Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

59 5 Ave

built 1938 · 4 stories · 5 apartments

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
Latest accepted inspection Aug 2026, defects reported: no
DOB NOW: Safety Boiler
2026 Apr
Pests class A · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2025 Sep
Fire safetyApt 2A class C · closed
2025 Sep
Structure and facade class B · closed
2025 Sep
Doors and windows class B · closed
2025 Sep
Doors and windows class B · closed
2025 Sep
Fire safety class C · closed
2025 Jul
PestsApt 2B
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2025 Apr
Doors or windowsApt 2A
2024 Oct
VT-PER-CO Elevators
DOB Violations
2024 Oct
Boiler burning natural gas (Weil Mclain LG-9), registration current since Oct 2024
Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)
2024 Mar
Heat or hot waterApt 3A
Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems
2023 Aug
VT-PER-CO Elevators
DOB Violations
2023 Aug
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2023 Aug
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2023 Aug
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2023 Aug
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2023 Aug
VT-CAT1-CO Elevators
2021 Apr
Plumbing permit, Sprinklers permit, Heating/ventilation permit, General construction permit, Construction fence permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2020 Jun
Elevator
DOB Violations
2019 May
Elevator
2016 Jun
Sign permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2016 Jun
General construction permit
2016 Jun
Sign permit
2016 Apr
Fire protection permit
2015 Oct
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
DOB Violations
2015 Feb
Plumbing permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2014 Sep
Construction never closed
DOB Violations
2014 Sep
Construction never closed
2014 Sep
Construction never closed
2009 Dec
Low Pressure Boiler never closed
2009 Jul
Construction never closed
2009 Jul
Seu never closed
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
2003 Aug
GasApt 1A class C · never closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
1998 Jul
Electric Signs never closed
DOB Violations
1998 Jul
Electric Signs never closed
1998 Apr
Electric Signs never closed
1996 Oct
No active shed permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
1994 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
DOB Violations
1993 Mar
Local Law 62/91 - Boilers never closed
1989 Oct
Local Law 10/81 - Elevator never closed
1938
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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