NYC DOB record · M01272654-S8

159-30 Harlem River Drive

159-30 Harlem River Drive, Manhattan, NY 10039

Alteration filing in Harlem (North), Manhattan. The latest DOB status is approved.

A plan examiner has approved the application. A permit still has to be issued before work can begin. What every status means

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NYC DOB RECORD · M01272654-S8

159-30 Harlem River Drive

Manhattan, NY 10039

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 14, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
14 stories
Dwelling units
208
Filing data portrait

A page-specific reading of the filing status, location and stated scale. Values are drawn from the cited DOB record.

Address record at a glance

What is filed at this address?

NYC DOB lists filing M01272654-S8 as a alteration filing at 159-30 Harlem River Drive, Manhattan, NY 10039. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 14, 2026. The filing records 14 proposed stories and 208 proposed dwelling units.

A filing or approval does not by itself confirm that work is underway. Proposed details may change in later DOB records.
Filing type
Alteration filing
Latest status
Approved
Latest status date
Sep 14, 2026
Proposed scale
14 proposed stories and 208 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 1084184Applicant of recordSee the 1 filings that name Dirtworks Landscape Architecture
FiledAug 7, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale14 stories
Recorded cost$4.8M

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Redevelopment at outside premises (osp), including site improvements as part of building renovations. no change to use, egress or occupancy.

Street Futures classifies this record as a alteration filing based on the filing type and work flags published by the Department of Buildings. This classification helps organize the map; it does not add scope that is absent from the DOB record.

The lot this filing sits on

What is already here?

The lot holds a 14-story elevator apartment building built in 1950, with 984 homes, on a 475,325 sq ft lot.

Built
1950
Floors
14
Residential units
984
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Mixed residential and commercial
Zoning district
R7-2
Lot area
475,325 sq ft
Building area
810,090 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 15, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 2 open notices on record for this building, out of 20 notices on file; the most recent was issued May 20, 2019.

  • Nycha elevator periodic

    Issued May 20, 2019 — FAILURE TO PERFORM CATEGORY 5 INSPECTION

  • Nycha elevator periodic

    Issued May 20, 2019 — FAILURE TO PERFORM CATEGORY 5 INSPECTION

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 15, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01272654-S8.

    01
  2. Application approved

    The application reached an approved status in the DOB record.

    02
  3. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Approved.”

    03

For scale: half of DOB filings are permitted within 20 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 62,630 filings that carry both dates. How long a permit takes, by work type and borough

Scope and identifiers

The details used to match this filing.

Where a field reads “empty in the source”, the city published this filing without that value. It is not an omission on our side, and nothing here is inferred to fill a gap.

DOB filing number
M01272654-S8
BBL
1021060320
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
14
Proposed stories
14
Existing dwelling units
208
Proposed dwelling units
208
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