62 Ave B — timeline

Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

built 1970 · 6 stories · 45 apartments

Also known as 542 E 5 St — one building, several doors.

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.

2 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Sep 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance

2026 Sep

Latest accepted inspection Sep 2026, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler

2026 Apr

Pests class A · paperwork

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2026 Feb

Heat or hot water

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2026 Jan

PL-PER Gas Piping - LL152

DOB Violations

2025 Nov

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

Pests class A · paperwork

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2025 Jan

Heat or hot water

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

Heat or hot waterApt 3K

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems

2024 Jul

Heat or hot water

2024 Jul

Heat or hot waterApt 5H

2024 Jun

Failure To Submit Eer

DOB Violations

2024 Apr

Pests class A · paperwork

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2023 Nov

Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed

Boiler burning natural gas (Laars PNCH-0500), registration expired since Jan 2021

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)

2019 Aug

Walls, floors and stairs class A

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2019 Aug

Walls, floors and stairs class A

2019 Aug

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork

2019 Aug

Smoke or CO detectors class A

2019 Aug

Walls, floors and stairs class A

2019 Aug

Smoke or CO detectors class A

2019 Aug

Leaks class A

2019 Mar

Walls, floors and stairs class A

2019 Mar

Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork

2019 Mar

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork

2019 Mar

Smoke or CO detectors class A

2019 Mar

Smoke or CO detectors class A

2019 Mar

Walls, floors and stairs class A

2019 Mar

Leaks class A

2019 Mar

Walls, floors and stairs class A

2019 Feb

Walls, floors and stairs class A

2019 Feb

Heat or hot water class C · paperwork

2019 Feb

Leaks class A

2019 Feb

Walls, floors and stairs class A

2019 Feb

Smoke or CO detectors class A

2019 Feb

Walls, floors and stairs class A · paperwork

2019 Feb

Smoke or CO detectors class A

2018 Oct

No active shed permit; permits since Oct 2017, last expired Oct 2018

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

2017 Nov

General construction permit

2014 May

Sprinklers permit, Plumbing permit, General construction permit, Heating/ventilation permit

2014 Feb

Alteration permit, Construction fence permit, Plumbing permit

2013 Apr

Latest boiler work permit 2013 (2 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)

2013 Apr

Boiler permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

2013 Feb

General construction permit

2007 Sep

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

1970

Built

PLUTO (tax lot data)

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