Alteration filingSep 18
DOB filing M01319996-P2
Alteration filing at 51 East 90 Street
Approved9 proposed stories
Open filing Building record · BIN 1046985
51 East 90 Street
51 East 90 Street, Manhattan, NY 10128
A consolidated, filing-by-filing view of DOB records matched to this building identifier. The current snapshot links 6 independently sourced records, including 6 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.
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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 1046985
51 East 90 Street
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, Manhattan
A consolidated public-record view · updated Sep 18, 2026
- DOB filings
- 6
- Active-status
- 6
- Recorded addresses
- 2
A building-level summary of matched filings, active-status records and published identifiers.
Matched filings6
Open or active-status records6
First included filingDec 3, 2025
Latest recorded changeSep 18, 2026
The lot
What is already here?
The lot holds a 9-story elevator apartment building built in 1926, with 38 homes, on a 7,767 sq ft lot.
- Floors 2–9Homes38 homes are recorded on this lot — about 5 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
- Homes38 recorded on the lot
- Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 44 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 131.1 m
- Built
- 1926
- Floors
- 9
- Residential units
- 38
- Building type
- Elevator apartment building
- Land use
- Elevator apartments
- Zoning district
- R8B
- Lot area
- 7,767 sq ft
- Building area
- 51,475 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.
The property itself last changed hands for $999,000 on Nov 7, 2025.
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 20, 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 1 open notice on record for this building, out of 36 notices on file; the most recent was issued Mar 14, 1991.
- Elevator
Issued Mar 14, 1991 — DEVICE #1P15053
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 20, 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 1046985. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.
The matched set includes 6 alteration filing. Its latest status categories are 6 approved. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.
- First included filing
- Dec 3, 2025
- Latest recorded change
- Sep 18, 2026
- Highest proposed story count
- 9 stories
- Highest proposed unit count
- 38 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 6 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.
- Alteration filed01
New gas fired hot water heater with (1) new storage tank. reconnect existing lp gas line. no change in means of egress, use group or occupancy. Filing M01319996-S1.
- Alteration filed02
Replacement (1) new combination gas/oil burner on (1) new lp boiler. straight gas only at this time. no change in means of egress, use group or occupancy. Filing M01319996-S2.
- Alteration filed03
Install (1) new 10 gage 304 stainless steel chimney liner in existing brick chimney. no change in means of egress, use group or occupancy. Filing M01319996-I1.
- Alteration approved04
Filing M01319996-S2 reached an approved status.
- Alteration approved05
Filing M01319996-S1 reached an approved status.
- Alteration approved06
Filing M01319996-I1 reached an approved status.
- Permit recorded for alteration07
DOB lists a first permit date for M01319996-S1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Permit recorded for alteration08
DOB lists a first permit date for M01319996-S2. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Permit recorded for alteration09
DOB lists a first permit date for M01319996-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration filed010
New gas fired hot water heater with (1) new storage tank. reconnect existing lp gas line. no change in means of egress, use group or occupancy. Filing M01319996-P2.
- Alteration filed011
Replacement (1) new combination gas/oil burner on (1) new lp boiler. straight gas only at this time. no change in means of egress, use group or occupancy. Filing M01319996-P3.
- Alteration filed012
Install (1) new 10 gage 304 stainless steel chimney liner in existing brick chimney. no change in means of egress, use group or occupancy. Filing M01319996-P1.
- Alteration approved013
Filing M01319996-P2 reached an approved status.
- Alteration now approved014
The latest status recorded for M01319996-P2 is “Approved.”
- Alteration approved015
Filing M01319996-P3 reached an approved status.
- Alteration now approved016
The latest status recorded for M01319996-P3 is “Approved.”
- Alteration approved017
Filing M01319996-P1 reached an approved status.
- Alteration now approved018
The latest status recorded for M01319996-P1 is “Approved.”
- Alteration now approved019
The latest status recorded for M01319996-S1 is “Permit Entire.”
- Alteration now approved020
The latest status recorded for M01319996-S2 is “Permit Entire.”
- Alteration now approved021
The latest status recorded for M01319996-I1 is “Permit Entire.”