259 5 Avenue
BBL 1008580078Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square · Manhattan
Floors
25
Built
1929
Area
444.7ksf
Units
0
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Address
PLUTO · DOF parcel identity
- Property address
- 259 5 AVENUE
- Alternate address(es)
- 261-263 5 Ave2-6 East 29 St
- Zip code
- 10016
- Neighborhood
- Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square
- Borough
- Manhattan
- Block & lot
- 00858-0078
Zoning & buildable
Lot 15,849 sf · C5-2
- Zoning district
- C5-2
- Landmark
- Madison Square North Historic District
- PLUTO building class
- O4
Madison Square North Historic District — LPC approval required for exterior changes visible from a public right-of-way.
FAR breakdown & buildable envelope — residential, commercial and community-facility headroom math in the full report.
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PLUTO · owner of record
261 FIFTH AVENUE TIC
- Ownership form
- Other
- Last recorded sale
- 21 yrs ago (Jul 2005)
Ownership history · 3 records since 2000 — the parties, amounts, and connected properties in the full report.
Sign in to see itTenancy & use
PLUTO units + DHCR rent-stabilization roll
0residential unitsnon-stabilized
- Residential sq. ft.
- 0
- Commercial sq. ft.
- 444,716
- PLUTO class
- O4
Lot
PLUTO · DOF parcel geometry
- Lot area
- 15,849 sf
- Dimensions
- 98.8 × 160.5 ft
- Position
- Mid-block · south side
- Front street
- E 29 ST
- D/F ratio
- 1.6 — typical NYC block geometry
Financial
NYC Department of Finance · assessment + last recorded sale
- Total assessment
- $54.3M
- Land value
- $11.1M
- $/sf (implied)
- $122
Last recorded sale
$180,000,000 · Jul 2005
Debt history · 3 mortgages on record · refinance-window signal detected — lenders, amounts and maturity timing in the full report.
Sign in to see itCompliance
HPD & DOB · violations + complaints + jobs
Minor activity
4 open HPD violations · 0 open HPD complaints · 13 active DOB jobs
- HPD violations (24 months)
- 0
- DOB violations (24 months)
- 3
- HPD complaints (24 months)
- 0
- HPD complaints (open)
- 0
- DOB jobs (24 months)
- 31
$7.0M in alteration permits over last 24 months
Provenance
Every datum on this page is sourced from public NYC + federal datasets, refreshed on the schedule below.
| Source | What it covers | Last refresh |
|---|---|---|
| PLUTO | NYC DCP · physical / zoning / ownership baseline | Jul 9, 2026 |
| ACRIS | NYC DOF · deed + mortgage history | Jul 9, 2026 |
| HPD | Housing Preservation & Development · violations + complaints | Jul 9, 2026 |
| DOB | Department of Buildings · violations + permits | Jul 9, 2026 |
| DHCR | Rent Stabilization roll (through 2024) | Jul 9, 2026 |
| LPC | Landmarks Preservation Commission · landmark status | not loaded |
| Footprint | NYC DoITT photogrammetric building polygons | not loaded |
Assembled at Jul 9, 2026. Discrepancies between sources reflect upstream-data quality, not assembly bugs — file in our quality tracker.