870 5 Avenue
BBL 1013830001Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill · Manhattan
Floors
20
Built
1949
Area
235.4ksf
Units
94
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Address
PLUTO · DOF parcel identity
- Property address
- 870 5 AVENUE
- Alternate address(es)
- 871-872 5 Ave1-3 East 68 St
- Zip code
- 10065
- Neighborhood
- Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
- Borough
- Manhattan
- Block & lot
- 01383-0001
Zoning & buildable
Lot 17,750 sf · R10 / R8B
- Zoning district
- R10 / R8B
- Special district
- PI
- Limited height district
- LH-1A
- Landmark
- Upper East Side Historic District
- PLUTO building class
- D4
Upper East Side Historic District — LPC approval required for exterior changes visible from a public right-of-way.
Limited Height District LH-1A — caps total building height regardless of FAR. Verify cap before underwriting any expansion.
Special District PI — district-specific bulk and use rules may override the base FAR analysis.
FAR breakdown & buildable envelope — residential, commercial and community-facility headroom math in the full report.
Sign in to see itOwnership
PLUTO · owner of record
870 FIFTH AVE CORP
- Ownership form
- Co-op
- Co-op
- Building-level ownership · units are shares, not lots
- Last recorded sale
- None since 2000
Tenancy & use
PLUTO units + DHCR rent-stabilization roll
94residential unitsnon-stabilized
- Residential sq. ft.
- 227,448
- Commercial sq. ft.
- 8,000
- PLUTO class
- D4
Lot
PLUTO · DOF parcel geometry
- Lot area
- 17,750 sf
- Dimensions
- 100.0 × 200.0 ft
- Position
- Mid-block · north side
- Front street
- E 68 ST
- D/F ratio
- 2.0 — typical NYC block geometry
Financial
NYC Department of Finance · assessment + last recorded sale
- Total assessment
- $29.3M
- Land value
- $7.8M
- Exempt
- $18K($29.2M taxable)
- $/sf (implied)
- $124
Debt history · 3 mortgages on record — lenders, amounts and maturity timing in the full report.
Sign in to see itCompliance
HPD & DOB · violations + complaints + jobs
Significant violations
160 open HPD violations · 0 open HPD complaints · 13 active DOB jobs
- HPD violations (24 months)
- 4
- DOB violations (24 months)
- 1
- HPD complaints (24 months)
- 11
- HPD complaints (open)
- 0
- DOB jobs (24 months)
- 20
$7.4M 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.