Don’t call it a block party.

Roughly three years before a lavish penthouse at 16 Fifth Ave. recently listed for a breathtaking $45 million , construction kicked off at the luxury condominium where it’s housed. During the time in between, the high-end development deeply rankled a group of locals who live down the block. Not only were they displaced for more than two years due to damages to their own building from the nearby work, but the condo’s developer paid only to put them up briefly in a hotel after they were forced to flee.

“When we had to leave, I didn’t expect to be away for two and a half years,” one displaced tenant told The Post. “So much of it is a blur. There’s a lot that needs to be done, both in my apartment and in my mind.”

Now, the owners of 10 Fifth have sued the cond

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