What the filing says
A public-record reading of the proposed work.
159 east 53rd street - nyu - interior demo related to existing sprinkler heads and piping as per plans filed herewith. temp heads added for protection. buildout scope to be filed under a separate application. no change in 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 60-story condominium built in 1978, on a 70,572 sq ft lot.
- Built
- 1978
- Floors
- 60
- Residential units
- 0
- Building type
- Condominium
- Land use
- Commercial and office
- Zoning district
- C6-6
- Lot area
- 70,572 sq ft
- Building area
- 1,654,020 sq ft
Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 5, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.
Violation record
Are there open violations here?
The Department of Buildings has 12 open notices on record for this building, out of 448 notices on file; the most recent was issued Nov 14, 2025.
- Low pressure boiler
Issued Nov 14, 2025 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
- Low pressure boiler
Issued Nov 14, 2025 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
- Low pressure boiler
Issued Nov 14, 2025 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
9 further open notices are on file. Open the source dataset for the full list.
A violation is a notice the Department of Buildings recorded against the building. It is not a judgment, and many concern paperwork rather than safety. Open means the agency has not recorded a resolution, which is not the same as the problem still existing. From NYC Department of Buildings, DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9), accessed Sep 5, 2026.
Recorded timeline
Dates published by the Department of Buildings.
- Application filed01
DOB received filing M01435695-S3.
- Application approved02
The application reached an approved status in the DOB record.
- Current status updated03
The latest recorded filing status is “Approved.”
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
- M01435695-S3
- BBL
- 1013087501
- Postal code
- 10022 · 302 filings
- Review type
- Professional Certification
- Existing stories
- 59
- Proposed stories
- 59
- Existing dwelling units
- 0
- Proposed dwelling units
- 0