A meaningful record of code violations or complaints relative to its peers. More recorded distress than 93% 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 40. In ZIP 11220, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and
6% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
C
Among 699,345 1-5-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.
$3,125 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
What 311 hears from this address
10 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Plumbing (2) · Dirty Condition (2) · Dead/Dying Tree (1) · Hazardous Materials (1) · Sewer (1) · Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint (1).
Filed construction activity
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.
Rent-stabilization signals
Yes
Built before 1974 (1935)
No
Six or more residential units (1)
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).
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$819,000
$368,550
2026
$731,000
$328,950
2027
$729,000
$328,050
The city's market estimate has fallen
11% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
1 Food Establishment complaint to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Food Temperature) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
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
2025 (1 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
Subway
45 St — R · 700 ft straight-line (about a 3-minute walk) · station accessibility: none
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 45 St — B63 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
48 St & 5 Ave · 550 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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.
10 311 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: $90,000 on
1985-11-27 (lender: Hernandez, Miguel). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid
down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded
document.
Date
Record
Amount
Per res. unit
1985-11-27
Mortgage $90,000 — from HERNANDEZ, NELSON; HERNANDEZ, MIGUEL JR. to HERNANDEZ, MIGUEL
$90,000
Ten-year activity
1050
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
10
2024
2025
2026
EnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
2
0
2
2018
0
0
0
0
0
2019
0
1
0
0
1
2020
0
3
0
0
3
2021
3
4
0
0
7
2022
0
0
0
0
0
2023
2
2
0
0
4
2024
6
2
0
2
10
2025
2
6
0
0
8
2026
0
2
0
1
3
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ECB CLASS - 2 violation: I OBSERVED THAT THE FRESH AIR VENT OUTSIDE OF 4518 5TH AVE IS LESS THAN 6 INCHES FROM PAVEMENT WHICH IS PROHIBITED AS PER PC 703.7
The full timeline
2026
2026-09-10311: Food Establishment — Food Temperature
2026-04-20Restaurant inspection: POLLO CAMPERO — grade A
2025
2025-12-01ECB CLASS - 2 violation: I OBSERVED THAT THE FRESH AIR VENT OUTSIDE OF 4518 5TH AVE IS LESS THAN 6 INCHES FROM PAVEMENT WHICH IS PROHIBITED AS PER PC 703.7
2025-10-04311: Sanitation Worker or Vehicle Complaint — Inappropriate Behavior
2024-09-22311: Dead/Dying Tree — Planted More Than 2 Years Ago
2024-08-26Restaurant inspection: POLLO CAMPERO — grade A
2024-08-21DOB violation AEUHAZ1: FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
2024-06-25DOB complaint, category ?
2024-06-24Restaurant inspection: POLLO CAMPERO
2024-06-17ECB CLASS - 1 violation: CEASE USE WILLIAMSON GWA-52 BOILER=GAS LOCKED BY UTILITY SPILLING DOWN DRAFT IN CHIMNEY+BOILER ROOM COMBUSTION AIR OUTSIDE INLET L$3,125
2024-06-17ECB CLASS - 3 violation: WILLIAMSON GWA-105 BOILER=UNUSEDÝSTORE HAS HVAC¨ AND NOT LEGALLY ABANDONED, MAINTAIN BOILER; CORRECT VIOLATION AND SUBMIT THE CERT
2024-06-13DOB complaint, category ?
2023
2023-07-19311: Lead — Lead Kit Request (Residential) (L10)
2023-04-08311: Mobile Food Vendor — Food Source/Protection
2021-02-25311: Food Establishment — Food Temperature
2021-02-25311: Food Poisoning — 1 or 2
2020
2020-09-23311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2020-05-17311: Non-Emergency Police Matter — Face Covering Violation
2020-03-21311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Music
2019
2019-11-16311: Broken Parking Meter — Out of Order
2017
2017-10-11Deed — from HERNCO, LLC to 4518 FIFTH AVENUE LLC
2017-10-06Deed transfer (nominal price)
2016
2016-06-01DOB complaint, category ?
2015
2015-12-04DOB complaint, category ?
2015-10-16Permit EW — ISSUED
2015-09-30Job filed: FILING FOR A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. GAS VALVE WAS FILED UNDER APPL#340293863. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$3,000
2015-09-30Job filed: FILING FOR A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. GAS VALVE WAS FILED UNDER APPL#340293863. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.$3,000
2015-09-15Permit PL — ISSUED
2015-08-28Permit EW — ISSUED
2015-08-28Permit EW — ISSUED
2015-08-28Permit EQ — ISSUED
2015-08-18Job filed: FILE HEREWITH, INTERIOR RENOVATION OF AN EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT (POLLO CAMPERO) NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS, OR OCCUPANCY$117,250
2015-04-24311: Broken Muni Meter — No Receipt
2014
2014-01-27FDNY inspection (RISK)
2013
2013-04-09Permit PL — ISSUED
2013-04-09Permit EW — ISSUED
2013-01-24Job filed: A2$44,511
2013-01-14Permit PL — ISSUED
2012
2012-09-19Permit EW — ISSUED
2012-08-15Job filed: PROPOSED MINOR REPAIR ON EXITING APARTMENT ON 3RD FLOOR AND PAINTING THROUGHOUT, FLOORING WORK ON SECOND FLOOR OFFICE. REPLACE EXISITNG FIXTURES ON BO$33,500
2012-05-22Permit EQ — ISSUED
2012-05-22Job filed: INSTALLATION OF 35 LINEAR FEET OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED DURING BUILDING ALTERATION, FILED SEPARATELY. LIVE LOAD 300 PSF. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY