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303 5 Avenue

701Records
17City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate

701 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 225 311 service requests, 108 DOB permits, 88 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10016
Built1910
Floors20
Res. units0
ClassO4
Owner (PLUTO)SURREY INVESTORS
BBL1008610001
BIN1016981

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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

90 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Encampment (58) · Noise (7) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (6) · Lost Property (4) · Mobile Food Vendor (2) · Illegal Parking (2).

Filed construction activity

$3,964,350 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (23 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$47,383,000 $21,322,350
2026$44,300,000 $19,935,000
2027$43,231,000 $19,453,950

The city's market estimate has fallen 9% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)C — ENERGY STAR score 65/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Bread & ButterAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

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

2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Contaminated, Food Spoiled) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.

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.

4 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.

Getting around

Subway33 St — 6 · 800 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
28 St — R W · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: E 32 St / 5 Av — M4 · 200 ft
Citi Bike5 Ave & E 30 St · 300 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.

Report a problem to 311

303 5 Avenue

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

90 311 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: $2,999,999 on 2023-01-06 (lender: Oceanfirst Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2023-01-06AL&R $7,000,000 — from RICHARD HENRY BRIANCE, TRUSTEE; JOANNA MARGARET GOODWIN, TRUSTEE; STUART RICHMOND-WATSON, to OCEANFIRST BANK N.A. $7,000,000
2023-01-06Agreement $7,000,000 — from STUART RICHMOND-WATSON, TRUSTEE; RICHARD HENRY BRIANCE, TRUSTEE; SURREY INVESTORS, INC.; J to OCEANFIRST BANK N.A. $7,000,000
2023-01-06Mortgage $2,080,071 — from RICHARD HENRY BRIANCE, TRUSTEE; STUART RICHMOND-WATSON, TRUSTEE; SURREY INVESTORS, INC.; J to OCEANFIRST BANK N.A. $2,080,071
2023-01-06Mortgage $2,999,999 — from JOANNA MARGARET GOODWIN, TRUSTEE; STUART RICHMOND-WATSON, TRUSTEE; RICHARD HENRY BRIANCE, to OCEANFIRST BANK, N.A. $2,999,999
2019-09-27Agreement $4,725,272 — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH; DIME COMMUNITY BANK to SURREY INVESTORS, INC.; STUART JOHN RICHMOND-WATSON, TRUSTEE; JOANNA MARGARET GOODWIN, TRU $4,725,272
2019-09-27AL&R $2,000,000 — from JOANNA MARGARET GOODWIN, TRUSTEE; STUART JOHN RICHMOND-WATSON, TRUSTEE; RICHARD HENRY BRIA to DIME COMMUNITY BANK; THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $2,000,000
2019-09-27Agreement $2,000,000 — from DIME COMMUNITY BANK; THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to JOANNA MARGARET GOODWIN, TRUSTEE; SURREY INVESTORS, INC.; RICHARD HENRY BRIANCE, TRUSTEE; $2,000,000
2013-01-03RPTT&RET $679,000 — from POPOWSKY, MATTHEW; POPOWSKY, MARGARET to LEE, RAYMOND; LEE, SARA $679,000
2012-06-20Agreement $2,000,000 — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to SURREY INVESTORS, INC.; RICHARD HENRY BRIANCE, TRUSTEE; GOODWIN, JOANNA MARGARET; STUART J $2,000,000
2012-06-20AL&R $8,000,000 — from SURREY INVESTORS, INC.; GOODWIN, JOANNA MARGARET; STUART JOHN RICHMOND-WATSON, TRUSTEE; RI to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $8,000,000
2012-06-20Agreement $8,000,000 — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to STUART JOHN RICHMOND-WATSON, TRUSTEE; GOODWIN, JOANNA MARGARET; RICHARD HENRY BRIANCE, TRU $8,000,000
2012-06-20Mortgage $3,250,281 — from STUART JOHN RICHMOND-WATSON, TRUSTEE; GOODWIN, JOANNA MARGARET; RICHARD HENRY BRIANCE, TRU to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $3,250,281
2008-09-22AL&R $5,000,000 — from SURREY INVESTORS, INC.; RICHMOND-WATSON, STUART JOHN; BRIANCE, RICHARD HENRY; GOODWIN, JOA to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $5,000,000
2008-09-22Agreement $2,421,791 — from THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH to BRIANCE, RICHARD HENRY; GOODWIN, JOANNA MARGARET; RICHMOND-WATSON, STUART JOHN; SURREY INV $2,421,791
2008-09-22Mortgage $1,535,041 — from BRIANCE, RICHARD HENRY; SURREY INVESTORS, INC.; RICHMOND-WATSON, STUART JOHN; GOODWIN, JOA to THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH $1,535,041

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201774180736
201814110925
2019310113835
20202680319
20213590623
202244100422
202358168441
202415030422
2025201150339
2026101670381
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The full timeline

Construction 207Enforcement 143Housing & tenants 226Ownership & money 67Health & systems 58

Every one of the 701 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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