5 University Place
Class B
Class C
12 months to Sep 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
Top insights
- Built in 1962 (city records)
5 University Place
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- City records show no open HPD violations here — ask what was most recently repaired and how maintenance requests are handled, since a clean record isn’t a guarantee of upkeep.
5 University Place sits in Manhattan, ZIP 10003. The closest subway is 8 St-NYU (R,W) (3-minute walk), served by the R and W lines.
Building Condition
- 2019-09-06 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST"
- 2019-09-06 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST"
- 2019-09-06 "VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1962. For buildings built between 1960 and 1978, Local Law 1 applies where the owner knows lead-based paint is present — there is no automatic pre-1960 presumption. Lead paint in residential use was federally banned in 1978.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 226
- GRAND LARCENY: 139
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 58
- HARRASSMENT 2: 57
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 55
- Noise - Park: 123
- Maintenance or Facility: 104
- Animal in a Park: 50
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 40
- Homeless Person Assistance: 38
- 300 MERCER STREET
- 42 University Pl
- 60 E 8TH ST
- P.S. 041 Greenwich Village
- Success Academy Union Square (Manhattan 1)
- P.S. 019 Asher Levy
- School for the Physical City High School
- The Clinton School
- Success Academy Union Square (Manhattan 1)
- Harvey Milk High School
- School for the Physical City High School
- Legacy School for Integrated Studies
- 8 St-NYU
- Astor Pl
- W 4 St-Wash Sq
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Danisar Productions, Inc.
- Manuel Plaza
- Id Theatre Inc
- Cooper Union
- La Salle Academy
- The Old Merchants House Of Ny, Inc
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