Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

5 E 79 St

built 1968 · 25 stories · 46 apartments
Also known as 980 5 Ave — one building, several doors.
Registered with the city: CENTURY MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC · 51 other buildings here list it; 980 Fifth Avenue Corporation

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 Dec
Shed permit active now
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Oct
Plumbing permit
2026 Oct
Mechanical systems permit
2026 Oct
General construction permit
2026 Aug
5 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Aug 2026
DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance
2026 Aug
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Aug
Suspended scaffold permit
2026 Jul
Protection and mechanical methods permit
2026 Jul
Supported scaffold permit
2026 Feb
General construction permit
2025 Nov
Plumbing permit
2025 Feb
Mechanical systems permit
2024 Sep
VT-PER-CO Elevators
DOB Violations
2024 Sep
VT-PER-CO Elevators
2024 Sep
VT-PER-CO Elevators
2024 Sep
VT-PER-CO Elevators
2024 Aug
Zoning class - 2
2024 Feb
Safe with a repair and maintenance program (cycle 9, filed Feb 2024)
DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings
2019 Sep
Elevator
DOB Violations
2019 Sep
Elevator
2019 Jun
Zoning class - 2
2017 Jan
(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction
2017 Jan
(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction
2017 Jan
(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction
2017 Jan
(Other Bldgs Types) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction
2016 Nov
(Private Residence) - Elevator Affirmation Of Correction
2016 Jun
Residential Elevator Periodic Inspection/Test never closed
2014 Mar
Private Residential Elevator never closed
2012 Oct
Private Residential Elevator never closed
2011 Dec
Private Residential Elevator never closed
2010 Nov
JVIOS Elevators never closed
2010 Nov
Private Residential Elevator never closed
2010 Oct
VCAT1 Elevators never closed
2010 Oct
Elevator Annual Inspection / Test never closed
2008 Mar
Construction never closed
2007 Sep
Construction non-hazardous · never closed
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2002 Aug
Local Law 11/98 - Facade never closed
DOB Violations
1987 Oct
Local Law hazardous · never closed
1968
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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