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1109 5 Avenue

441Records
17City systems
0Open violations
—Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10128 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
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441 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 103 DOB permits, 73 DOB violations, 65 DOB job filings.

BoroughManhattan 10128
Built1909
Floors7
Res. units0
ClassW7
Owner (PLUTO)THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA
BBL1015040001
BIN1047052

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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

15 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (6) · Lost Property (2) · Homeless Person Assistance (2) · New Tree Request (1) · Encampment (1) · Graffiti (1).

Filed construction activity

$10,383,774 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (35 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.

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$31,781,000 $14,301,450
2026$32,254,000 $14,514,300
2027$33,050,000 $14,872,500

The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: RELIGIOUS-SCHOOL

Building systems

Heating fuelNATURALGAS
Facade (Local Law 11)SAFE (cycle 10)

Restaurants in this building

RestaurantCuisineGradeNotes
Lox At the Jewish Museum BY David TeyfJewish/KosherGrade PendingMice evidence

Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint

1 restaurant · 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

Subway96 St — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
86 St — 4 5 6 · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 10-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only)
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / E 92 St — M1 M2 M3 M4 · 200 ft
Citi BikeE 94 St & Madison Ave · 700 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 198 Isidor E. Ida Straus
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

1109 5 Avenue

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

15 311 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: $27,000,000 on 1992-05-01 (lender: Trust Cultural Rsrcsetc). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2020-05-13Deed $33,072,265 — from MIDTOWN TRACKAGE VENTURES LLC to METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY $33,072,265
2020-03-04Deed $33,072,265 — from MIDTOWN TRACKAGE VENTURES LLC to METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY $33,072,265
2020-02-28Sold for $33,072,265 $33,072,265 $33,072,265
1992-05-01Mortgage $27,000,000 — from JEWISH THEOLOGICAL ETAL to TRUST CULTURAL RSRCSETC $27,000,000

Ten-year activity

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ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017155301033
2018183501036
20199210517
20209063220
202113050422
20222050815
202346100626
202425040635
2025177301340
20264321818
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The full timeline

Construction 196Enforcement 94Housing & tenants 55Ownership & money 16Health & systems 80

Every one of the 441 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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