Alteration filingOct 22
DOB filing M00770710-P3
Alteration filing at 85 St Nicholas Terrace
Approved$1M recorded cost
Open filing Building record · BIN 1088609
85 St Nicholas Terrace
85 St Nicholas Terrace, Manhattan, NY 10031
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 The current snapshot links 4 independently sourced records, including 4 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.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 1088609
85 St Nicholas Terrace
Manhattanville-West Harlem, Manhattan
A consolidated public-record view · updated Oct 22, 2026
- DOB filings
- 4
- Active-status
- 4
- Recorded addresses
- 1
A building-level summary of matched filings, active-status records and published identifiers.
Matched filings4
Open or active-status records4
First included filingSep 22, 2022
Latest recorded changeOct 22, 2026
The lot
What is already here?
The lot holds a 5-story educational building built in 1930, on a 477,375 sq ft lot.
- Floors 2–5Nothing on record
- Floor 1Street levelStreet level. The lot is recorded as public facilities and institutions.
- Street levelPublic facilities and institutions
- Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 18 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 52.1 m
- Built
- 1930
- Floors
- 5
- Residential units
- 0
- Building type
- Educational building
- Land use
- Public facilities and institutions
- Zoning district
- R7-2
- Lot area
- 477,375 sq ft
- Building area
- 400,160 sq ft
Owner of record
DORMITORY AUTHORITY
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 Oct 29, 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 6 open notices on record for this building, out of 35 notices on file; the most recent was issued Nov 7, 2019.
- Elevator
Issued Nov 7, 2019
- Elevator
Issued Nov 7, 2019
- Elevator
Issued Nov 7, 2019
3 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 Oct 25, 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 1088609. 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 approved, 2 under review. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.
- First included filing
- Sep 22, 2022
- Latest recorded change
- Oct 22, 2026
- Highest proposed story count
- 6 stories
- 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 4 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.
- Alteration filed01
Structural steel framing work for city college of new york marshak hall- advanced science research center. no change in use egress or occupancy. Filing M00770757-I1.
- Alteration filed02
Mechanical mechanical work for city college of new york north academic center chilled water & condenser water system upgrades as per plans filed herewith. no change in use, egress or occupancy. Filing M00770710-I1.
- Alteration approved03
Filing M00770710-I1 reached an approved status.
- Alteration approved04
Filing M00770757-I1 reached an approved status.
- Permit recorded for alteration05
DOB lists a first permit date for M00770757-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Permit recorded for alteration06
DOB lists a first permit date for M00770710-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration now under review07
The latest status recorded for M00770757-I1 is “On Hold - Pending Supersede of Applicant of Record.”
- Alteration filed08
Structural work related to installation of pylon wayfinding signage at the Advanced Science Research Center/Center for Discovery and Innovation. No change in use, egress, oroccupancy. Filing M01467219-I1.
- Alteration filed09
Mechanical mechanical work for city college of new york north academic center chilled water & condenser water system upgrades as per plans filed herewith. no change in use, egress or occupancy. Filing M00770710-P3.
- Alteration approved010
Filing M00770710-P3 reached an approved status.
- Alteration now approved011
The latest status recorded for M00770710-P3 is “Approved.”
- Alteration now under review012
The latest status recorded for M01467219-I1 is “Objections.”
- Alteration now approved013
The latest status recorded for M00770710-I1 is “Permit Entire.”