980 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 283 DOB permits, 201 311 service requests, 200 DOB job filings.
Full record, year by year Support this site
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$7,500 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
70 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Vendor Enforcement (15) · Illegal Parking (13) · Homeless Person Assistance (11) · Encampment (8) · Panhandling (7) · Food Establishment (4).
$7,022,823 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (51 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.
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $72,850,000 | $32,782,500 |
| 2026 | $77,428,000 | $34,842,600 |
| 2027 | $81,593,000 | $36,716,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Energy grade (LL33) | C — ENERGY STAR score 61/100 (2022 disclosure cycle) |
| Heating fuel | NONE |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes & Noble Cafe | Coffee/Tea | A | — |
| Joju | Asian/Asian Fusion | B | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (1 with three or more people sick), shared by 2 restaurants
4 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Toilet Facility, Rodents/Insects/Garbage), shared by 2 restaurants · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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.
3 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2018 (2 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.
| Subway | Grand Central-42 St — 4 5 6 7 S · 950 ft straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 42 St-Bryant Pk — 7 B D F M · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 5-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 46 St — M4 M5 · 200 ft |
| Citi Bike | E 46 St & Madison 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.
553 5 Avenue
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
70 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $54,000,000 on 2021-11-03 (lender: Acore Capital Mortgage, LP). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-03 | AL&R $54,000,000 — from 555 FIFTH AVENUE OWNER LLC to ACORE CAPITAL MORTGAGE, LP | $54,000,000 | |
| 2021-11-03 | Mortgage $54,000,000 — from 555 FIFTH AVENUE OWNER LLC to ACORE CAPITAL MORTGAGE, LP | $54,000,000 | |
| 2021-11-01 | RPTT&RET $50,000,000 — from TRELLIS CHARITABLE FUND to 555 FIFTH AVENUE ASSOCIATES L.P. | $50,000,000 | |
| 2013-05-09 | RPTT $71,500 — from GEP II, LLC to GLOBAL EXCESS PARTNERS, INC. | $71,500 | |
| 1996-09-26 | Mortgage $8,000,000 — from FIFTH AVENUE & 46THSTREET ASSOCIATES, L. to EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK | $8,000,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 68 |
| 2018 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 62 |
| 2019 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 58 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 26 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 58 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 27 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
Every one of the 980 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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