The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 77% 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 4. In ZIP 11220, 69% of residential buildings hold an A and
6% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
Open HPD violations
5 total — 0 class C (immediately hazardous), 5 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2002-09-24.
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
Patterns
4 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2023–24: 4).
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
7 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (3) · HEAT/HOT WATER (2) · UNSANITARY CONDITION (1) · Snow or Ice (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 (1927)
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 with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
5305 5TH AVE LLC
Head officer
MIGUEL HERNANDEZ
Managing agent
HERNCO, LLC
Last registered
2025-08-21
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$997,000
$448,650
2026
$1,196,000
$538,200
2027
$957,000
$430,650
The city's market estimate has fallen
4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
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
Subway
53 St — R · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none 59 St — N R · 0.3 mi straight-line (about an 8-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: 5 Av / 54 St — B63 · 100 ft
Citi Bike
53 St & 5 Ave · 100 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.
7 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 2 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.
2018-03-18Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-03-11311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2018-03-08311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-03-08Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-02-05311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-02-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-01-05311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-01-05311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-01-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-01-05Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-01-04311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2018-01-04Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017
2017-12-31311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2017-12-31311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017-12-31311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017-01-30311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2017-01-30Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2016
2016-05-28311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Music
2015
2015-09-01HPD class B: SECTION 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FRO
2015-03-03DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2013 INSPECTION REPORT
2011-08-08HPD class B: § 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW A
2011-08-08HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF BEDBUGS IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 3FLF, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTH
2011-08-08HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES AIR CONDITIONER PROTUD
2011-08-08HPD class B: § 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING LOCATED AT APT 3FLF, 3rd STORY, APARTMENT AT SOUTH
2011-08-04311: NONCONST — VERMIN
2011-08-04Tenant complaint: NONCONST — VERMIN
2010
2010-04-07311: Sanitation Condition — 15 Street Cond/Dump-Out/Drop-Off
2007
2007-08-21ECB Non-Hazardous violation: B4A,48A,50A,B,C,D,E,16.50A-NO CLEANOUT AT CHIMNEY BREACH.50B-NO CHECK VALVE BETWEEN BOILER & BREAKFLOW.50C-FRESH AIR FLUE PIPE DIS
2005
2005-01-13Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2002
2002-09-24HPD class B: § 27-2040 ADM CODE PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AT OR NEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCEWAY OF THE BUILDING AND KEEP SAME BURNING FROM SUNS
2000
2000-04-24Deed — from HERNANDEZ, MIGUEL to HERNCO LLC
1996
1996-11-06HPD class A: SECTION 27-2098 ADM CODE FILE WITH THIS DEPARTMENT A REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR BUILDING.
1986
1986-02-20Mortgage satisfied — from HERNANDEZ, MIGUEL to VASSILAKOS, HELEN
1981
1981-03-18Mortgage assigned — from VASSILAKOS HELEN to MORAL FUNDING CORP
1981-03-18Mortgage — from HERNANDEZ MIGUEL to VASSILAKOS HELEN
1981-03-18Deed — from VASSILAKOS HELEN to HERNANDEZ MIGUEL
1976
1976-11-16Deed — from VASSILAKOS PETER; VASSILAKOS HELEN; VASILAKOS PANAGIOTIS A to VASSILAKOS HELEN; GREECE LAKONIA
1975
1975-07-18Deed — from VASILAKOS ALEXANDER to VASILAKOS APOSTOLOS
1972
1972-06-20Deed — from S & M RLTY CORP to VASSILAKOS ALEXANDER; VASSILAKOS PETER
1972-06-20Mortgage — from VASSILAKOS PETER; VASSILAKOS ALEXANDER to ANCHOR SAVS BK
1968
1968-01-08Deed — from FRANKFURT MARY to S & M REALTY CORP