No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.
Evictions
No executed evictions on record for this building.
Rent regulation
Likely rent-stabilized
The owner registered 3 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 65 apartments.
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19
20
21
22
23
2018 — 3 units registered2023 — 3
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.
Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.
Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2018-01-165+ YRS OLD
§ 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO HAVE KEY TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM MISSING AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 5CIssued 2008-06-185+ YRS OLD
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2008-06-185+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCK ENTRANCE DOOR TO VESTIBULE.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 1991-04-305+ YRS OLDRENT-IMPAIRING
§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING DOUBLE CYLINDER KEY OPERATED LOCKED INSTALLED AT ENTRANCE DOOR TO BLDG.
Status: Notice issued, not yet certified
311 complaints from tenants
No 311 housing complaints on record for this building.
The building
1925
Built
16
Floors
65
Residential units
Elevator apartments
Type
Energy-efficiency grade
A
Grade A — most efficient
ENERGY STAR score 95 of 100
Posted at the entrance of buildings over 25,000 sq ft (Local Law 33). It rates energy efficiency — a proxy for comfort and utility cost — not the landlord's upkeep.
Unpaid city fines
$0
Balance due (active)
6
Active violations
2
Lost by default
DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.
The owner filed 8 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.
City debt & tax-lien sale
Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.
Concern level3 of 4
High
014 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 16 apartments
022 open rent-impairing violation(s)
035 active DOB violation(s)
042 DOB fines lost by default (unpaid)
How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.
DOB building violations
5
Active
32
On record
0
Active, last 3 yrs
ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2009-01-01
ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED2008-01-03
ACTIVE · LL1198-LOCAL LAW 11/98 - FACADE FACADE OPTIONAL2007-11-30
Landlord and related buildings
Registered owner
45 FIFTH AVENUE APT. CORP
Head officer
James Caspi
Managing agent
PLYMOUTH MANAGEMENT GROUP
No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.
borrower 45 FIFTH AVENUE APT. CORP., · lender NEW YORK COMMERCIAL BANK
Mortgage2006-12-26$540,963.22
borrower 45 FIFTH AVENUE APT. CORP. · lender SOVEREIGN BANK
Mortgage1999-04-27$43,535.39
borrower 45 FIFTH AVENUE APT.CORP. · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK
Mortgage1983-04-14$473,278.5
borrower 45 FIFTH AVE APT.CORP. · lender CASPI, JOSEPH J.
From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.
Neighborhood crime
Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
606
NYPD reports · last 12 mo
51
≈ per month
Felony186
Misdemeanor367
Violation53
NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.
Neighborhood noise
Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks
844
Noise reports · last 12 mo
70
≈ per month
26
% from neighbors
Residential223
Unspecified212
Street/Sidewalk183
Commercial149
Vehicle74
Helicopter2
Park1
311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.