172 5th Avenue, Manhattan
Apartment building · 25 units · built c. 1930 · Block 824, Lot 36.
Building permits
- Alteration, filed Jan 11, 2024, estimated cost $36K, described as “Install new chimney liner and chimney extension as per plans. No change in use, occupancy or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 1, 2023, estimated cost $345K, described as “Interior renovation to an existing commercial retail space as shown on drawings filed herewith. No change in occupancy, use, or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 31, 2023, estimated cost $18K, described as “Recover existing 7 awnings with new sunbrella fabric for HOKA”
- Alteration, filed Jun 8, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “Installation of temporary heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy. Sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. Live load 300PSF.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 8, 2022, estimated cost $1K, described as “Proposed installation of temporary pipe scaffold as per plans. Work shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. No change in use, occupancy, or egress under this application.”
- Alteration, filed May 26, 2022, estimated cost $20K, described as “Installation of pipe scaffold at 172 5TH ave, manhattan as indicated on plans. There will be no change in the use, egress, or occupancy under this application.”
- Alteration, filed May 19, 2022, estimated cost $35K, described as “Fire rated window replacement as per plans submitted herewith. No change in unse, occupancy or egress.”
- Alteration, filed May 19, 2022, estimated cost $65K, described as “Brick masonry replacement, lintel replacement, stone patch & crack repairs, and stone replacement as per plans submitted herewith. No change in use, egres or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 9, 2019, described as “Installation of pipe scaffold as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 20, 2019, described as “Installation of sidewalk shed as per plans. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $3,859,200
- 2026–27 tax
- $449,813
- Market value (city estimate)
- $8,576,000
- Taxable value
- $3,616,150
- Assessed land
- $481,500
- Assessed improvements
- $3,377,700
Zoning
C6-4M: floor area ratio 5.50 built, 10.00 allowed by base zoning.
Flood zone
Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.
Landmarks
Part of Ladies' Mile Historic District (Historic District). 21 Landmarks Preservation Commission permits are on file.
Board and land use applications
- Flatiron BID Expansion (City Planning 2021M0260): Business improvement district, Completed, filed Nov 30, 2020, decided May 19, 2021. An application from the Small Business Services (SBS) on behalf of the Flatiron Business Improvement District (BID) to modify the existing plan and expand the BID in Community Districts 4 and 5 of Manhattan.
- Appeal (Board of Standards and Appeals 54-15-A): Appeal, Withdrawn, filed Mar 13, 2015, decided Aug 16, 2017. Application pursuant to MDL310 to vary MDL 211(1), to allow for a one-story vertical enlargement of the existing six-story and cellar mixed-use tenement building located within an C6-4M zoning district.