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640 5 Avenue

2,370Records
17City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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2,370 recorded events, 1971–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 868 311 service requests, 538 DOB permits, 483 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built1940
Floors21
Res. units0
ClassO4
Owner (PLUTO)640 FIFTH AVENUE OWNER LLC
BBL1012670034
BIN1034516

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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.

$2,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

388 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Mobile Food Vendor (173) · Illegal Parking (94) · Vendor Enforcement (48) · Panhandling (17) · Consumer Complaint (17) · Homeless Person Assistance (15).

Filed construction activity

$35,409,140 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (178 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$375,337,000 $168,901,650
2026$380,781,000 $171,351,450
2027$397,696,000 $178,963,200

The city's market estimate has risen 6% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
ThisbowlSaladsA—
Victoria's Secret Champagne BarBottled BeveragesA—

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 2022 (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

Subway5 Av/53 St — E F · 450 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr — B D F M · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 52 St — M4 M5 Q32 · 250 ft
Citi BikeW 52 St & 5 Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs
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

640 5 Avenue

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

388 311 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: $189,000,000 on 2026-04-06 (lender: 650 5th Settlement Trust), covering 3 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-04-06Mortgage $189,000,000 — from 650 FIFTH AVENUE REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LL to 650 5TH SETTLEMENT TRUST $189,000,000
2024-06-14Agreement $300,000,000 — from 640 FIFTH AVENUE OWNER LLC to GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA; BANK OF MONTREAL; MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A. $300,000,000
2024-06-14AL&R $300,000,000 — from 640 FIFTH AVENUE OWNER LLC to BANK OF MONTREAL; MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.; GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA $300,000,000
2019-06-07Mortgage $500,000,000 — from 640 FIFTH AVENUE OWNER LLC to BANK OF CHINA, NEW YORK BRANCH $500,000,000
2019-06-07RPTT $495,000,000 — from VORNADO REALTY L.P. to 640 FIFTH AVENUE HOLDINGS LLC $495,000,000
2019-06-07AL&R $500,000 — from 640 FIFTH AVENUE OWNER LLC to BANK OF CHINA, NEW YORK BRANCH $500,000
2019-05-20RPTT $141,236,573 — from MANHATTAN HIGH STREEET HOLDINGS LLC to 640 FIFTH AVENUE HOLDINGS LLC $141,236,573
2018-01-02RPTT $28,050,000 — from LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LLC to CENTURY LINK INC. $28,050,000
2015-01-07RPTT $3,535,942 — from TW TELECOM, INC.; TW TELECOM, INC. to LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC $3,535,942
2015-01-07RPTT $3,535,942 — from TW TELECOM, INC.; TW TELECOM, INC. to LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC $3,535,942
2014-08-08Mortgage $100,000 — from 650 FIFTH AVENUE COMPANY to SIGNATURE BANK $100,000
2010-01-25RPTT $621,135 — from COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORPORATION to BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION $621,135
2006-03-24RPTT $362,419,501 — from TMO PARENT LLC to MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 3 LLC; MACQUARIE NEW YORK PARKING 2 LLC $362,419,501

Ten-year activity

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2019
2020
2021
2022
222
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017571220024113
2018459221582
201928127685129
20201672101660
20216706715140
2022170460265
202313020702222
202490148133173
202519814402173
2026154694193
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The full timeline

Construction 1,084Enforcement 286Housing & tenants 868Ownership & money 61Health & systems 71

Every one of the 2,370 recorded events, 1971–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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