# 1255 5 Avenue, Manhattan, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/1016137501/1255-5-avenue-manhattan).
BBL 1016137501 · BIN 1051516 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 5 active DOB violation(s)
- 2 open HPD 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

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1925, 8 floors, 49 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

2 open (class C immediately hazardous: 0, class B hazardous: 2, class A non-hazardous: 0); 3 on record.

## DOB building violations

5 active (2 issued in the last 3 years); 34 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 14 on record; 0 decided by default; $1,250 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

11 in the last 12 months; 11 on record.
Most common: PAINT/PLASTER (4), DOOR/WINDOW (2), UNSANITARY CONDITION (2), WATER LEAK (2), ELECTRIC (1).

## 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)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 1255 FIFTH CONDOMINIUM
- Agent: Gumley Haft
- HeadOfficer: GERRARD BUSHELL
- Officer: JAMES CAPALINO
- SiteManager: Israel Afanador

## 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/1016137501/1255-5-avenue-manhattan