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476 5 Avenue

1,541Records
17City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10018 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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1,541 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 429 DOB permits, 418 311 service requests, 365 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10018
Built1911
Floors3.5
Res. units0
ClassP8
Owner (PLUTO)NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
BBL1012570001
BIN1034194, 1089784, 1090168, 1090169, 1090520, 1090909

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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

120 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (44) · Homeless Person Assistance (13) · Vendor Enforcement (9) · Illegal Parking (8) · Consumer Complaint (7) · Snow or Ice (5).

Filed construction activity

$796,309,068 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (186 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$440,311,000 $198,139,950
2026$450,189,000 $202,585,050
2027$460,917,000 $207,412,650

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

Tax exemptions on the roll: PUBLIC LIBRARY

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Amy's Bread (Cafe At New York Public Library)Coffee/TeaA—
Bryant Park GrillAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map

2 food-poisoning reports to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick), shared by 2 restaurants
2 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Bare Hands in Contact w/ Food, Handwashing), shared by 2 restaurants · 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.

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

Subway42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 250 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 41 St — M4 M5 Q32 · 250 ft
Citi BikeE 40 St & 5 Ave · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 051 Elias Howe
Middle: M.S. 297. 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

476 5 Avenue

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

120 311 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.

Ten-year activity

2001000
2017
2018
2019
2020
161
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20171610270154
2018259270263
201974928012123
2020841632022154
2021113721020161
202272624011113
2023410410890
2024180300553
2025173431468
2026339390889
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The full timeline

Construction 815Enforcement 204Housing & tenants 419Ownership & money 6Health & systems 97

Every one of the 1,541 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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