Building record · BIN 1046983

21 East 90 Street

21 East 90 Street, Manhattan, NY 10128

A consolidated, filing-by-filing view of DOB records matched to this building identifier. The current snapshot links 4 independently sourced records, including 4 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.

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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 1046983

21 East 90 Street

Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan

A consolidated public-record view · updated Sep 10, 2026

DOB filings
4
Active-status
4
Recorded addresses
1
Building data portrait

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

Matched filings4
Open or active-status records4
First included filingOct 16, 2025
Latest recorded changeSep 10, 2026

The lot

What is already here?

The lot holds a 14-story elevator apartment building built in 1927, with 50 homes, on a 11,102 sq ft lot.

  1. Floors 2–14Homes50 homes are recorded on this lot — about 4 homes to a floor. 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
  • Homes50 recorded on the lot
  • Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 44 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 131.1 m
Drawn from the outline and roof height the Department of City Planning publishes for this building: 56 m over 14 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
1927
Last altered
1983
Floors
14
Residential units
50
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R10
Lot area
11,102 sq ft
Building area
104,445 sq ft
Historic district
Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District

What it sold for

12 apartments on this tax block changed hands in the year the city last published, at a median of $2,500,000, from 850,000 to 6,450,000.

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

TRUSTEES OF THE SPENCE SCHOOL, INC.

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 13, 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 21 East 90 Street
UnitRoomsSizePricePer sq ftListed by
Unit 9CFor sale2 bd · 2 ba1,500 sq ft139$2,590,000$1,727Coldwell Banker
Unit 3BFor 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 5 open notices on record for this building, out of 92 notices on file; the most recent was issued Dec 1, 2023.

  • Failure to post energy

    Issued Dec 1, 2023 — FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

  • (other bldgs types) - elevator affirmation of

    Issued Sep 6, 2019 — VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST

  • (other bldgs types) - elevator affirmation of

    Issued Sep 6, 2019 — VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST

  • 2 further open notices are on file. Open the source dataset for the full list.

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 11, 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 1046983. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.

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

First included filing
Oct 16, 2025
Latest recorded change
Sep 10, 2026
Highest proposed story count
16 stories
Highest proposed unit count
48 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 4 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.

  1. Alteration filed

    Interior plumbing modifications related to a kitchen renovation. Filing M01288891-S1.

    01
  2. Alteration approved

    Filing M01288891-S1 reached an approved status.

    02
  3. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for M01288891-S1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    03
  4. Alteration filed

    Interior plumbing modifications related to a kitchen renovation. Filing M01288891-P3.

    04
  5. Alteration approved

    Filing M01288891-P3 reached an approved status.

    05
  6. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for M01288891-P3 is “Approved.”

    06
  7. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for M01288891-S1 is “Permit Entire.”

    07
  8. Alteration filed

    Interior renovation of apt 2D. Install new powder room and laundry room. No change in use, egress and occupancy. Filing M01443780-I1.

    08
  9. Alteration filed

    Plumbing work related to apt 2D renovation. No change in use, egress and occupancy. Filing M01443780-S1.

    09
  10. Alteration now under review

    The latest status recorded for M01443780-S1 is “Prof Cert QA Review.”

    010
  11. Alteration now under review

    The latest status recorded for M01443780-I1 is “Plan Examiner Review.”

    011