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298 5 Avenue

266Records
16City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate

266 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 78 311 service requests, 50 DOB permits, 40 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10001
Built1913
Floors7
Res. units0
ClassO6
Owner (PLUTO)298 FIFTH AVE CORP
BBL1008320047
BIN1015791

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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

14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (3) · Vendor Enforcement (3) · Snow or Ice (2) · Calorie Labeling (1) · Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Consumer Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$3,045,018 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (24 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$9,199,000 $4,139,550
2026$9,332,000 $4,199,400
2027$8,312,000 $3,740,400

The city's market estimate has fallen 10% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Blank Street CoffeeCoffee/TeaA—

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2021 (0 in the last three years).

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 · 750 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
34 St-Herald Sq — B D F M N Q R W · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 31 St — M1 M2 M3 M55 · 100 ft
Citi Bike5 Ave & E 30 St · 200 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

298 5 Avenue

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

14 311 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: $870,683 on 1989-01-25 (lender: East New York Svgs Bk). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1989-01-25Mortgage $870,684 — from 298 FIFTH AVE CORP to EAST NEW YORK SVGS BK $870,684
1984-06-21Mortgage $1,200,000 — from 298 FIFTH AVENUE CORP to EAST NY SAVINGS BANK $1,200,000

Ten-year activity

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2022
27
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20170019120
2018406111
2019531312
2020026210
202110719
202200527
20232000727
2024705214
2025325212
202600538
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The full timeline

Construction 90Enforcement 56Housing & tenants 79Ownership & money 9Health & systems 32

Every one of the 266 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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