Building health · MANHATTAN, NY
built 1929 · 6 stories · 22 apartments
Registered with the city: 540 E 5TH ST EQUITIES; 540 EAST 5TH STREETEQUITIES, INC.
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 Aug
Appliances, pestsApt 4
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Jul
LeaksApt 21
2026 Jul
Supported scaffold permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Apr
Doors and windows class B
2026 Apr
Doors and windows class B
2026 Apr
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Apr
Plumbing
2026 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 10 class B · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2026 Mar
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 10 class B · closed
2026 Feb
PestsApt 11
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2026 Feb
PestsApt 9
2026 Feb
PestsApt 8
2026 Feb
Pests
2026 Feb
PestsApt 11
2026 Jan
PestsApt 8
2026 Jan
PestsApt 8
2026 Jan
PestsApt 18
2026 Jan
Doors or windows
2026 Jan
PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152
DOB Violations
2025 Dec
MoldApt 10
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Nov
Latest accepted inspection Nov 2025, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2025 Nov
MoldApt 10
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Sep
Doors and windows class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Sep
Doors and windows class C · closed
2025 Sep
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Sep
Other conditions class B · closed
2025 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 5
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Feb
PlumbingApt 16
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 16
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 6
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 16
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 5
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 16
2025 Jan
PestsApt 15
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 6 class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 6 class B · closed
2024 Nov
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 6 class B · closed
2024 Nov
Doors or windows, heat or hot waterApt 6
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Apr
Fire safetyApt 8 class C
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Apr
Heat or hot waterApt 8 class C · closed
2024 Apr
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Apr
Heat or hot water
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2024 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2024 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt BASEME
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Oct
Fire safety class C · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Oct
Walls, floors and stairs class C · closed
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
DOB Violations
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 Jun
Low Pressure Boiler
2023 May
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2019 Nov
Low Pressure Boiler
DOB Violations
2012 Aug
Unknown class - 2 · never closed
2011 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
2008 Apr
Fire protection permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2008 Apr
Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit
2008 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations
2007 Oct
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2007 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations
2005 Apr
Construction non-hazardous · never closed
2005 Jan
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2004 May
Construction non-hazardous · never closed
2004 May
Construction non-hazardous · never closed
2004 May
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2004 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations
2003 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2002 Aug
Plumbing permit, Heating/ventilation permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2002 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations
2001 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
2000 Apr
Construction non-hazardous · never closed
2000 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1999 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1998 May
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1997 Sep
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1997 Feb
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1929
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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