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385 5 Avenue

534Records
13City systems
0Open violations
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Manhattan · ZIP 10016 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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534 recorded events, 1974–2026, from 13 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 94 311 service requests, 88 DOB permits, 77 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10016
Built1929
Floors15
Res. units0
ClassO6
Owner (PLUTO)385 FIFTH AVENUE,
BBL1008650071
BIN1017134

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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.

$16,200 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

34 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (20) · Encampment (6) · Lost Property (2) · General Construction/Plumbing (2) · Vendor Enforcement (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1).

Filed construction activity

$2,919,294 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (27 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$31,748,000 $14,286,600
2026$30,162,000 $13,572,900
2027$28,913,000 $13,010,850

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

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 24/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 8)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Chop & GoSaladsA—
Peter Dillon'sIrishA—

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.

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.

Getting around

Subway34 St-Herald Sq — B D F M N Q R W · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
33 St — 6 · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 36 St — M1 M2 M3 M4 +4 more · 150 ft
Citi BikeW 37 St & 5 Ave · 350 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

385 5 Avenue

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

34 311 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: $1,600,000 on 2013-06-11 (lender: Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2013-06-11Mortgage $1,600,000 — from 385 FIFTH AVENUE, LLC to MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL HOLDINGS $1,600,000
2013-06-11Agreement $36,100,000 — from 385 FIFTH AVENUE, LLC to MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL HOLDINGS $36,100,000
2008-08-15AL&R $35,000,000 — from 385 FIFTH AVENUE, LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $35,000,000
2008-08-15Mortgage $13,667,604 — from 385 FIFTH AVENUE, LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $13,667,604
2008-08-15Agreement $35,000,000 — from 385 FIFTH AVENUE, LLC to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $35,000,000
1998-10-20Mortgage $6,836,703 — from 385 FIFTH AVENUE, LLC to CHASE MANHATTAN BANK $6,836,703
1993-09-16Mortgage $9,350,000 — from SCHWALBE, PETER; SCHWALBE, ROBERT V.; SCHWALBE, FRED; SCWALBE, JACQUES to REPUBLIC BANK SAVINGS $9,350,000
1993-09-16Mortgage $10,000,000 — from SCHWALBE, ROBERT V; SCWABLE, JACQUES; SCHWALBE, FRED; SCHWALBE, PETER to REPUBLIC BANK SAVINGS $10,000,000
1988-03-18Mortgage $4,750,000 — from DEENA MANAGEMENT CORP to MANHATTAN SVGS BK $4,750,000
1986-02-18Mortgage $2,750,000 — from SCHWALBE, JACQUES; SCHWALBE, ROBERT; SCHWALBE, PETER; SCHWALBE, FRED to MANHATTAN SAVINGS BANK $2,750,000
1985-02-13Mortgage $5,531,307 — from SCHWALBE, FRED; SCHWALBE, ROBERT V.; SCHWALBE, PETER; SCHWALBE, JACQUES to MANHATTAN SAVINGS BANK $5,531,307
1983-10-17Mortgage $1,988,262 — from SCHWALBE, PETER; SCHWALBE, FRED; SCHWALBE, ROBERT V.; SCHWALBE, JACQUES to MANHATTAN SAVINGS BANK $1,988,262
1982-06-04Mortgage $5,000,000 — from SCHWALBE, FRED; SCHWALBE, JACQUES; SCHWALBE, PETER; SCHWALBE, ROBERT V. to MANHATTAN SAVINGS BANK $5,000,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201702101114
201810341220
201917450228
202011560224
2021025007
20225280318
202301501117
202421192327
20254860220
202623100116
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The full timeline

Construction 152Enforcement 184Housing & tenants 95Ownership & money 62Health & systems 41

Every one of the 534 recorded events, 1974–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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