Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1928 · 14 stories · 18 apartments
Also known as 888 5 Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: DOUGLAS ELLIMAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT · 165 other buildings here list it; 2 EAST 70TH STREET CORP; 2 EAST 70 ST CORP
The building’s record over time
Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Nov
Shed permit active now
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Aug
4 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Aug 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2026 Aug
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2025 Oct
General construction permit
2025 Aug
Mechanical systems permit
2025 Jul
Plumbing permit
2024 Aug
General construction permit
2022 May
Supported scaffold permit
2022 Feb
Safe with a repair and maintenance program (cycle 9, filed Feb 2022)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2021 Apr
0 open. 1 violations on record in all, 2021 — the 0 most recent are listed here
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2020 Sep
Elevator
DOB Violations
2020 Sep
Elevator
2020 Sep
Elevator
2019 Jul
Elevator
2019 Jul
Elevator
2019 Jul
Elevator
2016 Nov
(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction
2016 Nov
(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction
2016 Nov
(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction
2015 Sep
Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2015 Mar
Scaffold permit
2015 Mar
Heating/ventilation permit
2014 Jun
Latest boiler work permit 2014
DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1928
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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