781 5 Ave — timeline

Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

built 1927 · 38 stories · 188 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.

2027 Jan

Shed permit active now

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

2026 Oct

Plumbing permit

2026 Oct

Supported scaffold permit

2026 Sep

Mechanical systems permit

2026 Sep

General construction permit

2026 Sep

Protection and mechanical methods permit

2026 Aug

Plumbing permit

2026 Aug

Mechanical systems permit

2026 Aug

General construction permit

2026 Aug

9 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Aug 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance

2026 Jul

Suspended scaffold permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

Supported scaffold permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

Construction class - 2

2025 Dec

Unsafe (cycle 9, filed Dec 2025)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings

2025 Jul

Construction class - 2

DOB Violations

2025 Jun

Pests class A · paperwork · closed

Housing Maintenance Code Violations

2022 Feb

Failure To Correct Swarmp Conditions (Facade)

DOB Violations

2022 Feb

Hazardous Condition (Facade)

2007 Sep

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

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

2004 Jun

Elevator never closed

DOB Violations

1997 Sep

Plumbing non-hazardous · never closed

1927

Built

PLUTO (tax lot data)

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Dates are the city's record dates, shown to the month.

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