Alteration filingSep 15
DOB filing M01109767-I1
Alteration filing at 659 West 179 Street
Approved$1,000 recorded cost
Open filing Building record · BIN 1063920
659 West 179 Street
659 West 179 Street, Manhattan, NY 10033
A consolidated, filing-by-filing view of DOB records matched to this building identifier. The current snapshot links 3 independently sourced records, including 3 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.
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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 1063920
659 West 179 Street
Washington Heights (South), Manhattan
A consolidated public-record view · updated Sep 15, 2026
- DOB filings
- 3
- Active-status
- 3
- Recorded addresses
- 1
A building-level summary of matched filings, active-status records and published identifiers.
Matched filings3
Open or active-status records3
First included filingSep 20, 2024
Latest recorded changeSep 15, 2026
The lot
What is already here?
The lot holds a 3-story office building built in 1900, on a 3,333 sq ft lot.
- Floors 2–3Nothing on record
- Floor 1Street levelStreet level. The lot is recorded as commercial and office, so this floor is where the commercial space is.
- Street levelCommercial and office
- Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 32 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 95.8 m
- Built
- 1900
- Floors
- 3
- Residential units
- 0
- Building type
- Office building
- Land use
- Commercial and office
- Zoning district
- R7-2
- Lot area
- 3,333 sq ft
- Building area
- 6,000 sq ft
Housing violations
1 violation is open against this address under the Housing Maintenance Code. 1 of them is the class the city calls immediately hazardous.
- 1Immediately hazardous
- 0Hazardous
- 0Non-hazardous
- 0Information order
Open means the Department of Housing Preservation and Development has not recorded it as corrected, which is not the same as nobody having fixed it. The city publishes the apartment each was written against; that is not carried here, because a count says a building has a problem and an apartment number says whose.
Owner of record
661 WEST 179 STREET, 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 18, 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 7 open notices on record for this building, out of 15 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jun 26, 2026.
- Construction
Issued Jun 26, 2026 — AT TIME OF INSPECTION, BOROUGH COMMISSIONER STOP WORK ORDER WAS ISSUED DUE TO CONTRACTOR WITHDRAWAL OF JOB #122731703 TO MAKE SITE SAFE.
- Construction
Issued Jun 26, 2026 — AT TIME OF INSPECTION, BOROUGH COMMISSIONER STOP WORK ORDER WAS ISSUED DUE TO CONTRACTOR WITHDRAWAL OF JOB #122475963 TO MAKE SITE SAFE.
- Construction
Issued Jun 26, 2026 — AT TIME OF INSPECTION, BOROUGH COMMISSIONER STOP WORK ORDER WAS ISSUED DUE TO CONTRACTOR WITHDRAWAL OF JOB #123362574 TO MAKE SITE SAFE.
4 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 17, 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 1063920. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.
The matched set includes 3 alteration filing. Its latest status categories are 3 approved. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.
- First included filing
- Sep 20, 2024
- Latest recorded change
- Sep 15, 2026
- Highest proposed story count
- Not stated
- Highest proposed unit count
- Not stated
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 3 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 2022 the NYC building code. live load 300psf. Filing M01109767-I1.
- Alteration filed02
Proposed installation of temporary light duty pipe scaffold as per plans. work shall comply with chapter #33 of 2022 the NYC building code. no change in use, occupancy, or egress under this application. Filing M01109776-I1.
- Alteration filed03
Installation of temporary construction fence as per plans. no change in use, occupancy or egress. Filing M01109779-I1.
- Permit recorded for alteration04
DOB lists a first permit date for M01109767-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Permit recorded for alteration05
DOB lists a first permit date for M01109776-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Permit recorded for alteration06
DOB lists a first permit date for M01109779-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration now approved07
The latest status recorded for M01109779-I1 is “Permit Entire.”
- Alteration now approved08
The latest status recorded for M01109776-I1 is “Permit Entire.”
- Alteration now approved09
The latest status recorded for M01109767-I1 is “Permit Entire.”