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531 East 5th St, Manhattan

BBL 1-00401-0048

Built
1900
Floors
5
Residential units
8
Building type
Walk-up building
Zoning district
R7B
Lot area
2,426 sq ft
Floor area
6,800 sq ft

En español: 10 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 14 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 25 años abierta, desde el 7 de marzo de 2001.

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  1. 10

    Class C, immediately hazardous. Most often Heat / Hot Water.

    19 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 4

    Class B, hazardous

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Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 10 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days.

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 10 Class C violations: 4 by the original certify-by date, 6 after it. How certification works

The original certify-by dates on the 14 open HPD violations have all passed. The latest was January 2, 2026. The report prints the date beside each one.

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10 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed March 7, 2001.

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Open Class C, week by week
10 on September 24, 2026 and 10 on October 8.
OATH/ECB summonses
5 DOB summonses here since January 1, 2019, with $26,875 in penalties imposed. 5 judgments docketed, the latest on May 31, 2022. A docketed judgment shows up in a title search.
  • September 16, 2021, DOB: Work without a permit. Decided by default, $6,250 penalty imposed.
  • September 16, 2021, DOB: Occupancy contrary to that allowed by certificate of occupancy or building department. Decided by default, $6,250 penalty imposed.
  • September 23, 2019, DOB: Failure to maintain building in code-compliant manner. Decided by default, $3,125 penalty imposed.

The newest 3 of 5 summonses OATH lists here. The report lists all 5, with each outcome, the penalty imposed and any docketing date. What the report adds

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DOB violations
5 active DOB violations. The newest was issued July 9, 2019.
Housing court
6 housing court cases here since 2007.
DOB permits
DOB NOW lists 2 work permits here, the newest issued July 27, 2021, for Mechanical Systems work.
  • Mechanical Systems, issued July 27, 2021, signed off.
  • Sidewalk Shed, issued April 24, 2019, signed off.
Boiler inspection
Inspected December 11, 2025. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year. Need this filed?
Bedbug report
Filed May 3, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).
HPD emergency repair order
1 completed HPD emergency repair order since October 12, 2023: a general construction order, opened March 23, 2026, awarded for $270.

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumberRegistered party when filed
Class C10 open most often Heat / Hot Water
Fire SafetyNot complied with18375044FANESA ENTERPRISE INC
Heat / Hot WaterCertified late18375043FANESA ENTERPRISE INC
Heat / Hot WaterCertified late18375042FANESA ENTERPRISE INC
Fire SafetyNotice sent17482845
Heat / Hot WaterCertified late17442375
Fire SafetyInvalid certification16489373
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent16461446
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent16461443
Heat / Hot WaterInvalid certification16395900
Heat / Hot WaterCertified late16395899
Class B4 open
Notice sent18365107FANESA ENTERPRISE INC
Notice sent18365106FANESA ENTERPRISE INC
Notice sent18365105FANESA ENTERPRISE INC
Fire SafetyNotice sent16489372

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The most common category among the open records here is heat and hot water.

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Questions about this building

Does 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan have open violations?

Yes. 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan had 14 open violations on October 10, 2026: 14 from HPD. 10 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 25 years, since March 7, 2001.

Is 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 10 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days. That window ends October 10, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

When were certifications filed on Class C violations at 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan?

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 10 Class C violations: 4 by the original certify-by date, 6 after it. A certification is the filing, dated when it was made, not HPD's acceptance of it. It is compared with the original certify-by date on the notice. A granted postponement moves that date and the city's data keeps only the first, so a certification counted after it may still have met a postponed date.

Does 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan have active DOB violations?

Yes. 5 active DOB violations. The newest was issued July 9, 2019. The Department of Buildings writes these separately from HPD's housing violations, for things like boilers, elevators, facades, construction and energy filings. Each one stays active until DOB resolves or dismisses it.

Has 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan been in housing court?

Yes. 6 housing court cases here since 2007. HPD takes buildings to housing court to get violations fixed and heat and hot water restored, and it joins tenants' own repair cases, called tenant actions. A case stays open until the court closes it.

Are any HPD emergency repair orders at 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan marked completed?

Yes. 1 completed HPD emergency repair order since October 12, 2023: a general construction order, opened March 23, 2026, awarded for $270. HPD orders an emergency repair when a hazardous condition cited in a violation, or in another agency's emergency order, is not corrected, and does the work itself or through a contractor. The amounts are what the orders were awarded for, not a bill: this page does not show what was charged to the property or whether it was paid. Orders for lab tests, such as dust-wipe and asbestos samples, are not counted.

When was the boiler at 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan last inspected?

On December 11, 2025. DOB requires a boiler in a building with 6 or more apartments to be inspected once every calendar year, with the report filed within 14 days of the inspection. Low-pressure boilers in residential buildings with 5 or fewer apartments are exempt.

When did 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan last file its bedbug report?

On May 3, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.

Is 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan rent stabilized?

The building has rent-stabilized apartments on its 2024 registration. That comes from the Rent Guidelines Board's list of buildings with at least one stabilized apartment registered that year. Buildings that registered late are left off, and a 421-a or J-51 building can leave stabilization when its tax benefit ends. A particular apartment's status is for NYS HCR to say.

When was 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan built?

The city's record gives 1900 as the year 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up building with 5 floors.

How many apartments does 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 8 residential units at 531 East 5 Street, Manhattan. The count is for the whole tax lot.

Where do these numbers come from?

From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, HPD's housing court cases, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB NOW work permits, HPD emergency repair orders, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through October 10, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.

Sources. HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, plus OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, HPD's housing court cases, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB NOW work permits, HPD emergency repair orders, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. Counts cover HPD Class B and C violations from the last 3 years that HPD still shows open, and OATH/ECB summonses from the same 3 years that the city still shows active. The city's own pages can show more, never fewer.

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ViolationScout, 531 East 5th St, Manhattan: 8 units, 10 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/531-east-5-street-manhattan

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