Alteration filingAug 25
DOB filing M01450372-I1
Alteration filing at 85 South Street
Approved8 proposed stories
Open filing Building record · BIN 1001142
85 South Street
85 South Street, Manhattan, NY 10038
A consolidated, filing-by-filing view of DOB records matched to this building identifier. The current snapshot links 1 independently sourced records, including 1 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.
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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 1001142
85 South Street
Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan
A consolidated public-record view · updated Aug 25, 2026
- DOB filings
- 1
- Active-status
- 1
- Recorded addresses
- 1
A building-level summary of matched filings, active-status records and published identifiers.
Matched filings1
Open or active-status records1
First included filingAug 25, 2026
Latest recorded changeAug 25, 2026
The lot
What is already here?
The lot holds a 8-story elevator apartment building built in 1902, with 24 homes, on a 7,618 sq ft lot.
- Floors 2–8Homes24 homes are recorded on this lot — about 3 homes to a floor. The city does not publish which floor any of them is on.
- Floor 1Street levelStreet level. The lot is recorded as elevator apartments.
- Street levelElevator apartments
- Homes24 recorded on the lot
- Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 66 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 196.9 m
- Built
- 1902
- Floors
- 8
- Residential units
- 24
- Building type
- Elevator apartment building
- Land use
- Elevator apartments
- Zoning district
- C5-3
- Lot area
- 7,618 sq ft
- Building area
- 52,005 sq ft
- Historic district
- South Street Seaport Historic District
Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 1, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not any single filing. When the rest of New York went up
Violation record
Are there open violations here?
The Department of Buildings has 2 open notices on record for this building, out of 32 notices on file; the most recent was issued Feb 22, 2024.
- No report and / or late filing (facade)
Issued Feb 22, 2024 — FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9C TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2024
- Local law 10/81 -
Issued Jan 13, 1997
Open means the agency has not recorded a resolution, which is not the same as the problem still existing. What a violation is, and what it is not. From NYC Department of Buildings, DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9), accessed Sep 14, 2026.
What is recorded here
Multiple filings, one stable building identifier.
New York City's Building Identification Number helps connect filings that may use different application numbers or describe different scopes of work. The records below are grouped because they publish BIN 1001142. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.
The matched set includes 1 alteration filing. Its latest status categories are 1 approved. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.
- First included filing
- Aug 25, 2026
- Latest recorded change
- Aug 25, 2026
- Highest proposed story count
- 8 stories
- Highest proposed unit count
- 24 dwelling units
Highest recorded values may come from different filings and must not be combined into one proposed project. Open the individual filings below for their exact scope. Values outside the publication's conservative data-quality bounds are withheld pending source review.
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Recorded history
What has happened at this address?
Every dated event the city has published for this building, from all 1 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.
- Alteration filed01
Installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed. no change in use, occupancy or egress. work shall comply with chapter 33 of nycbc. Filing M01450372-I1.
- Alteration approved02
Filing M01450372-I1 reached an approved status.
- Alteration now approved03
The latest status recorded for M01450372-I1 is “Approved.”