282 1st Avenue30 apartments, built 1911
- 1278 1st Avenue28 apartments, built 1900
- 1274 1st Avenue25 apartments, built 1920
- 1285 1st Avenue133 apartments, built 1963
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 1-01464-7503.