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254 5 Avenue

141Records
13City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate

141 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 25 DOB violations, 24 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 21 DOB permits.

BoroughManhattan 10001
Built1865
Floors6
Res. units0
ClassO5
Owner (PLUTO)254 FIFTH AVE LLC
BBL1008300040
BIN1015730

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Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

2 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Taxi Complaint (1) · Water Maintenance (1).

Filed construction activity

$246,600 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (5 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$4,257,000 $1,915,650
2026$4,319,000 $1,943,550
2027$3,735,000 $1,680,750

The city's market estimate has fallen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
KraamThaiA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

Subway28 St — R W · 300 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
28 St — 6 · 1,000 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only)
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 28 St — M1 M2 M3 M55 · 250 ft
Citi Bike5 Ave & E 30 St · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 033 Chelsea Prep
Middle: M.S. 297. Confirm with the DOE's school search.

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.

Report a problem to 311

254 5 Avenue

Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

2 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $200,000 on 1990-04-11 (lender: Kalik, Betty P and Kalik, Mildred). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2017-01-20DEVR $7,300,000 — from THE SETAREH FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP to FIVE POINTS JV L.P. $7,300,000
1990-04-11Mortgage $200,000 — from SETAREH, JACQUELINE; SETAREH, ABBY to KALIK, MILDRED; KALIK, BETTY P $200,000
1989-11-06Mortgage $200,000 — from SETAREH, JACQUELINE; SETAREH, ABBY to KAPLAN, LYDIA; KALIK, BETTY P. $200,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20170339116
2018023016
2019031015
2020000123
2021002024
2022400015
2023300014
2024200035
2025001023
20265212212
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The full timeline

Construction 35Enforcement 40Housing & tenants 20Ownership & money 25Health & systems 21

Every one of the 141 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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