179 recorded events, 1972–2026, from 14 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 55 ACRIS deeds & mortgages, 44 311 service requests, 15 HPD housing violations.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 75% 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. In ZIP 11215, 70% of residential buildings hold an A and 4% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 3 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 1996-09-09. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
2 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
8 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Street Condition (4) · Illegal Parking (1) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1) · Snow or Ice (1) · HEAT/HOT WATER (1).
No permitted work with a declared cost filed in the last decade. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1920) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (6) |
| No | 421-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 owner(s) | 229 FIFTH AVE REALTY INC |
| Head officer | NICHOLAS G KOTSONIS |
| Managing agent | 229 5TH AVENUE REALTY INC. |
| Last registered | 2025-10-11 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,566,400 | $1,604,880 |
| 2026 | $2,853,000 | $1,283,850 |
| 2027 | $2,796,000 | $1,258,200 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 22% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pink Lotus Gourmet | Southeast Asian | A | Mice evidence |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
1 restaurant · 1 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
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.
| Subway | Union St — R · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 7 Av — B Q · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: none |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / Union St — B63 · 250 ft |
| Citi Bike | Carroll St & 5 Ave · 200 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Shared bike route mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: P.S. 321 William Penn. 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.
229 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 |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
8 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 1 of them about heat or hot water.
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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,461,285 on 2012-10-16 (lender: Investors Bank), covering 2 lots — the amount covers all of them. Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-14 | Agreement $3,075,000 — from JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. to 229 FIFTH AVE. REALTY, INC. | $3,075,000 | |
| 2022-02-14 | Mortgage $211,014 — from 229 FIFTH AVE. REALTY, INC. to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | $211,014 | |
| 2016-12-15 | Agreement $3,200,000 — from 229 FIFTH AVE. REALTY, INC. to DIME COMMUNITY BANK | $3,200,000 | |
| 2016-12-15 | AL&R $3,200,000 — from 229 FIFTH AVE. REALTY, INC. to DIME COMMUNITY BANK | $3,200,000 | |
| 2012-10-16 | Mortgage $1,461,285 — from 229 FIFTH AVE. REALTY, INC.; 917 8TH AVENUE REALTY LLC to INVESTORS BANK | $1,461,285 | |
| 2012-10-16 | Agreement $3,700,000 — from 917 8TH AVENUE REALTY LLC; 229 FIFTH AVE. REALTY, INC. to INVESTORS BANK | $3,700,000 | |
| 2012-10-16 | AL&R $3,700,000 — from 917 8TH AVENUE REALTY LLC; 229 FIFTH AVE. REALTY, INC. to INVESTORS BANK | $3,700,000 | |
| 2008-08-25 | Mortgage $846,308 — from 229 FIFTH AVE. REALTY, INC. | $846,308 | |
| 2008-08-25 | Agreement $1,685,000 — from 229 FIFTH AVE. REALTY, INC. to CAPITAL ONE, N. A. | $1,685,000 | |
| 2008-08-25 | AL&R $1,685,000 — from 229 FIFTH AVE. REALTY, INC. to CAPITAL ONE, N. A. | $1,685,000 | |
| 2003-09-06 | Mortgage $390,780 — from 229 FIFTH AVE. REALTY, INC to THE ROSLYN SAVINGS BANK | $390,780 | |
| 2000-07-14 | Mortgage $380,212 — from 229 FIFTH AVE REALTYINC to ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $380,212 | |
| 1997-08-04 | Mortgage $50,755 — from 229 FIFTH AVE REALTYINC to SANTIAGO, BENITO G | $50,755 | |
| 1994-12-02 | Mortgage $190,000 — from A-1 INC to RISKIN, MARTIN | $190,000 | |
| 1993-09-10 | Mortgage $67,850 — from MANNIN REALTY CORP to RISKIN, MARTIN | $67,850 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2026 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Every one of the 179 recorded events, 1972–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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