Building record · BIN 1016278

171 Fifth Avenue

171 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10010

A consolidated, filing-by-filing view of DOB records matched to this building identifier. The current snapshot links 7 independently sourced records, including 3 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.

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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 1016278

171 Fifth Avenue

Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan

A consolidated public-record view · updated Sep 25, 2026

DOB filings
7
Active-status
3
Recorded addresses
2
Building data portrait

A building-level summary of matched filings, active-status records and published identifiers.

Matched filings7
Open or active-status records3
First included filingAug 28, 2019
Latest recorded changeSep 25, 2026

The lot

What is already here?

The lot holds a 21-story office building built in 1903, on a 8,650 sq ft lot.

  1. Floors 2–21Nothing on record
  2. Floor 1Street levelStreet level. The lot is recorded as commercial and office, so this floor is where the commercial space is.
  • Street levelCommercial and office
  • Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 29 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 86.9 m
Drawn from the outline and roof height the Department of City Planning publishes for this building: 91.5 m over 21 floors, as the city counts them. 1 run of floors has something on record. The city publishes a roof height and a storey count for the lot, and nothing at all about any individual floor. What stands to the south is measured from the city’s own footprints and roof heights; it is a statement about the skyline, not a calculation of sunlight.
Built
1903
Last altered
1990
Floors
21
Residential units
0
Building type
Office building
Land use
Commercial and office
Zoning district
C6-4M
Lot area
8,650 sq ft
Building area
183,449 sq ft
Historic district
Ladies' Mile Historic District

The apartments

1168 condominium apartments are assessed on this block, and the typical one is 821 sq ft (76 m²). They run from 47 to 656 m².

The city values the typical one at $330,213. That is the Department of Finance’s market valuation for tax, not an asking price and not a sale.

What it sold for

27 apartments on this tax block changed hands in the year the city last published, at a median of $2,010,000, from 780,000 to 15,400,000.

Recorded sale prices from the Department of Finance’s rolling file, covering the year to Aug 31, 2026. Transfers under $10,000 are left out: New York records deed transfers between relatives at a dollar, and those are not sales. No apartment number and no name is carried from either side.

Owner of record

FLAMINGO LLC

As the assessment roll records it. Only owners that read as a company are shown here; where the roll names an individual, nothing is published.

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 30, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not any single filing. When the rest of New York went up

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 5 open notices on record for this building, out of 131 notices on file; the most recent was issued Feb 21, 2024.

  • Hazardous condition (facade)

    Issued Feb 21, 2024 — CYCLE 9C UNSAFE REPORT FILED

  • Failure to submit

    Issued Apr 22, 2023 — FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN EER PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-308.4 IN 2022

  • Elevator

    Issued Aug 24, 2020

  • 2 further open notices are on file. Open the source dataset for the full list.

Open means the agency has not recorded a resolution, which is not the same as the problem still existing. What a violation is, and what it is not. From NYC Department of Buildings, DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9), accessed Sep 29, 2026.

What is recorded here

Multiple filings, one stable building identifier.

New York City's Building Identification Number helps connect filings that may use different application numbers or describe different scopes of work. The records below are grouped because they publish BIN 1016278. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.

The matched set includes 7 alteration filing. Its latest status categories are 3 approved, 4 recorded as completed. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.

First included filing
Aug 28, 2019
Latest recorded change
Sep 25, 2026
Highest proposed story count
23 stories
Highest proposed unit count
38 dwelling units

Highest recorded values may come from different filings and must not be combined into one proposed project. Open the individual filings below for their exact scope. Values outside the publication's conservative data-quality bounds are withheld pending source review.

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Recorded history

What has happened at this address?

Every dated event the city has published for this building, from all 7 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.

  1. Alteration filed

    Installation of scaffold as per drawings. scaffold shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. no change in use, occupancy or egress under this application. Filing M00198651-I1.

    01
  2. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M00198651-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    02
  3. Alteration filed

    Installation of temporary construction hoist as per plans during general construction work. no change in use, egress or occupancy. hoist installed in accordance with 2022 nycbc, chapter 33. Filing M01040880-I1.

    03
  4. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M01040880-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    04
  5. Alteration filed

    Installation of temporary construction fence as per plans during general construction work. no change in use, egress or occupancy. fence to comply with chapter 33 of NYC building code of 2022. Filing M01048811-I1.

    05
  6. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M01048811-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    06
  7. Alteration filed

    Installation of a temporary roof material hoist as per plans in in conjunction with general construction. no change in use, egress or occupancy. material hoist shall comply with 2022 NYC building code, chapter 33. Filing M01068082-I1.

    07
  8. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M01068082-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    08
  9. Alteration filed

    Conversion from Wet to Dry standpipe system as per plan filed within. PAA filed to reflect in field conditions. Filing M01081368-I1.

    09
  10. Alteration approved

    Filing M01081368-I1 reached an approved status.

    010
  11. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M01081368-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    011
  12. Alteration signed off

    DOB recorded a sign-off for M01081368-I1.

    012
  13. Alteration now completed

    The latest status recorded for M01081368-I1 is “LOC Issued.”

    013
  14. Alteration filed

    This application is filed for a temporary use permit for a sales office pursuant to sectionac-28-111 and buildings bulletin 2010-002.application filed in conjunction with nb# m01011711-i1. Filing M01458540-I1.

    014
  15. Alteration filed

    Installation of scaffold as per drawings. scaffold shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. no change in use, occupancy or egress under this application. Filing M00198651-P6.

    015
  16. Alteration approved

    Filing M01458540-I1 reached an approved status.

    016
  17. Alteration approved

    Filing M00198651-P6 reached an approved status.

    017
  18. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for M00198651-P6 is “Approved.”

    018
  19. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for M00198651-I1 is “Permit Entire.”

    019
  20. Alteration signed off

    DOB recorded a sign-off for M01068082-I1.

    020
  21. Alteration now completed

    The latest status recorded for M01068082-I1 is “LOC Issued.”

    021
  22. Alteration signed off

    DOB recorded a sign-off for M01048811-I1.

    022
  23. Alteration now completed

    The latest status recorded for M01048811-I1 is “LOC Issued.”

    023
  24. Alteration signed off

    DOB recorded a sign-off for M01040880-I1.

    024
  25. Alteration now completed

    The latest status recorded for M01040880-I1 is “LOC Issued.”

    025
  26. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M01458540-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    026
  27. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for M01458540-I1 is “Permit Entire.”

    027