Manhattan · BBL 1004600032
242 East 5 Street
- Use
- One-family dwelling
- Floors
- 3
- Built
- 1843
- Zoning
- R8B · built FAR 2.1 of 4
- Building
- 3,360 SF
- Lot
- 1,600 SF
- Assessed
- $487,980
What changed
Recorded and self-reported changes detected June 3, 2026 → September 1, 2026 · derived September 1, 2026
No qualifying recorded change was detected for this building in Atlas's change-detection window (June 3, 2026 → September 1, 2026). This is a detection result, not a stability claim. Standing conditions may predate the window.
Ownership
- Owner of record
- Benson, Laura
- Last deed
- Recorded April 2, 2021 for $3.6M · from Evans, Mary C · to Benson, Laura, Marcoe, Ellsworth Kirk · held ~5 years (derived from the deed date)
No filed principals on record for this building (HPD registrations cover multiple dwellings; state filings name a chairman/CEO for corporations only).
Sources & vintages
- DCP MapPLUTO / DOF assessment roll: owner of record · PLUTO bake (2026-07 pipeline): the recorded owner, often an entity; never beneficial ownership
- ACRIS: recorded deed · ACRIS as fetched (2026-07 pipeline)
- HPD multiple-dwelling registration: principals as filed · 2026-07-30: self-reported annual filing; names and roles only
- NYS DOS Active Corporations: entity filing · 2026-07-30: LLCs file no members; corporations may name a chairman/CEO
Recorded debt
Last recorded mortgage: April 2, 2021 · $2.5M (assignment of mortgage recorded November 3, 2023 — the amount is the original note, not the current balance; ACRIS records the instrument, not its maturity)
- November 3, 2023 Mortgage assigned
- April 26, 2021 Mortgage satisfied
- April 2, 2021 Mortgage · $2.5M
- August 16, 2017 Mortgage satisfied
- August 2, 2017 Mortgage · $984K
- April 15, 2015 Mortgage satisfied
Sources & vintages
- ACRIS: recorded mortgage instruments · ACRIS as fetched (2026-07 pipeline): ACRIS carries no maturity date
Open recorded matters
Open violations: HPD A 0 · B 3 · C 0 · latest May 16, 2018
1 recorded judgment (ACRIS), latest May 1, 1974.
Sources & vintages
- DOB / ECB / HPD: open violations · PLUTO bake (2026-07 pipeline)
- DOF: lien-sale eligibility list · as fetched (2026-07 pipeline)
- ACRIS judgments · DOB FISP/LL11 facade filings · as fetched (2026-07 pipeline)
Freshness
- PLUTO (lot, building, zoning, owner of record)PLUTO bake (2026-07 pipeline)
- ACRIS (deeds, mortgages, judgments)ACRIS as fetched (2026-07 pipeline)
- HPD / DOB / DOS filings (principals)2026-07-30
- Atlas change detection2026-09-01 · window 2026-06-03 → 2026-09-01
Everything on this page is drawn from the digitized public record for this lot. Where a section shows nothing, Atlas has no digitized record of that kind for this building.