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956 5 Avenue, Manhattan

BIN 1041813BBL 1013910071Block 1391 · Lot 71Built 192515 storiesGoogle Maps & Street View ↗Tax & zoning on NYC.gov ↗
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956 5 Avenue at a glance

956 5 Avenue, Manhattan has 46 open city records on file, none of them Class C, and no balance recorded as due on OATH/ECB summonses. No marshal evictions are on record for this building. No recorded sale is on file for its lot. The most recent record is dated Jul 27, 2026.

Open Class C
0
Immediately hazardous — click to see them
Open Class B
43
Hazardous — click to see them
Open Class A
3
Non-hazardous — click to see them
Fines due
$0.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Open per unit
2.09
22 residential units · NYC average 0.31
Evictions
0
No marshal evictions on record
Permits on file
153
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
Jul 27, 2026
Permits record

Health score for 956 5 Avenue

A composite of the public indicators below. How it is scored.

B
Health score · Sep 11, 2026
Scored from all 282 public records for this building
Scored from city records as published, which lag reality by a day or two, and closed violations rest on owner self-certification. A grade summarizes the public record, not the building itself. Full methodology · report a problem
Open Class C violations
Immediately hazardous, uncertified
This building 0
Open Class B violations
Hazardous
This building 43
Heat & hot water records
Violations and complaints, last 24 months
This building 0
Unpaid penalties
OATH/ECB summonses with balance due
This building $0
Bedbug filings with infestations
Annual LL69 filings on record
This building 0
Tenant litigation
Open HP actions in Housing Court
This building 0
Active vacate order
HPD or FDNY order to vacate, still in effect
This building No

Record timeline for 956 5 Avenue

282 records on file, every agency interleaved. Class A, B and C are HPD’s hazard tiers: C is immediately hazardous, A and B explained here.

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OATH / ECB summonses & fines at 956 5 Avenue

No balance is recorded as due across the 4 summonses below, out of $4,385.00 in penalties imposed. Balances are as the city publishes them; a settlement or write-off that never reached the dataset will not show here. New to these? How an OATH summons becomes a penalty, explained.

OATH and ECB summonses for 956 5 Avenue
011740130ZMar 2, 2020INSPECTION AND TESTINGJan 6, 2021Found in violation
011707530NOct 21, 2019PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND FIRE HOSESMay 27, 2020Found in violation
011707529XOct 21, 2019INSPECTION AND TESTINGMay 27, 2020Found in violation
66469Feb 26, 1990ALTERED BUILDING OCCUPIED WITHOUT A VALID C OF O AT 7TH FLOOR APT REMEDY: DISCONTINUE UNLAWFUL USE OR OBTAIN A VALID C OF OJun 28, 1990Settled by stipulation

Ownership history for 956 5 Avenue

Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 1013910071), newest first. A price is the consideration stated on the deed; transfers between related parties, into an LLC, or by a referee often record none, shown as “—”. Each row links to the document in ACRIS.

No deed for this lot appears in ACRIS, the City Register's index of recorded documents. Condominium units are recorded on their own lots and are not matched to buildings yet.

Financing record for 956 5 Avenue

Mortgages recorded against this building’s tax lot, with the satisfactions that paid them off and the assignments that moved them between lenders, from the City Register (ACRIS). A satisfaction usually records no amount, shown as “—”.

Recorded financing documents for 956 5 Avenue
Dec 10, 2021Assignment of leases and rents$1,500,000Investors BankView ↗
Dec 10, 2021Mortgage$500,000Investors BankView ↗
Dec 2, 2021Mortgage assignmentInvestors BankView ↗
Apr 30, 2013Mortgage assignmentFirst Republic BankView ↗
Apr 30, 2013Assignment of leases and rents$1,000,000First Republic BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentMorgan Guaranty Company Of New York As TrusteeView ↗
Mortgage assignmentMorgan Guaranty Trust Company Of New York TrusteeView ↗
Mortgage$200,000Morgan Guaranty Tr Co NyView ↗
Mortgage assignmentMorgan Guaranty Tr CoView ↗
Mortgage$505,022Morgan Guaranty Tr Co NyView ↗
Mortgage assignmentMorgan Guaranty Tr Co NyView ↗
Mortgage assignmentAmerican Savings BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentEmpire City Sav BnkView ↗

Lender names are as recorded; the current holder of a loan can differ if a later assignment was never recorded.