Alteration filingAug 21
DOB filing M00846258-I1
Alteration filing at 38 West 128 Street
Approved$1,000 recorded cost
Open filing Building record · BIN 1053651
38 West 128 Street
38 West 128 Street, Manhattan, NY 10027
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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 1053651
38 West 128 Street
Harlem (North), Manhattan
A consolidated public-record view · updated Aug 21, 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 filingMar 22, 2023
Latest recorded changeAug 21, 2026
The lot
What is already here?
The lot holds a 6-story elevator apartment building built in 1920, with 12 homes, on a 3,747 sq ft lot.
- Floors 2–6Homes12 homes are recorded on this lot — about 2 homes to a floor, and the apartments assessed on this block run to a typical 986 sq ft (92 m²). 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
- Homes12 recorded · typically 92 m² · valued $274,500
- Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 11 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 30.8 m
- Built
- 1920
- Last altered
- 1989
- Floors
- 6
- Residential units
- 12
- Building type
- Elevator apartment building
- Land use
- Elevator apartments
- Zoning district
- R7-2
- Lot area
- 3,747 sq ft
- Building area
- 16,695 sq ft
The apartments
80 condominium apartments are assessed on this block, and the typical one is 986 sq ft (92 m²). They run from 48 to 260 m².
The city values the typical one at $274,500. That is the Department of Finance’s market valuation for tax, not an asking price and not a sale.
What it sold for
2 apartments on this tax block changed hands in the year the city last published, at a median of $1,700,000.
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
WEST 128TH STREET L.P.
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 2, 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 40 open notices on record for this building, out of 59 notices on file; the most recent was issued May 12, 2026.
- Construction
Issued May 12, 2026 — FTM BLDG. TIME OF INSPECTION, OBSRVD ON EXP 1 N.ELEV - DAMAGED CORNICE @ MULTI LOCATIONS; AC INADEQUATELY SUPPORTED ON 3RDFL: CRACKS IN WINDOWSILL/EYEBROWS ON 4TH FL & CRACKS IN SILL ON 5TH FL. EXP 2 E.ELEV - VERTICAL CRACK IN BRICK & STUCCO (N.E ELEV). EXP 4W.ELEV - SPALLED STUCCO @ PARAPET. REMEDY: AND/OR REPLACE ALL DAMAGED FACADE & APPURT
- Construction
Issued Dec 10, 2025 — FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. OBSERVED AT EXPOSURE 1 DEFECTED ROOF CORNICE CRACK WINDOW SILL AT 5FL CORNICE CRACK WINDOW SILL @FL OPEN STONE JOINT CRACK & DETERIORATION OF 2FL CORNICE. EXPOSURE/AND DEFECTED STUCCO OF EXPOSURE 2 & EXPOSURE 4 REMEDY: REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE
- Low pressure boiler
Issued Nov 14, 2025 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
37 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 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 1053651. 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
- Mar 22, 2023
- Latest recorded change
- Aug 21, 2026
- Highest proposed story count
- Not stated
- Highest proposed unit count
- 12 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 temporary heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. no change in use, egress or occupancy. sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. live load 300psf. Filing M00846258-I1.
- Alteration approved02
Filing M00846258-I1 reached an approved status.
- Permit recorded for alteration03
DOB lists a first permit date for M00846258-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration now approved04
The latest status recorded for M00846258-I1 is “Permit Entire.”