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221 East 5 Street, Brooklyn

BIN 3124319BBL 3053280079Block 5328 · Lot 79Built 19264 storiesGoogle Maps & Street View ↗Tax & zoning on NYC.gov ↗
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221 East 5 Street at a glance

221 East 5 Street, Brooklyn has 10 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. It last sold on Mar 28, 2016 for $3,500,000. The most recent record is dated Aug 7, 2026.

Open Class C
0
Immediately hazardous — click to see them
Open Class B
9
Hazardous — click to see them
Open Class A
1
Non-hazardous — click to see them
Fines due
$0.00
Balance on OATH/ECB summonses
Open per unit
0.83
12 residential units · NYC average 0.31
Evictions
0
No marshal evictions on record
Permits on file
4
Construction permits filed with DOB
Last activity
Aug 7, 2026
HPD record

Health score for 221 East 5 Street

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

B
Health score · Sep 11, 2026
Scored from all 135 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 9
Heat & hot water records
Violations and complaints, last 24 months
This building 1
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 221 East 5 Street

135 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 221 East 5 Street

No OATH or ECB summons carrying a penalty is published against this BIN. Summonses issued to a different BIN at the same address, or filed without a building identifier, will not appear here.

Ownership history for 221 East 5 Street

Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 3053280079), 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.

Recorded deeds for 221 East 5 Street
Mar 28, 2016Apr 11, 2016$3,500,000Rab5th LLC, Zelson 5th Street LLC, 221 East 5th Street LLC, Jar Propeties LLCKensington Group, LLCDeedView ↗
Jun 12, 1998Sep 4, 1998Kensington Group LLCKensington Assoc.DeedView ↗
Sep 1, 1988Sep 13, 1988Kensington AssociatesBaron, Max/Admin Of, Baron, M Benjamin/Aka, Baron, Max Benjamin/AkaDeedView ↗
Jan 16, 1976Jan 16, 1976Baron Benjamin MBaron Ben, Baron Benjamin, Cohen EmanuelDeedView ↗

Financing record for 221 East 5 Street

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 221 East 5 Street
Apr 15, 2021Mortgage$54,675The First Bank Of Long IslandView ↗
Apr 15, 2021Assignment of leases and rents$1,950,000The First Bank Of Long IslandView ↗
Apr 15, 2021Mortgage assignmentThe First Bank Of Long IslandView ↗
Mar 28, 2016Mortgage$1,288,942New York Community BankView ↗
Mar 28, 2016Mortgage assignmentNew York Community BankView ↗
Mar 22, 2013Mortgage$336,576Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.View ↗
Mar 21, 2013Mortgage assignmentJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A.View ↗
Mar 15, 2013Mortgage assignmentSovereign Bank, N.A.View ↗
Apr 9, 2003Assignment of leases and rents$500,000Kingston Group LLCView ↗
Apr 9, 2003Assignment of assignmentFannie MaeView ↗
Apr 9, 2003Mortgage assignmentFannie MaeView ↗
Apr 9, 2003Mortgage$240,529Independence Community BankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentBankers Federal Savings FsbView ↗
Mortgage$62,604Independence SavingsbankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentIndependence SavingsbankView ↗
Mortgage assignmentBankers Federal Savings FsbView ↗
Mortgage assignmentBankers Trust Co TrsteeView ↗
Mortgage assignmentBankers Trust Co TrsteeView ↗
Mortgage assignmentBankers Federal SavingsView ↗
Mortgage$225,000Bankers Federal SavsfsbView ↗
Satisfaction of mortgageTitle Guarantee & TrcoView ↗

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