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781 5 Avenue

2,184Records
19City systems
0Open violations
4.1Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10022 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
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2,184 recorded events, 1969–2026, from 19 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 742 DOB permits, 396 311 service requests, 391 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10022
Built1927
Floors38
Res. units169
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)SHERRY NETHERLAND INC (THE)
BBL1013740001
BIN1040751

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 52% of 100+-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 100+-unit residential buildings is 3.7 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 4.1. In ZIP 10022, 72% of residential buildings hold an A and 6% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
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Among 4,677 100+-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

$71,980 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

67 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Panhandling (9) · Lost Property (6) · Mobile Food Vendor (5) · Illegal Parking (5) · Consumer Complaint (4) · Vendor Enforcement (4).

Filed construction activity

$43,904,542 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (149 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.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1927)
YesSix or more residential units (169)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)THE SHERRY-NETHERLAND, INC
Head officerMICHAEL HORVITZ
Managing agentTHE SHERRY-NETHERLAND
Last registered2025-09-23

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$104,839,000 $47,177,550
2026$110,173,000 $49,577,850
2027$110,282,000 $49,626,900

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

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this co-op as if it were a rental building. Its 2022 estimate: gross income $18,474,259 a year ($58.74 per sq ft), operating expenses $5,356,088 ($17.03 per sq ft), net operating income $13,118,170. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)F — did not submit required benchmarking data, posted at the entrance by law (2022 disclosure cycle)
Facade (Local Law 11)UNSAFE — unsafe conditions reported (cycle 9)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Doubles ClubAmericanAMice evidence
Harry CiprianiItalianA—

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

2 restaurants · 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

Subway5 Av/59 St — N R W · 150 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
57 St — M · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / W 59 St — M1 M4 · 150 ft
Citi BikeCentral Park S & Grand Army Plaza · 250 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: East Side Elementary School, PS 267
Middle: J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner. 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

781 5 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Food poisoningFood poisoning
Food safety complaintFood safety complaint
Anything elseAnything else

67 311 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: $10,700,000 on 2020-08-05 (lender: Union Fidelity Life Insurance Company). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-09-17RPTT&RET $10,000,000 — from BROAD REVOCABLE TRUST; EDYTHE L. BROAD, TRUSTEE; GERUN RILEY, TRUSTEE; PAUL N. FRIMMER, TR to EISNER, JANE B; EISNER, MICHAEL D $10,000,000
2026-09-09Sold for $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $59,172
2026-08-05RPTT&RET $2,750,000 — from THE GUARDIANSHIP OF ANNA GARY to THOMAS, MARLO $2,750,000
2026-08-05RPTT&RET $2,750,000 — from THE GUARDIANSHIP OF ANNA GARY to THOMAS, MARLO $2,750,000
2026-08-05RPTT&RET $2,750,000 — from THE GUARDIANSHIP OF ANNA GARY to THOMAS, MARLO $2,750,000
2026-06-29RPTT&RET $2,350,000 — from ROSE, CHARLES P JR. to THE MALLORY FAMILY TRUST DATED JULY 15, ; MALLORY, TRUSTEE, TRACY H; MALLORY, TRUSTEE, JOH $2,350,000
2026-06-24Sold for $2,350,000 $2,350,000 $13,905
2026-06-24Sold for $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $16,272
2026-03-12RPTT&RET $430,000 — from 781 FIFTH 1516 LLC to 781 FIFTH AVE 1516 LLC $430,000
2026-03-09Sold for $430,000 $430,000 $2,544
2026-03-03RPTT&RET $950,000 — from RONALD D. ABRAMSON, TRUSTEE; ROBERT P. KOGOD, TRUSTEE; MENACHEM GOTTLIEB, TRUSTEE; CLARICE to SHERRY 1214 LLC $950,000
2026-02-11Sold for $950,000 $950,000 $5,621
2025-11-24RPTT&RET $2,600,000 — from ESTATE OF GARY WINNICK; KAREN WINNICK, EXECUTOR to RODITI APARTMENTS LLC $2,600,000
2025-11-12Sold for $2,600,000 $2,600,000 $15,385
2025-11-12RPTT&RET $500,000 — from OSER, KIMBERLY F. to CARDUNER, WENDY $500,000

Ten-year activity

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2024
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2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
201718228161478
201837120101482
20192511211655
20202011258165
202118101312053
202231141812378
20234041881484
20244711241711110
2025651323115117
202641112114491
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The full timeline

Construction 1,133Enforcement 233Housing & tenants 417Ownership & money 322Health & systems 79

Every one of the 2,184 recorded events, 1969–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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