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5 West 53 Street · Manhattan · BBL 1012697501 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE Print / save PDF

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Where the penalty points come from

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.

$1,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.

What 311 hears from this address

265 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Illegal Parking (148) · Non (68) · Vendor Enforcement (29) · Noise (10) · Encampment (2) · For Hire Vehicle Complaint (1).

Filed construction activity

$12,021,442 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (107 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

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 with HPD — the names behind the building

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

What the city thinks it's worth

The city's market estimate has fallen 23% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Tax exemptions on the roll: TRUST FOR CULT RSRCE

For property tax, the Department of Finance values this condo as if it were a rental building. Its 2023 estimate: gross income $33,519,920 a year ($66.64 per sq ft), operating expenses $11,171,630 ($22.21 per sq ft), net operating income $22,348,290. These are the city's estimates from comparable rentals, not the building's actual budget, rents or maintenance charges.

Building systems

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.

1 street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints at this address since 2011 (0 in the last three years).

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

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

5 West 53 Street Copy address

265 311 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 DOUGLAS ELLIMAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT — 313 buildings, 53,552 units. Grades across the portfolio: A294 · B9 · C2 · D3. See the whole portfolio

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Sales, deeds & mortgages

Ten-year activity

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Year	Construction	Enforcement	Housing & tenants	Ownership & money	Health & systems	Total
2017	14	3	5	86	10	118
2018	20	9	1	552	3	585
2019	23	3	6	293	8	333
2020	19	0	8	47	3	77
2021	26	1	6	53	5	91
2022	10	1	6	76	6	99
2023	23	1	40	77	8	149
2024	25	4	148	574	4	755
2025	17	4	86	64	5	176
2026	11	0	20	49	3	83

The last 12 months — 123 records

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