445 East 5 Street, Brooklyn has 29 open city records on file, 13 of them Class C (immediately hazardous), and $5,000.00 recorded as due on OATH/ECB summonses. City marshals have executed 1 eviction at this building. No recorded sale is on file for its lot. The most recent record is dated Sep 1, 2026.
Scored from the 300 most recent of 417 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
$5,000.00 is recorded as due across the 12 summonses below, out of $10,570.00 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 445 East 5 Street
1373300
Feb 20, 2026
FAILURE TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED EXIT PASSAGEWAY. PREMISES IS I SIX STORY M/D. FIRE ESCAPE LOCATED AT EXPOSURE ONE AT 4TH 5TH AND 6TH FLOOR LEVELS PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED WITH A/C UNITS, REMOVE OBSTRUCTION
Nov 17, 2026
Resolved
$2,500.00
039178057M
Feb 20, 2026
FAILURE TO PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED EXIT PASSAGEWAY
Nov 17, 2026
Hearing adjourned
$2,500.00
037032504K
Jan 8, 2025
FAIL TO COMPLY W COMMISSIONER ORDER TO FILE CERT OF CORRECTION W DOB
Apr 28, 2025
Found in violation
—
1591587
Jan 8, 2025
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTAINED IN SUMMONS #35651230M ISSUED ON 04/18/2022, AND FAILURE TO FILE A CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PURSUANT TO 28.201.1 AND 1 RCNY 102-01(D)(2). AN ACCEPTABLE CERT
Apr 28, 2025
Found in violation
—
035651230M
Apr 18, 2022
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER
Sep 14, 2022
Settled by stipulation
—
1090000
Apr 18, 2022
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER AS NOTED AT TIME OF INSPECTION I OBSERVED ON EXP.#1 WEST ELEVATOR EXP.#4 SOUTH ELEVATION; CRACKS IN BRICK WORK AT PARAPET & SEVERAL SPANDRELS.EXP.#1 WEST ELEVAT
Sep 14, 2022
Settled by stipulation
—
1042753
May 3, 2013
97#05. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ELEVATOR DEVICE. RESPONDENT FAILED TO ALLOWMANDATORY ANNUAL INSPECTION BY THE DEPT OR APPROVED AGENCY PER 28-304.6.1 AND APPENDIX K OF THE BLDG CODE. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO GAIN ACCESS
Aug 5, 2013
Admitted the violation
—
038227151K
May 3, 2013
FAIL MAINTAIN BLDG IN COMPLIANT MANNER: SERVICE EQUIPMENT
Aug 5, 2013
Pending
—
0159656870
Jun 23, 2008
RECYCLABLES PLACED FOR COLLECTION WITH NON-RECYCLABLES
Jul 25, 2008
Pending
—
011046130Z
Apr 16, 2008
FAILED TO PROVIDE FIREPROOF PARTITIONS
Jun 3, 2008
Found in violation
—
627472
Sep 17, 1999
50F10.
Apr 24, 2000
Settled by stipulation
—
038090301M
Sep 17, 1999
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ELEVATOR.
Apr 24, 2000
Settled by stipulation
—
Marshal evictions at 445 East 5 Street
Each row is a warrant of eviction a city marshal actually carried out at this building, from the Department of Investigation’s eviction ledger. It records the end of a Housing Court case, not a violation. “Possession” means the tenant was removed and the space returned to the landlord. Filings that never reached execution are not in this dataset.
Executed marshal evictions at 445 East 5 Street
Nov 20, 2023
Residential
C6
Possession
David Smith
327277/22
Ownership history for 445 East 5 Street
Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 3053570054), 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 445 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 445 East 5 Street
Lender names are as recorded; the current holder of a loan can differ if a later assignment was never recorded.
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