1,726 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 689 DOB permits, 577 DOB job filings, 122 DOB violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$16,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
38 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (8) · Noise (7) · Encampment (7) · Panhandling (3) · Consumer Complaint (2) · Mobile Food Vendor (2).
$21,748,569 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (190 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $101,561,000 | $45,702,450 |
| 2026 | $102,514,000 | $46,131,300 |
| 2027 | $103,389,000 | $46,525,050 |
The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 66/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 10) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avo | Salads | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
| Subway | 28 St — R W · 500 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 28 St — 6 · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Downtown only) |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 28 St — M1 M2 M3 M55 · 150 ft |
| Citi Bike | Madison Ave & E 26 St · 600 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray Middle: J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch. 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.
243 5 Avenue
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
38 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $10,000,000 on 2016-03-03 (lender: American General Life Insurance Company and The United States Life Insurance Company In The). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-09 | Agreement $147,460,167 — from 245 FIFTH OWNER LLC to THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMP; AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; THE UNI | $147,460,167 | |
| 2018-01-02 | RPTT $28,050,000 — from LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC to CENTURY LINK INC. | $28,050,000 | |
| 2016-03-03 | Agreement $160,000,000 — from 245 FIFTH OWNER LLC to THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMP; AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; THE UNI | $160,000,000 | |
| 2016-03-03 | Mortgage $10,000,000 — from 245 FIFTH OWNER LLC to THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMP; THE UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; AMERIC | $10,000,000 | |
| 2016-03-03 | AL&R $160,000,000 — from 245 FIFTH OWNER LLC to THE UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMP; AMERIC | $160,000,000 | |
| 2014-07-24 | AL&R $10,000,000 — from 245 FIFTH OWNER LLC to DEUTSCHE BANK AG | $10,000,000 | |
| 2014-07-24 | Mortgage $10,000,000 — from 245 FIFTH OWNER LLC to DEUTSCHE BANK AG | $10,000,000 | |
| 2014-07-24 | Mortgage $10,000,000 — from 245 FIFTH OWNER LLC to DEUTSCHE BANK AG | $10,000,000 | |
| 2014-07-24 | AL&R $130,000,000 — from 245 FIFTH OWNER LLC to DEUTSCHE BANK AG | $130,000,000 | |
| 2014-07-24 | Agreement $130,000,000 — from 245 FIFTH OWNER LLC to DEUTSCHE BANK AG | $130,000,000 | |
| 2014-07-24 | AL&R $10,000,000 — from 245 FIFTH OWNER LLC to DEUTSCHE BANK AG | $10,000,000 | |
| 2011-04-22 | Deed $161,500,000 — from W2007 245 FIFTH REALTY, LLC to 245 FIFTH OWNER LLC | $161,500,000 | |
| 2011-04-22 | Agreement $140,000,000 — from MOINIAN, JOSEPH; WHITEHALL STREET GLOBAL REAL ESTATE LIMI; 245 FIFTH OWNER LLC; SITT, JOSE to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A | $140,000,000 | |
| 2007-05-07 | AL&R $140,000,000 — from W2007 245 FIFTH REALTY, LLC to COLUMN FINANCIAL, INC | $140,000,000 | |
| 2007-05-07 | Deed $190,000,000 — from SMII FIFTH AVENUE LLC to W2007 245 FIFTH REALTY, LLC | $190,000,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 63 |
| 2018 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 40 |
| 2019 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 33 |
| 2022 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
| 2023 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 46 |
| 2024 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 44 |
| 2025 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 43 |
| 2026 | 71 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 97 |
Every one of the 1,726 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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