685 First Avenue
A 44-story building with 556 apartments, built in 2016, in Manhattan, NY 10016.
Addresses on the lot: 685 to 699 1st Avenue.
HPD records as of October 26, 2026
685 First Avenue has 16 open HPD violations. Tenants made 13 complaints to HPD in the past year, 5 about heat or hot water. It is registered to 685 1ST AVENUE CONDOMINIUM.
Does 685 First Avenue have open violations?
Yes: 16 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:
| Class | Deadline | Open |
|---|---|---|
| C, immediately hazardous | 24 hours for most | 0 |
| B, hazardous | 30 days | 0 |
| A, non-hazardous | About 90 days | 16 |
No class C violation is open. 56% of NYC buildings with 100 or more apartments have one. More on buildings by size
Every violation on HPD Online ↗ · How to read HPD violations
What do tenants complain about?
Tenants made 13 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, 5 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 685 First Avenue?
685 First Avenue is registered with HPD to 685 1ST AVENUE CONDOMINIUM. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.
The name is a condominium’s: each apartment has its own owner, so an apartment for rent here is usually rented from that owner, under the condo’s rules.
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
HPD’s record shows no housing court cases over conditions or harassment at this building.
City marshals carried out no evictions here in the five years to May 30, 2026.
For comparison, 8% of residential buildings in 10016 had a housing court case in the past five years.
Is 685 First 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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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 26, 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 1-00945-7502.