# 39 5 Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1005680004/39-5-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1005680004 · BIN 1009251 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 1 open class-C HPD violation (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 58 apartments
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 3 active DOB violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 6 stabilized units for 2023, of about 58 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 9, 2019: 11, 2020: 11, 2021: 12, 2022: 7, 2023: 6.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1922, 14 floors, 58 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

36 open (class C immediately hazardous: 1, class B hazardous: 26, class A non-hazardous: 9); 70 on record.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

3 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 33 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 18 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 58 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (15), PLUMBING (10), FLOORING/STAIRS (10), GENERAL (8), APPLIANCE (7).

## Bedbugs

8 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 39 FIFTH AVENUE OWNERS CORP
- Agent: THE LOVETT COMPANY LLC
- HeadOfficer: NATHANIAL BRISTOL
- Officer: MITCH UNGER
- SiteManager: FRANCIS MALANE

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1005680004/39-5-avenue-manhattan