401 1st Avenue
A 27-story building with 510 apartments, built in 1970, in Manhattan, NY 10010.
Addresses on the lot: 399 to 401 1st Avenue, 400 to 416 2nd Avenue, 311 East 23rd Street, 331 to 341 East 23rd Street, 330 East 24th Street.
HPD records as of November 1, 2026
401 1st Avenue has 72 open HPD violations, 13 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 55 complaints to HPD in the past year, 9 about heat or hot water. It is registered to EAST MIDTOWN PLAZA HOUSING COMPANY INC.
Does 401 1st Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 72 open violations as of November 1, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 13 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 45 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 14 |
It has an open class C violation, as 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments do. More on buildings by size
Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 5 have been closed.
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 55 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to November 1, 2026, 9 of them about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.
Among NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments, 72% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 57% had one about heat or hot water.
Every complaint on HPD Online ↗ · Noise complaints go to 311, not HPD
Who owns 401 1st Avenue?
401 1st Avenue is registered with HPD to EAST MIDTOWN PLAZA HOUSING COMPANY INC. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
The name is a co-op’s: residents own shares in the building, and an apartment for rent here is usually a sublet from a shareholder, which the board has to approve.
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
The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in December 2024. HPD’s record has 14 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.
City marshals carried out 3 evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 11% of residential buildings in 10010 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 401 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
- 310 East 24th Street70 apartments, built 1975
- 320 East 23rd Street210 apartments, built 1965
- 319 East 24th Street236 apartments, built 1975
- 310 East 23rd Street134 apartments, built 1901
- 340 East 23rd Street207 apartments, built 2007
- 321 East 22nd Street115 apartments, built 1968
HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of November 1, 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 1-00929-0001.