Building record · BIN 1031139

15 West 81 Street

15 West 81 Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 1031139

15 West 81 Street

Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan

A consolidated public-record view · updated Sep 18, 2026

DOB filings
8
Active-status
6
Recorded addresses
2
Building data portrait

A building-level summary of matched filings, active-status records and published identifiers.

Matched filings8
Open or active-status records6
First included filingMay 9, 2024
Latest recorded changeSep 18, 2026

The lot

What is already here?

The lot holds a 16-story elevator apartment building built in 1930, with 123 homes, on a 26,875 sq ft lot.

  1. Floors 2–16Homes123 homes are recorded on this lot — about 8 homes to a floor, and the apartments assessed on this block run to a typical 555 sq ft (52 m²). The city does not publish which floor any of them is on.
  2. Floor 1Street levelStreet level. The lot is recorded as elevator apartments.
  • Street levelElevator apartments
  • Homes123 recorded · typically 52 m² · valued $196,912
  • Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 31 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 90.1 m
Drawn from the outline and roof height the Department of City Planning publishes for this building: 67.3 m over 16 floors, as the city counts them. 2 runs of floors have something on record. The city publishes a roof height and a storey count for the lot, and nothing at all about any individual floor. What stands to the south is measured from the city’s own footprints and roof heights; it is a statement about the skyline, not a calculation of sunlight.
Built
1930
Last altered
1979
Floors
16
Residential units
123
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R8B
Lot area
26,875 sq ft
Building area
338,373 sq ft
Historic district
Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District

The apartments

290 condominium apartments are assessed on this block, and the typical one is 555 sq ft (52 m²). They run from 24 to 525 m².

The city values the typical one at $196,912. That is the Department of Finance’s market valuation for tax, not an asking price and not a sale.

What it sold for

21 apartments on this tax block changed hands in the year the city last published, at a median of $2,400,000, from 405,600 to 8,500,000.

Recorded sale prices from the Department of Finance’s rolling file, covering the year to Aug 31, 2026. Transfers under $10,000 are left out: New York records deed transfers between relatives at a dollar, and those are not sales. No apartment number and no name is carried from either side.

Owner of record

50 W. 82 LLC

As the assessment roll records it. Only owners that read as a company are shown here; where the roll names an individual, nothing is published.

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 22, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not any single filing. When the rest of New York went up

On the market here

2 homes at this address are currently listed for sale by Coldwell Banker. Prices move; the brokerage’s own page is the one that is current, and every row here links to it.

Homes listed for sale or rent at 15 West 81 Street
UnitRoomsSizePricePer sq ftListed by
Unit 8FFor salePrice not readColdwell Banker
Unit 8JFor salePrice not readColdwell Banker

Read from the brokerages’ own published listings on September 22, 2026. A home drops off this table the next time they publish a list without it — usually because it sold or let, though a listing can also expire or be withdrawn. What we know is that it is no longer offered, which is why this shows what they have today rather than what we were told once. Everything on the market across the city.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 1 open notice on record for this building, out of 88 notices on file; the most recent was issued Feb 9, 2000.

  • Elevator

    Issued Feb 9, 2000

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 22, 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 1031139. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.

The matched set includes 8 alteration filing. Its latest status categories are 4 under review, 2 recorded as completed, 2 approved. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.

First included filing
May 9, 2024
Latest recorded change
Sep 18, 2026
Highest proposed story count
15 stories
Highest proposed unit count
128 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 8 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.

  1. Alteration filed

    Combine apt# 2E & 2F into one apartment; interior renovation of apartment with new partitions and finishes. No change in use, egress or occupancy. Filing M01045708-I1.

    01
  2. Alteration approved

    Filing M01045708-I1 reached an approved status.

    02
  3. Alteration filed

    Subsequent filing for plumbing works. Filing M01045708-S1.

    03
  4. Alteration filed

    Subsequent filing for install new split air conditioning system and ductwork distribution. Filing M01045708-S2.

    04
  5. Alteration approved

    Filing M01045708-S1 reached an approved status.

    05
  6. Alteration approved

    Filing M01045708-S2 reached an approved status.

    06
  7. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M01045708-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    07
  8. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M01045708-S1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    08
  9. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M01045708-S2. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    09
  10. Alteration filed

    Interior renovation of apartment 8D associated with the Plumbing Scope. No change in use, egress, or occupancy under this application. Filing M01194910-S2.

    010
  11. Alteration approved

    Filing M01194910-S2 reached an approved status.

    011
  12. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M01194910-S2. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    012
  13. Alteration filed

    Renovation of Apartment 8D associated with the Mechanical Work Scope. No change in use, egress, and occupancy under this application. Filing M01194910-S1.

    013
  14. Alteration approved

    Filing M01194910-S1 reached an approved status.

    014
  15. Alteration filed

    Proposed installation of a temporary sidewalk shed and supported scaffolding as per plans submitted. work shall comply with 2014 building codes, chapter33. no changes in use, egress, or occupancy. Filing M01303528-I1.

    015
  16. Alteration filed

    Proposed installation of a temporary sidewalk shed and supported scaffolding as per plans submitted. work shall comply with 2014 building codes, chapter33. no changes in use, egress, or occupancy. Filing M01303523-I1.

    016
  17. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M01303528-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    017
  18. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M01303523-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    018
  19. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M01194910-S1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    019
  20. Alteration now under review

    The latest status recorded for M01045708-S1 is “On Hold - Pending Supersede of Special Inspector.”

    020
  21. Alteration now under review

    The latest status recorded for M01045708-I1 is “On Hold - Pending Supersede of Special Inspector.”

    021
  22. Alteration now under review

    The latest status recorded for M01045708-S2 is “On Hold - Pending Supersede of Special Inspector.”

    022
  23. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for M01303528-I1 is “Permit Entire.”

    023
  24. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for M01303523-I1 is “Permit Entire.”

    024
  25. Alteration signed off

    DOB recorded a sign-off for M01194910-S2.

    025
  26. Alteration now completed

    The latest status recorded for M01194910-S2 is “LOC Issued.”

    026
  27. Alteration filed

    Installation of pipe scaffold as indicated on plans. there will be no change in the use, egress, or occupancy under this application. Filing M01428010-P1.

    027
  28. Alteration signed off

    DOB recorded a sign-off for M01194910-S1.

    028
  29. Alteration now completed

    The latest status recorded for M01194910-S1 is “LOC Issued.”

    029
  30. Alteration now under review

    The latest status recorded for M01428010-P1 is “Prof Cert QA Review.”

    030