NYC DOB record · M01421465-I1

159-38 Harlem River Drive

159-38 Harlem River Drive, Manhattan, NY 10039

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

DOB has issued the permit covering the full scope of this filing, so the work is cleared to proceed. What every status means

ApprovedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · M01421465-I1

159-38 Harlem River Drive

Manhattan, NY 10039

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 18, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
991
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 M01421465-I1 as a alteration filing at 159-38 Harlem River Drive, Manhattan, NY 10039. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 18, 2026. The filing records 991 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 18, 2026
Proposed scale
991 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 1086074Applicant of recordSee the 431 filings that name Ashraf Corporation
FiledSep 16, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale991 units
Recorded cost$13,200

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Installation of temporary roof protection as per plans. temporary protection shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. no change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.

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 20, 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 22 notices on file; the most recent was issued Dec 29, 2022.

  • Construction

    Issued Dec 29, 2022 — THE BOROUGH COMMISSIONER HAS ISSUED A SWO FOR APP #123473892 DUE TO APPLICANT WITHDRAWAL. STOP ALL WORK IMMEDIATELY UNDER REFERENCED JOB # AND MAKE SITE SAFE.

  • Hazardous condition (facade)

    Issued Dec 5, 2022 — NYCHA CYCLE 9A UNSAFE REPORT FILED

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.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01421465-I1.

    01
  2. First permit date recorded

    DOB lists a first permit date. This does not by itself confirm current construction activity.

    02
  3. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Permit Entire.”

    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 66,351 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
M01421465-I1
BBL
1021060320
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
991
Proposed dwelling units
991