985 5th Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10075

985 Fifth Avenue is a 25-story, 46-unit residential building constructed in 1970 and currently owned by Brian Kenny. The Upper East Side property has experienced several significant maintenance and compliance issues over the past five years.

Most notably, there is an active complaint as of June 2025 regarding multiple elevator devices on the property, and in 2024, the building faced penalties for failing to provide required signage for its Privately Owned Public Space (POPS), resulting in a $5,000 violation. Building safety and maintenance records show a concerning pattern, including a 2024 violation for failure to maintain the exterior facade, with broken window glasses and spalling bricks documented between the 4th and 16th floors. The building has experienced various maintenance issues including heat and hot water problems in 2022, an unsanitary condition involving pests in 2019 (with violations issued), and multiple housing maintenance code violations in 2019 relating to safety and notification requirements, such as missing smoke detector requirement postings and incomplete inspection certificate displays.

Apartment 2B was specifically affected by multiple violations in 2019, including window guard issues, mouse infestation, and broken kitchen floor tiles, though these were subsequently resolved. Recent building inspections for bedbugs have shown no infestations from 2019 through 2024, and rodent inspections have consistently passed since 2010. The building has also been subject to periodic complaints regarding illegal hotel rooms, zoning non-conformance, and privately owned public space non-compliance, though most of these complaints were resolved with no violations found upon inspection.