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685 5 AVENUE

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685 5 AVENUE

685 5 AVENUE · Midtown East

Year builtBuilt 1926
Residences≈ 65
Floors25
Building typeCondominium

A 25-story condominium built in 1926, with approximately 65 residences, in Manhattan.

Building intelligence

Factual observations8
Record areas covered20

Coverage of the public record — no scores, just sourced facts.

The vitals

What should I know?

Factual observations from the public record. No scores, no verdicts — each one shows its source.

FEMA flood zone X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

FEMA maps this building's location in flood zone X.

Wed Sep 05 · FIRM panel 3604970088F

Above the Local Law 97 size threshold

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Reported gross floor area of 136,940 sq ft is above the Local Law 97 size threshold. This is a size signal from filed floor area, not membership in the DOB Covered Buildings List, and Brickwise does not estimate penalties.

2024 · Reported gross floor area 136940 ft2 is at or above the 25000 ft2 size threshold signal. NOT official Covered Buildings List membership.

Energy letter grade B

NYC Energy Benchmarking

Grade B is derived from the building's filed ENERGY STAR score using the Local Law 95 thresholds. It is not the grade posted at the entrance.

2022 · LL95 threshold mapping from LL84 ENERGY STAR score

No DOB violation source records

NYC DOB

Brickwise found no DOB violation source records for this building in synced datasets.

Brickwise DOB sync · DOB violation datasets

Major construction filed nearby

NYC DOB

11 major DOB filings (nearest: demolition about 60 ft away) sit on neighbouring properties. DOB publishes filings, not schedules — Brickwise makes no claim about duration, views, light, or noise.

Fri Jul 17 · M01004546

Subway about 1 minutes away

MTA

5 Av/53 St (E F) is about 218 ft from this building in a straight line (~1 min walk approx.) — not a routed walking path.

MTA subway stations · 276

No offering plan match

NY Attorney General

No NY Attorney General offering plan match is currently linked to this building in Brickwise.

NY AG sync · AG offering plan database

Fiber reported available

FCC Broadband Data

At least one provider reports to the FCC that it offers fiber residential service covering this location. A filing is not confirmation that fiber is installed or obtainable in an individual unit.

Wed Jun 30 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · FCC Form 477 — Fixed Broadband Deployment, June 2021 (final release)

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The complete record

Overview

Everything below comes from official records. Each fact carries its source.

At a glance

Building typeCondominium
Built1926
Floors25
Approx. residencesApproximate residences from PLUTO units_residential (tax-lot scoped)≈ 65
Building Facts

Official identifiers

Billing BBL1012890070
BIN1035737
BoroughManhattan
NeighborhoodOfficial NTA: Midtown–Times SquareMidtown East
Financials

No records found

Reviewed financial facts from offering-plan documents are not yet available for this building.

Financing & Lenders

Prior lender activity does not guarantee future loan approval. Building and borrower eligibility requirements may change.

No records found

No qualifying unit-level mortgage financings with identifiable lenders were found in the last 36 months.

Agency / project status

Fannie MaeFannie Mae Condo Status Finder is not automated here. “No findings” does not mean approved. Enter authorized evidence when available.Not verified in Brickwise
Freddie MacFreddie Mac Condo Project Advisor requires authorized access. Brickwise does not scrape lender-only tools. Status appears only from authorized evidence.Not verified in Brickwise
FHA / HUDHUD publishes FHA condominium project status via a public search form. Brickwise stores verified evidence here when available; project not approved ≠ FHA financing impossible.Not verified in Brickwise
Ownership & Sales

Recorded filings against the property. Counts describe filing activity — not debt, title quality, or distress.

Recorded instruments (by Brickwise category)

Deeds / transfers8
Mortgage records2
Other / UCC / liensTotal ACRIS document rows on file for this building41
Operations

Registration & management

HPD building registrationNo records found
Managing agentNot listed

HPD activity

Violation source recordsSource records — not unique incidents0
Complaint source records0
Bedbug filings0
Litigations0
Vacate orders0
Violations & Complaints

No records found

No DOB violation or complaint source records found in synced datasets.

Permits & Jobs

DOB activity

Permits0
Jobs0
Elevator / device recordsDevice records — not a count of active elevators0
Latest FISP conditionNot available
Assessments & Tax

DOF coverage

Assessment rows10
Public sale recordsPublic-record sales — not classified as comparable sales23
Exemptions0
Abatements0
Condo tax unitsTax-lot units, not apartment listings0
Offering Plan & Documents

No records found

No offering plan match found in NY Attorney General records for this building.

Energy & Emissions

Owners file these figures with the City under Local Law 84. Brickwise reports the filed numbers and the published letter grade — we don't rate a building's energy performance.

Published grade & score

Energy letter gradeDerived here from the filed ENERGY STAR score using the Local Law 95 thresholds. Not the grade posted at the building entrance.B
ENERGY STAR scoreWeekly Operating Hours is outside the allowed range.; Number of Computers is too small.; Single Store is marked as No.Not available

Reported energy use · 2024

Site energy use intensitykBtu per square foot, as filed.84.5
National median site EUIPublished median for this property type — context, not a pass/fail line.48.5
Total greenhouse gas emissionsMetric tons CO2e, owner-reported.1,190.8
Gross floor area (as filed)Square feet reported for benchmarking; may cover more than one building.136,940
Property type (as filed)Office

Local Law 97 signals

Size threshold signalSize signal only. This is not membership in the DOB Local Law 97 Covered Buildings List, and Brickwise does not estimate penalties.Above the Local Law 97 size threshold in reported floor area
Reported emissions used for the signal1,190.8
Landmark & Historic

No records found

No records found

No Landmarks Preservation Commission designation record was found for this building or its tax lot.

