Pros: Chill quiet building. Well insulated Cons: I avoided the water. It was eventually fixed but at some point i couldn’t get it out of my head that it had a wood taste Advice to landlord: Testing the water
1568 1 AVENUE is a prewar 1920 building, 5 floors, 1 unit in Upper East Side, NYC. Owned by NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Public records show 30 open violations on file. Lucid Rents has 1 verified tenant review on this building.
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Manhattan · March 2026
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Pros: Chill quiet building. Well insulated Cons: I avoided the water. It was eventually fixed but at some point i couldn’t get it out of my head that it had a wood taste Advice to landlord: Testing the water
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The Upper East Side in the 80s and 90s is old-money Manhattan at its most refined — Yorkville's German heritage peeks through, Museum Mile continues along Fifth, and quiet residential blocks make it one of the city's best family neighborhoods.
Noise — Noise: Alarms (NR3)