252 recorded events, 1976–2025, from 11 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 91 HPD complaints, 60 311 service requests, 41 ACRIS deeds & mortgages.
Full record, year by year Support this site
A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 87% 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 18.5. In ZIP 11211, 58% of residential buildings hold an A and 7% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
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.
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
5 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Graffiti (2) · Illegal Parking (1) · Dirty Condition (1) · GENERAL (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 (1910) |
| No | Six or more residential units (4) |
| 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) | FIFTH SOUTH PROPERTIES LLC |
| Head officer | MOSES GUTTMAN |
| Managing agent | NBM Management LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-11-21 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $952,800 | $428,760 |
| 2026 | $1,143,000 | $514,350 |
| 2027 | $1,372,000 | $617,400 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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 | Marcy Av — J M Z · 300 ft straight-line (about a 1-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Marcy Av / S 4 St — B24 B60 Q54 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | S 4 St & Rodney St · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: 319 (K-1), 414 (K-5). 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.
279 South 5 Street
| 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 |
5 311 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 NBM MANAGEMENT LLC — 43 buildings, 359 units. Grades across the portfolio: A1 · B7 · C14 · D15 · F5. See the whole portfolio
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,900,000 on 2022-09-29 (lender: Kearny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-05 | Agreement $1,900,000 — from FIFTH SOUTH PROPERTIES LLC to BPL MORTGAGE TRUST, LLC | $1,900,000 | |
| 2022-09-29 | Mortgage $1,900,000 — from FIFTH SOUTH PROPERTIES LLC to KEARNY BANK | $1,900,000 | |
| 2022-09-06 | Agreement $2,548,759 — from FIFTH SOUTH PROPERTIES LLC; 322 MANAGEMENT LLC to KEARNY BANK | $2,548,759 | |
| 2017-05-18 | AL&R $2,850,000 — from FIFTH SOUTH PROPERTIES LLC; 322 MANAGEMENT LLC to KEARNY BANK | $2,850,000 | |
| 2017-05-18 | Mortgage $2,850,000 — from FIFTH SOUTH PROPERTIES LLC; 322 MANAGEMENT LLC to KEARNY BANK | $2,850,000 | |
| 2013-08-21 | AL&R $8,000,000 — from GOLD 128 BOERUM LLC; GOLD SOUTH LLC; GOLD 423 WYTHE LLC; FIFTH SOUTH PROPERTIES LLC; 322 M to SIGNATURE BANK | $8,000,000 | |
| 2013-08-21 | SPRD $8,000,000 — from GOLD 423 WYTHE LLC; FIFTH SOUTH PROPERTIES LLC; GOLD 336 GRAND LLC; GOLD SOUTH LLC; 322 MA to SIGNATURE BANK | $8,000,000 | |
| 2010-02-19 | Agreement $720,000 — from GUTTMAN, MOSES; FIFTH SOUTH PROPERTIES LLC to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $720,000 | |
| 2010-02-19 | Mortgage $319,000 — from FIFTH SOUTH PROPERTIES LLC to MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA | $319,000 | |
| 2008-11-12 | Agreement $1,100,000 — from EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC to GUTTMAN, MOSES; 322 MANAGEMENT LLC; FIFTH SOUTH PROPERTIES LLC | $1,100,000 | |
| 2007-10-23 | Mortgage $1,100,000 — from 322 MANAGEMENT LLC; SOUTH FIFTH PROPERTIES LLC to EASTERN CAPITAL GROUP LLC | $1,100,000 | |
| 1998-07-31 | Mortgage $247,500 — from FELDMAN, ALLEN to NORWEST MORTGAGE OFNEW YORK, INC. | $247,500 |
| Year | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 2023 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
| 2024 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Every one of the 252 recorded events, 1976–2025, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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