NYC DOB record · M01444893-I1

159 Prince Street

159 Prince Street, Manhattan, NY 10012

Alteration filing in Soho-Little Italy-Hudson 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 · M01444893-I1

159 Prince Street

Manhattan, NY 10012

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 21, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
5 stories
Dwelling units
18
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 M01444893-I1 as a alteration filing at 159 Prince Street, Manhattan, NY 10012. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 21, 2026. The filing records 5 proposed stories and 18 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
Oct 21, 2026
Proposed scale
5 proposed stories and 18 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 98 filings that name Grasso-menziuso Architects
FiledOct 14, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale5 stories
Recorded cost$61,200

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Minor partition work in apt 3 with general Carpentry work. No change to use bulk or egress

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 5-story walk-up apartment building built in 1873, with 16 homes, on a 2,351 sq ft lot.

Built
1873
Last altered
2014
Floors
5
Residential units
16
Building type
Walk-up apartment building
Land use
Mixed residential and commercial
Zoning district
R7-2
Lot area
2,351 sq ft
Building area
9,634 sq ft
Historic district
Sullivan-Thompson Historic District

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 23, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

No open violations are recorded for this building. 5 notices are on file, all with a recorded resolution.

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 23, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01444893-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 85,681 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
M01444893-I1
BIN
1008037
BBL
1005160042
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
5
Proposed stories
5
Existing dwelling units
18
Proposed dwelling units
18
General construction