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920 5 Avenue

552Records
15City systems
0Open violations
0Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10021 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
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552 recorded events, 1967–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 195 DOB permits, 113 DOB job filings, 79 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.

BoroughManhattan 10021
Built1922
Floors14
Res. units26
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)920 FIFTH AVE CORP
BBL1013870069
BIN1041486

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GRADE A

The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 100% of 25-99-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 25-99-unit residential buildings is 23.6 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 0. In ZIP 10021, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
B
C

Among 17,252 25-99-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.

What 311 hears from this address

7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (2) · Dirty Condition (1) · Street Sign (1) · New Tree Request (1) · Sidewalk Condition (1) · Obstruction (1).

Filed construction activity

$13,799,242 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (53 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 (1922)
YesSix or more residential units (26)
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)920 FIFTH AVENUE CORPORATION
Head officerJOHn CARLOVICh
Managing agentBHS RESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Last registered2025-09-22

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$30,837,000 $13,876,650
2026$33,377,000 $15,019,650
2027$33,446,000 $15,050,700

The city's market estimate has risen 8% 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 2021 estimate: gross income $6,025,740 a year ($56.08 per sq ft), operating expenses $2,184,438 ($20.33 per sq ft), net operating income $3,841,302. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Energy grade (LL33)B — ENERGY STAR score 70/100 (2022 disclosure cycle)
Facade (Local Law 11)SWARMP — "Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program": known facade conditions that must be repaired (cycle 9)

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

Subway77 St — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / E 72 St — M1 M2 M3 M4 · 300 ft
Citi Bike5 Ave & E 72 St · 150 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake
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

920 5 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

7 311 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.

The landlord's report card

Managed by BHS RESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT LLC — 17 buildings, 677 units. Grades across the portfolio: A17. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
117 East 57 Street MN230 A
1220 Park Avenue MN56 A
993 Park Avenue MN50 A
965 5 Avenue MN47 A
1017 Lexington Avenue MN43 A
1115 5 Avenue MN41 A
43 West 64 Street MN34 A
1021 Park Avenue MN28 A
920 5 Avenue MN26 A
66 East 79 Street MN20 A
133 East 80 Street MN19 A
901 Lexington Avenue MN17 A
633 Park Avenue MN16 A
845 5 Avenue MN16 A
800 Park Avenue MN16 A
660 Park Avenue MN12 A
990 5 Avenue MN6 A

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $950,000 on 2026-07-21 (lender: Citizens Bank, N.A.). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-07-21Mortgage $950,000 — from 920 FIFTH AVENUE CORPORATION to CITIZENS BANK, N.A. $950,000
2026-07-21Agreement $4,000,000 — from 920 FIFTH AVENUE CORPORATION to CITIZENS BANK, N.A. $4,000,000
2026-07-21AL&R $4,000,000 — from 920 FIFTH AVENUE CORPORATION to CITIZENS BANK, N.A. $4,000,000
2026-06-26RPTT&RET $6,500,000 — from BETH D. TRACHTENBERG, TRUSTEE; THE LESTER L. WEINDLING NEW REVOCABLE TR to VILLAMIZAR, ANDRES; TOVAR, ANDREA $6,500,000
2026-06-11Sold for $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $250,000
2025-01-28RPTT&RET $15,000,000 — from BLOCK, BARBARA H to WASSERMAN, CAROLYN BALLAN; WASSERMAN, DAVID H $15,000,000
2025-01-16Sold for $15,000,000 $15,000,000 $576,923
2024-08-23RPTT&RET $17,077,500 — from RUBLER, ALLISON L; RUBLER, NEIL L to KELLEY, SUZANNE; BLOCK, KEITH $17,077,500
2024-08-21Sold for $17,077,500 $17,077,500 $656,827
2024-05-29RPTT&RET $21,000,000 — from ANNE E. MCCABE, TRUSTEE; MCCABE, ROBERT A; MCCABE APARTMENT TRUST; GEORGE F. MCCABE, TRUST to TRUST UA FIFTH OF LWT OF ROBERT S. OLNIC; ALLISON RUBLER, TRUSTEE; JAY E. RIVL $21,000,000
2024-05-20Sold for $21,000,000 $21,000,000 $807,692
2024-01-09RPTT&RET $6,787,500 — from CAROLINE DELPERCIO, AS TRUSTEE; TIMOTHY T. RENYI, AS TRUSTEE; RENYI FAMILY 2020 TRUST; CHR to CRISTINA OLIVERA HOFFMAN, AS TRUSTEE; KRMS TRUST $6,787,500
2024-01-04Sold for $6,787,500 $6,787,500 $261,058
2023-08-25RPTT&RET $11,000,000 — from VILCEK, JAN T; VILCEK, MARICA F to BEWKES, JEFFREY L; BEWKES, LISA L $11,000,000
2023-08-15Sold for $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $423,077

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
67
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
20175029420
20183632101667
201919432533
202016112020
2021111003
2022002305
20236112616
202480410022
2025260242355
202628037038
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The full timeline

Construction 308Enforcement 51Housing & tenants 32Ownership & money 101Health & systems 60

Every one of the 552 recorded events, 1967–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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