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453 5 Avenue

614Records
17City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10016 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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614 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 190 311 service requests, 103 DOB permits, 100 DOB violations.

BoroughManhattan 10016
Built1915
Floors7
Res. units0
ClassP8
Owner (PLUTO)NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
BBL1008690074
BIN1017602

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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

39 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Homeless Person Assistance (12) · Noise (7) · Litter Basket Request (3) · Air Quality (3) · Illegal Parking (2) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$157,651,327 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (28 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$144,203,000 $64,891,350
2026$147,438,000 $66,347,100
2027$150,951,000 $67,927,950

The city's market estimate has risen 5% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: PUBLIC LIBRARY

Building systems

Heating fuelNONE
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
Amy's BreadCoffee/TeaAMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 1 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

SubwayGrand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 600 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 650 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 39 St — M1 M2 M3 M55 · 300 ft
Citi BikeE 40 St & 5 Ave · 100 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

453 5 Avenue

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

39 311 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

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2003-11-24Mortgage $200,000 — from HAN, GRACE to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK $200,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20174332021078
20183824121176
2019191870448
202088230443
202161070124
202232120118
20233380418
20242070312
202500150318
202601240025
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The full timeline

Construction 185Enforcement 173Housing & tenants 200Ownership & money 15Health & systems 41

Every one of the 614 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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