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696 5 Avenue

1,027Records
17City systems
1Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10019 · Neighborhood: Midtown-Times Square
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1,027 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 354 311 service requests, 218 DOB permits, 157 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10019
Built1905
Floors23
Res. units0
ClassH1
Owner (PLUTO)LGMT 700 FIFTH LLC
BBL1012700038
BIN1034801

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Open with the city right now

Open HPD violations1 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 1 class A. Oldest open since 1982-08-19.

status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records

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

91 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (33) · Mobile Food Vendor (10) · Homeless Person Assistance (9) · Panhandling (7) · Encampment (5) · Lost Property (4).

Filed construction activity

$25,867,210 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (46 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.

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)PENINSULA NEW YORK HOTEL LLC
Head officerBenjamin Vuchot
Managing agentPENINSULA NEW YORK HOTEL LLC
Last registered2025-11-26

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$177,999,000 $80,099,550
2026$182,956,000 $82,330,200
2027$176,449,000 $79,402,050

The city's market estimate has fallen 1% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)D — ENERGY STAR score 7/100, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
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
The Peninsula New York, Clement/ the Gotham Lounge/ Pent TopAmericanA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 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 2019 (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
57 St — M · 900 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 55 St — M4 M5 · 150 ft
Citi BikeW 54 St & 6 Ave · 500 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

696 5 Avenue

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

91 311 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: $10,000,000 on 1986-07-08 (lender: Pacific Stndrd Lifeetc), covering 2 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
2024-01-12RPTT&RET $44,960,000 — from KATJA B. GOLDMAN 2009 DESCENDANTS TRUST; DORIAN S. GOLDMAN 2009 FAMILY TRUST; LLOYD GOLDMA to BLDG HOLDINGS III LLC $44,960,000
1986-07-08Mortgage $5,000,000 — from NOVA-PARK N.Y. INC.NV to PACIFIC STANDARD ETC. $5,000,000
1986-07-08Mortgage $24,500,000 — from NOVA-PARK NEW YORK INC to PACIFIC STNDRD LIFEETC $24,500,000
1986-07-08Mortgage $10,500,000 — from NOVA-PARK NEW YORK INC to PACIFIC STNDRD LIFEETC $10,500,000
1986-07-08Mortgage $10,000,000 — from NOVA-PARK NEW YORK INC to PACIFIC STNDRD LIFEETC $10,000,000
1985-01-25Mortgage $13,315,000 — from NOVA-PARK N.Y. INC.,N.V. to BANQUE WORMS, S.A. $13,315,000
1983-11-22Mortgage $5,000,000 — from NOVA-PARK N.Y.INC.,N.V.. to FLUSHING FED SV&LN ASSOC $5,000,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017523701357
2018161420463
20192133201259
20202270213
2021179210148
2022172210242
2023105170335
2024171281249
202520460856
2026110140328
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The full timeline

Construction 389Enforcement 136Housing & tenants 367Ownership & money 80Health & systems 55

Every one of the 1,027 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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