Zoning & Land Use

Zoning describes what the City permits on this tax lot. It is not a prediction about future development, and floor-area ratios below are the values PLUTO publishes.

Zoning

Zoning districtC5-3
Commercial overlayNot available
Special districtMiD
Zoning map8c
Limited height districtNot available

Lot & floor area

Lot area7,302 sq ft
Built floor area ratio11.84
Maximum residential FAR10
Land use category4
Building classRM
Flood & Resilience

Flood zones are read from the effective FEMA map at this building's mapped point, and evacuation zones from NYC Emergency Management. Flood insurance requirements are set by lenders and FEMA, not by Brickwise.

FEMA flood map

Flood zoneX
Special Flood Hazard AreaFEMA's regulatory designation for the 1%-annual-chance floodplain.No
Base flood elevationNot available
FIRM panel3604970088F

Hurricane evacuation

Evacuation zoneThe City orders evacuations by zone when a storm requires it.X
Internet & Connectivity

Provider-reported to the FCC and not verified by Brickwise. Reported availability is not a statement that service is installed or obtainable in any individual unit.

Reported availability

Residential providers reported— Reported available in this location's census block8
Fiber reported availableA provider filed that it reports fiber service here. It is not confirmation that fiber is wired to any unit.Yes — reported by a provider
Cable reported availableYes — reported by a provider
Highest advertised download speedMaximum advertised speeds are the provider's own filed marketing maximums, not measured performance.1,000 Mbps

Matched on the census block containing this building, not on an individual serviceable location. A provider that reports service anywhere in the block appears here.

Nearby Development

These are construction filings on neighbouring properties. A filing is not a schedule: DOB does not publish how long work will run, and Brickwise makes no claim about views, light, or noise.

Filings near this building

Within 100 ft1
Within 250 ft3
Within 500 ft14
New building filings1
Demolition filings2
Nearest filingStraight-line distance between mapped points, not a walking distance.60 ft · Demolition
Getting Around

Distances are straight-line from this building's mapped point. Walk times are an approximation (~3 mph), not routed directions.

Subway

5 Av/53 St~1 min walk (approx.) · Lines E F · 218 ft
57 St~5 min walk (approx.) · Lines M · 1,336 ft
5 Av/59 St~6 min walk (approx.) · Lines N R W · 1,558 ft
51 St~6 min walk (approx.) · Lines 6 E F · 1,601 ft
47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr~7 min walk (approx.) · Lines B D F M · 1,876 ft

Bus

5 AV/W 54 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes SIM23 SIM24 SIM25
5 AV/W 54 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4 BM5
5 AV/W 53 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes M1 M2 M3
5 AV/W 55 ST~1 min walk (approx.) · Routes BxM3 BxM4 SIM1C SIM3 SIM3C SIM4C SIM8 SIM30 SIM33C

Citi Bike

W 52 St & 5 AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 61 docks (published)
E 53 St & Madison AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~2 min walk (approx.) · 51 docks (published)
W 54 St & 6 AveDock capacity is published inventory, not a live bike count.~3 min walk (approx.) · 63 docks (published)
Daily Essentials

Nearest useful places by straight-line distance. Walk times are approximate (not routed). OpenStreetMap places are community-mapped; agency sources are marked where applicable.

Grocery

Dainobu~3 min walk (approx.) · 860 ft

Pharmacy

Duane Reade~4 min walk (approx.) · 981 ft
Duane Reade~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,167 ft

Park

Grand Army Plaza~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,297 ft

Ev Charging

ABM Parking 13 East 54th Street LLC - Tesla Destination~1 min walk (approx.) · 262 ft
The Peninsula Hotel New York - Tesla Destination~1 min walk (approx.) · 303 ft

Shipping

United States Post Office~4 min walk (approx.) · 1,033 ft

Clinic

The Preston Robert Tisch Center for Men's Health at NYU Langone~2 min walk (approx.) · 623 ft
ColumbiaDoctors/NewYork-Presbyterian Imaging~6 min walk (approx.) · 1,458 ft
Schools & Childcare

Zoned school is the DOE attendance-zone match for this building's coordinates. Nearby schools are closest published locations — not the same as zoning. No ratings.

Nearby schools

Art and Design High School~9 min walk (approx.) · 2,258 ft
P.S. 059 Beekman Hill International~9 min walk (approx.) · 2,258 ft
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School~10 min walk (approx.) · 2,571 ft

Daycare

CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE~5 min walk (approx.) · 1,285 ft
Quality of Life

311 counts are what people reported to the City — reports, not confirmed conditions. Building-scoped rows match this building's address; nearby rows are within a short radius and are not attributed to this building.

Nearby · last 12 months

Reports near this buildingNearby counts are not complaints about this building.1470
NOISE STREET OR COMMERCIAL353
STREET CONDITION345
HEAT HOT WATER153
NOISE RESIDENTIAL153
NOISE CONSTRUCTION152