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5 West 31 Street

336Records
16City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate

336 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 84 311 service requests, 57 DOB violations, 48 ECB/OATH violations.

BoroughManhattan 10001
Built1910
Floors10
Res. units0
ClassO6
Owner (PLUTO)RAHMAN NY INC
BBL1008330036
BIN1015815

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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.

$2,530 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

15 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (7) · Encampment (4) · Blocked Driveway (1) · Noise (1) · Lost Property (1) · Real Time Enforcement (1).

Filed construction activity

$1,082,700 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (12 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$3,518,000 $1,583,100
2026$3,569,000 $1,606,050
2027$4,043,000 $1,819,350

The city's market estimate has risen 15% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
OsamilKoreanA—
Osamil Upstairs (2nd FL Access Through 1st FL Fse)KoreanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 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

Subway34 St-Herald Sq — B D F M N Q R W · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 31 St — M1 M2 M3 M55 · 250 ft
Citi Bike5 Ave & E 30 St · 350 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

5 West 31 Street

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

15 311 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: $970,000 on 1989-04-05 (lender: Korea Exchange Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
1989-04-05Mortgage $970,000 — from JOHN REALTY INC to KOREA EXCHANGE BANK $970,000
1987-07-24Mortgage $700,000 — from JOHN REALTY INC. to KOREA EXCHANGE BANK $700,000
1987-07-24Mortgage $200,000 — from JOHN REALTY INC. to KOREA EXCHANGE BANK $200,000
1984-04-13Mortgage $700,000 — from JOHN REALTY,INC. to GHANNAM, AZIZ; BARGHOUT, ISA M. $700,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsHealth & systemsTotal
20171083223
2018423211
2019830112
2020047112
2021207110
20223114220
2023016310
2024224311
202540419
2026424212
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The full timeline

Construction 71Enforcement 132Housing & tenants 87Ownership & money 15Health & systems 31

Every one of the 336 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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