329 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 99 DOB permits, 64 DOB job filings, 50 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
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The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. More recorded distress than 81% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 5. In ZIP 10065, 78% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 2 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 1989-09-07. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (7) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (3) · Street Condition (2) · Homeless Person Assistance (1) · Rodent (1).
$2,266,327 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (14 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.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1896) |
| No | Six or more residential units (5) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 828 FIFTH AVENUE OWNERS CORP |
| Head officer | JODI FINKELSTEIN |
| Managing agent | ARGO REAL ESTATE LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-09-15 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13,152,000 | $5,918,400 |
| 2026 | $14,029,000 | $6,313,050 |
| 2027 | $14,792,000 | $6,656,400 |
The city's market estimate has risen 12% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
| Facade (Local Law 11) | SAFE (cycle 9) |
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.
2 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2014 (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.
| Subway | 5 Av/59 St — N R W · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Lexington Av/63 St — M Q · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / E 63 St — M1 M2 M3 M4 · 300 ft |
| Citi Bike | 5 Ave & E 63 St · 400 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.
828 5 Avenue
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Anything else | Anything else |
14 311 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.
Managed by ARGO REAL ESTATE, LLC — 140 buildings, 9,601 units. Grades across the portfolio: A126 · B14. See the whole portfolio
showing 60 of 140 buildings
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,480,335 on 2022-09-06 (lender: New York Community Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-06 | AL&R $3,000,000 — from 828 FIFTH AVENUE OWNERS CORP. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,000,000 | |
| 2022-09-06 | Mortgage $1,480,336 — from 828 FIFTH AVENUE OWNERS CORP. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $1,480,336 | |
| 2022-09-06 | Agreement $3,000,000 — from 828 FIFTH AVENUE OWNERS CORP. to NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK | $3,000,000 | |
| 2016-12-12 | RPTT&RET $5,100,000 — from RENDON, ALEJANDRO OLAZABAL; OLAZABAL DE CASO, XIMENA; OLAZABAL , EUGENIA RENDON DE to CINCO ON FIFTH, LLC; TRES FIFTH AVENUE CORP. | $5,100,000 | |
| 2016-11-28 | RPTT&RET $4,000,000 — from ADOLFO F. SARDINA TRUST U/T/D 12/21/83; SARDINA, AS TRUSTEE, ADOLFO F; PALUMBO, AS TRUSTE to TWIN-828 FIFTH LLC | $4,000,000 | |
| 2014-09-29 | AL&R $500,000 — from 828 FIFTH AVENUE OWNERS CORP. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $500,000 | |
| 2014-09-29 | Mortgage $500,000 — from 828 FIFTH AVENUE OWNERS CORP. to NATIONAL CONSUMER COOPERATIVE BANK | $500,000 | |
| 2014-09-29 | AL&R $1,800,000 — from 828 FIFTH AVENUE OWNERS CORP. to NCB, FSB | $1,800,000 | |
| 2014-09-29 | Agreement $1,800,000 — from 828 FIFTH AVENUE OWNERS CORP. to NCB, FSB | $1,800,000 | |
| 2014-09-29 | Mortgage $337,089 — from 828 FIFTH AVENUE OWNERS CORP. to NCB, FSB | $337,089 | |
| 2008-02-19 | RPTT&RET $11,000,000 — from TRB, INC. to TWIN-828 FIFTH LLC | $11,000,000 | |
| 2007-02-22 | RPTT&RET $8,500,000 — from THE BIRNBAUM 2002 TRUST; BIRNBAUM, TRUSTEE, EILEEN S; BIRNBAUM, TRUSTEE, JOEL S to TWIN-828 FIFTH LLC | $8,500,000 | |
| 2006-11-24 | RPTT&RET $4,700,000 — from BRIGHENTI, STEPHEN R to TWIN-828 FIFTH LLC | $4,700,000 | |
| 2005-06-24 | RPTT&RET $9,750,000 — from 828 FIFTH AVE. INC. to TWIN-828 FIFTH LLC | $9,750,000 | |
| 2005-06-24 | RPTT&RET $9,750,000 — from 828 FIFTH AVE. INC. to TWIN-828 FIFTH LLC | $9,750,000 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 2023 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Every one of the 329 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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