Manhattan

239 East 5th St

Manhattan, NY 10003BBL 1-00461-00BIN 1006629

Updated Aug 1, 2026 · 16 sources

239 EAST 5TH ST is a property located at 239 EAST 5TH ST, Manhattan, NY 10003. There are 31 building permits on record (30 active). Data sourced from NYC Department of Buildings (DOB), Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), Department of Finance (DOF), and other government agencies.

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Completed in 1910, 239 East 5 St rises 6 stories over New York. Public records put it at 29 units and 26,460 square feet of floor area, on land zoned R7A. It is carried on the public rolls at a market value of $10.3M, and assessed for tax at $4.6M. In the 59 years its record reaches back, the lot has drawn 500 separate government filings.

The documentary life of the address leans hard toward complaint: 139 of its 500 records, fully 28%, fall under that one heading. Permit (103) and inspection (99) trail well behind. 7 violations stand open against it today.

The pace is anything but even. The early decades pass in near silence; the filings cluster heavily in recent years, peaking in 2026.

On the environmental ledger, the building is benchmarked under Local Law 84, with a site energy-use intensity of 133.0 kBtu per square foot. Its operations answer for roughly 286 metric tons of CO2-equivalent a year.

Read together — 28% complaint, 59 years of accumulation, a parcel of New York — these scattered records compose a portrait of the address that no single page sets out to draw.

$10.3M of New York, written across 500 government filings.

Property Details

Address239 EAST 5TH ST, Manhattan, NY 10003
Year BuiltN/A
FloorsN/A
Total UnitsN/A
Building AreaN/A
Lot SizeN/A
1-00461-00
1006629

Building Permits

31 on record · 30 active
Construction EquipmentDOB Legacy
ISSUED
Filed Aug 10, 2016Job #122837564-01-01
Construction EquipmentDOB Legacy
ISSUED
Filed Nov 12, 2015Job #120632100-01-03
Construction EquipmentDOB Legacy
ISSUED
Filed Jul 30, 2015Job #120632100-01-04
Construction EquipmentDOB Legacy
ISSUED
Filed Jul 23, 2015Job #140364692-01-01
Construction EquipmentDOB Legacy
ISSUED
Filed May 29, 2015Job #122409919-01-01

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Violations

none on record

No violations found in local records.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are there building permits at 239 EAST 5TH ST, Manhattan?

Yes. 239 EAST 5TH ST, Manhattan, NY 10003 has 31 building permits on record, with 30 currently active. Permits are sourced from the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB Legacy and DOB NOW systems). The most recent permit is a Construction Equipment (ISSUED) filed Aug 10, 2016.

Does 239 EAST 5TH ST, Manhattan have violations?

No violations were found in local records for 239 EAST 5TH ST, Manhattan, NY 10003. Violation data is sourced from DOB (safety and legacy), HPD (housing), and ECB (environmental control).

Does 239 EAST 5TH ST, Manhattan have docketed judgments?

No docketed OATH judgments were found in local records for 239 EAST 5TH ST, Manhattan, NY 10003. Judgment data is sourced from NYC Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings (OATH) hearing records.

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