NYC DOB record · M01383367-I1

159 Madison Avenue

159 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10016

Alteration filing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, 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

ApprovedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · M01383367-I1

159 Madison Avenue

Manhattan, NY 10016

Alteration filing · status dated Nov 4, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
12 stories
Dwelling units
119
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 M01383367-I1 as a alteration filing at 159 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10016. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Nov 4, 2026. The filing records 12 proposed stories and 119 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
Nov 4, 2026
Proposed scale
12 proposed stories and 119 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 50 filings that name Sarah Jacoby Architect, DPC
FiledOct 13, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale12 stories
Recorded cost$260,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Combination of units 3fg and 3h incompliance with tppn #3/97; partition work and kitchen and bathroom renovation. 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 12-story elevator apartment building built in 1912, with 118 homes, on a 9,875 sq ft lot.

Built
1912
Last altered
1986
Floors
12
Residential units
118
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
C5-2
Lot area
9,875 sq ft
Building area
111,227 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Nov 5, 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 40 notices on file; the most recent was issued Aug 24, 2021.

  • Elevator

    Issued Aug 24, 2021

  • Local law 10/80 - facade

    Issued Jul 1, 1992

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 Nov 5, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01383367-I1.

    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 22 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 92,577 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
M01383367-I1
BIN
1017015
BBL
1008620024
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
12
Proposed stories
12
Existing dwelling units
119
Proposed dwelling units
119
General construction