12 5 Avenue

Manhattan, NY

BBL 1-00572-0043BIN 1009431

Concern level2 of 4

Moderate

011 active DOB violation(s)
021 open HPD violation(s)

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.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 32 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 33 apartments.

2018 — 32 units registered2023 — 32

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1903

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building24 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

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 B · HAZARDOUSApt 73Issued 2011-05-025+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CERAMIC FLOOR TILES IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 73, 7th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water7

Unsanitary Condition3

Electric1

Paint/Plaster1

Plumbing1

Unsanitary ConditionPests2024-11-05 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionPests2024-10-25 · closed

Heat/Hot WaterEntire Building2024-08-13 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

596

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk129

Residential126

Park116

Unspecified105

Vehicle70

Commercial47

Helicopter3

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — 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.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

274

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony100

Misdemeanor137

Violation37

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 crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 9 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL2023-02-18

BUILDING IS ADJACENT TO JOBSITE AT 14 5TH AVE AND IS SHOWING SIGNS OF MOVEMENT WITH NUMEROUS CRACKS AT NEXT PROPERTY KNOWN AS 10 5TH AVE.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

No HPD housing-court cases on record for this building.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

UNITED FIFTH LLC

Head officer

MARK HAROUNIAN

Managing agent

UNITED FIFTH LLC

24 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

102 GREENWICH AVENUEMANHATTAN 163 CHRYSTIE STREETMANHATTAN 172 MULBERRY STREETMANHATTAN 208 WEST 16 STREETMANHATTAN 217 WEST 16 STREETMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

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.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2012-02-01 · $12,500,000

Most recent mortgage2019-10-31 · $20,000

Mortgage2019-10-31$20,000

borrower UNITED FIFTH, LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2015-01-05$11,000,000

borrower UNITED FIFTH, LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2015-01-05$3,449,324.85

borrower UNITED FIFTH, LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Sale2012-02-01$12,500,000

MAR-MART REALTY CO. INC. → UNITED FIFTH, LLC

Mortgage2012-02-01$5,586,390.13

borrower UNITED FIFTH, LLC · lender NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK

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.

Ownership & money

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.

City debt & tax-lien sale