1496 2nd Avenue
Manhattan · Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, NY 10075
1496 2nd Avenue is an 8-apartment building in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, built in 1910, managed by 1496 Second Avenue Realty LLC. The City has 153 open housing-code violations on file for it, 20 of them immediately hazardous, about 19.1 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 5 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 2 days (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.
Managed by 1496 Second Avenue Realty LLC
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- Units
- 8
- Year built
- 1910
- Neighborhood
- Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
- Borough
- Manhattan
This building’s record with the City
Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.
Problems here get fixed quickly, a median of 2 days from complaint to close, faster than the 4-day neighborhood median.
1 repair has been cleared since our last check.
5tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 2 the year before
153open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 19.1 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 20
- Hazardous
- 88
- Non-hazardous
- 45
What the open repairs are about
- Stairs, floors and ceilings43
- Smoke and CO alarms20
- Pests14
- Doors, windows and locks14
- Leaks, damp or mould7
- Electrical7
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
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