228 1st Avenue
Manhattan · East Village, NY 10009
Also listed by the City as 224 1st Avenue
228 1st Avenue is a 40-apartment building in East Village, built in 1911, managed by Douglas Eillman Property Management. The City has 23 open housing-code violations on file for it, 6 of them immediately hazardous, about 0.57 per apartment, about double the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). One complaint was filed with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 62 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 Douglas Eillman Property Management
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- Units
- 40
- Year built
- 1911
- Neighborhood
- East Village
- 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.
Complaints are down from 3 to 1 year on year.
1tenant complaint
Filed with 311 in the past year · 3 the year before
Typically closed in 62 days · neighborhood median is 4
23open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 0.6 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 6
- Hazardous
- 9
- Non-hazardous
- 8
What the open repairs are about
- Doors, windows and locks4
- Leaks, damp or mould4
- Smoke and CO alarms4
- Stairs, floors and ceilings4
- Pests3
- Heat or hot water3
Housing Court
Tenants took this building's owner to Housing Court 1 time since October 2023.
A case is a filing, not a finding. Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 228 1st Avenue yet.
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