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1133 5 Avenue

634Records
17City systems
0Open violations
5.5Penalty rate
Manhattan · ZIP 10128 · Neighborhood: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
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634 recorded events, 1973–2026, from 17 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 260 DOB permits, 126 DOB job filings, 59 asbestos filings.

BoroughManhattan 10128
Built1928
Floors14
Res. units17
ClassD4
Owner (PLUTO)1133 5 AVE CORP
BBL1015060003
BIN1047390

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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 72% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 5.5. In ZIP 10128, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 1% grade D or F. How grades work

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Among 46,798 6-24-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.

$6,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: General Construction/Plumbing (2) · Lost Property (2) · WATER LEAK (1) · Noise (1) · Street Condition (1) · Dead Animal (1).

Filed construction activity

$36,277,746 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (69 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 (1928)
YesSix or more residential units (17)
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)1133 FIFTH AVE CORPORATION
Head officerVICTOR K KIAM III
Managing agentFirstService Residential
Last registered2025-11-03

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

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$14,706,000 $6,617,700
2026$16,587,000 $7,464,150
2027$16,776,000 $7,549,200

The city's market estimate has risen 14% 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 $2,957,233 a year ($49.13 per sq ft), operating expenses $1,081,048 ($17.96 per sq ft), net operating income $1,876,185. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

Heating fuelNO2FUEL
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

Subway96 St — 6 · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 7-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
86 St — 4 5 6 · 0.5 mi straight-line (about a 12-minute walk) · station accessibility: partial (Uptown local only)
BusNearest boarding stop: 5 Av / E 94 St — M1 M2 M3 M4 · 200 ft
Citi BikeE 94 St & Madison Ave · 500 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

1133 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

8 311 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 FIRSTSERVICE RESIDENTIAL — 556 buildings, 66,420 units. Grades across the portfolio: A464 · B61 · C14 · D3 · F1. See the whole portfolio

BuildingBoroughUnitsGrade
1 Fordham Hill Oval BX1116 B
80 La Salle Street MN982 A
1 Tudor City Place MN799 A
85 Jay Street BK727 A
81-26 150 Street QN675 A
420 Kent Avenue BK605 A
1 Wall Street MN566 A
685 First Avenue MN556 A
150-10 71 Avenue QN536 B
185 Clinton Avenue BK520 B
401 1 Avenue MN510 B
160 West End Avenue MN508 A
26-10 Union Street QN504 A
425 East 63 Street MN495 A
11 Wharf Way BK487 A
99-32 66 Road QN483 B
11 Hoyt Street BK480 A
5600 Netherland Avenue BX462 A
13 Rector Street MN452 A
185 West End Avenue MN432 A
1524 3 Avenue MN430 A
345 Clinton Avenue BK424 B
360 Furman Street BK424 A
555 Kappock Street BX412 A
110-17 Queens Boulevard QN405 A
165 West End Avenue MN403 A
60 East 8 Street MN390 A
2039 Broadway MN387 A
26-21 Union Street QN384 A
3131 Brighton 13 Street BK383 A
16 Dupont Street BK381 A
141 Amsterdam Avenue MN378 A
125-10 Queens Boulevard QN377 A
384 Bridge Street BK371 A
772 Broadway MN360 A
402 Park Avenue South MN350 A
35-11 85 Street QN348 A
75 Wall Street MN346 A
267 Bond Street BK344 A
381 2 Avenue MN339 A
555 West 23 Street MN336 A
2 Tudor City Place MN334 A
1168 1 Avenue MN328 A
92-27 160 Street QN315 A
500 West 43 Street MN311 A
70th Street QN295 A
415 East 64 Street MN290 A
137-47 45 Avenue QN289 A
225 Rector Place MN285 A
20 West Street MN283 A
61 West 62 Street MN276 A
330 West 56 Street MN275 B
5 West 65 Street MN274 A
1992 Broadway MN271 A
195 3 Avenue MN270 A
11-12 30 Drive QN266 A
382 2 Avenue MN262 A
1659 2 Avenue MN258 A
800 Grand Concourse BX254 B
9201 Shore Road BK254 B

showing 60 of 556 buildings

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $45,000 on 2018-08-01 (lender: The Bank Of New York Mellon). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2026-05-15RPTT&RET $5,250,000 — from TIERNEY, PAUL E JR; TIERNEY, SUSAN SIMON to MAYER, MARGERY; MAYER, THEODORE $5,250,000
2026-05-06Sold for $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $308,824
2024-01-16RPTT&RET $30,600,000 — from KIAM FIFTH AVENUE II LLC; KIAM FIFTH AVENUE I LLC to 1133 CARNEGIE HILL 5TH AVENUE LLC $30,600,000
2024-01-04Sold for $30,600,000 $30,600,000 $1,800,000
2021-07-08RPTT&RET $26,500,000 — from HANNAN, JOHN; HANNAN, JUDITH to THE BLUE HOUSE TRUST; LEE EASTMAN, TRUSTEE $26,500,000
2021-06-02Sold for $26,500,000 $26,500,000 $1,558,824
2018-08-01AL&R $1,120,000 — from 1133 FIFTH AVENUE CORPORATION to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON $1,120,000
2018-08-01Agreement $1,120,000 — from 1133 FIFTH AVENUE CORPORATION to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON $1,120,000
2018-08-01Mortgage $45,000 — from 1133 FIFTH AVENUE CORPORATION to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON $45,000
2016-12-05RPTT&RET $500,000 — from WOODS, JR., WARD W; WOODS, PRISCILLA B to MOORE, JUDITH L; MOORE, THOMAS $500,000
2016-12-05RPTT&RET $500,000 — from WOODS, JR., WARD W; WOODS, PRISCILLA B to MOORE, JUDITH L; MOORE, THOMAS $500,000
2016-11-30Sold for $500,000 $500,000 $29,412
2016-11-23RPTT&RET $14,500,000 — from THE WARD WOODS CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNIT; WOODS, TRUSTEE, WARD W to G&G INVESTMENTS U/A/D JUNE 9, 2010; GULCELIK, TRUSTEE, SELIN; NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY OF DE $14,500,000
2016-11-18Sold for $14,500,000 $14,500,000 $852,941
2013-01-08RPTT&RET $1,580,000 — from NICKERSON, SUSAN to BERNSTEIN, TOM A; BERNSTEIN, ANDREA E $1,580,000

Ten-year activity

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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systemsTotal
2017040037
20180343414
2019203401037
2020402129
2021183310539
2022222201440
202343340757
2024498642491
202539030345
2026280321649
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The full timeline

Construction 386Enforcement 61Housing & tenants 36Ownership & money 56Health & systems 95

Every one of the 634 recorded events, 1973–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).

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