2,321 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 16 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 889 DOB permits, 702 DOB job filings, 320 311 service requests.
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.
$10,625 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
205 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (168) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (15) · Illegal Parking (7) · Homeless Person Assistance (4) · Taxi Complaint (3) · Consumer Complaint (2).
$41,079,727 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (367 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 | $117,767,000 | $52,995,150 |
| 2026 | $119,124,000 | $53,605,800 |
| 2027 | $120,620,000 | $54,279,000 |
The city's market estimate has risen 2% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | B — ENERGY STAR score 75/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9) |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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 2013 (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.
| Subway | 28 St — R W · 550 ft straight-line (about a 3-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 · 350 ft |
| Citi Bike | 5 Ave & E 30 St · 400 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.
259 5 Avenue
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
205 311 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: $39,000,000 on 2015-08-21 (lender: Bank Of America, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-21 | Agreement $180,000,000 — from 261 FIFTH AVENUE TIC OWNER LLC; NORMANDY 261 5TH AVENUE LLC to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | $180,000,000 | |
| 2015-08-21 | Mortgage $39,000,000 — from 261 FIFTH AVENUE TIC OWNER LLC; NORMANDY 261 5TH AVENUE LLC to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | $39,000,000 | |
| 2005-09-27 | Deed $180,000,000 — from 261 FIFTH AVENUE, L.L.C. to 261 FIFTH AVENUE TIC OWNER LLC; NORMANDY 261 5TH AVENUE LLC | $180,000,000 | |
| 2005-09-27 | Mortgage $81,000,000 — from NORMANDY 261 5TH AVE LLC; 261 FIFTH AVENUE TIC OWNER LLC to MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. | $81,000,000 | |
| 2005-09-27 | Agreement $141,000,000 — from 261 FIFTH AVENUE TIC OWNER LLC; NORMANDY 261 5TH AVE LLC to MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. | $141,000,000 | |
| 2005-09-27 | AL&R $141,000,000 — from MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. to NORMANDY 261 5TH AVE LLC; 261 FIFTH AVENUE TIC OWNER LLC | $141,000,000 | |
| 2004-03-12 | Deed $114,000,000 — from SMII FIFTH AVENUE LLC to 261 FIFTH AVENUE, L.L.C. | $114,000,000 | |
| 2004-03-12 | Mortgage $60,000,000 — from 261 FIFTH AVENUE, L.L.C. to LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB | $60,000,000 | |
| 1996-02-16 | Mortgage $7,177 — from INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK | $7,177 | |
| 1996-02-16 | Mortgage $12,637,500 — from INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK | $12,637,500 | |
| 1995-04-28 | Mortgage $10,750,000 — from INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES | $10,750,000 | |
| 1995-04-28 | Mortgage $1,766,002 — from INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK | $1,766,002 | |
| 1995-01-06 | Mortgage $10,750,000 — from INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK | $10,750,000 | |
| 1994-02-01 | Mortgage $2,586,000 — from INVESTMENT PROPERTIES ASSOCIATES to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK | $2,586,000 | |
| 1991-04-10 | Mortgage $3,200,000 — from INVESTMENT PPTS ASSOC to CHASE MANHATTAN BANKNA | $3,200,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 65 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 108 |
| 2018 | 136 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 159 |
| 2019 | 59 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 76 |
| 2020 | 38 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 50 |
| 2021 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 62 |
| 2022 | 92 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 110 |
| 2023 | 82 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 99 |
| 2024 | 57 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 92 |
| 2025 | 26 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 7 | 88 |
| 2026 | 53 | 4 | 141 | 1 | 4 | 203 |
Every one of the 2,321 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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