NYC DOB record · M01172813-P1

161 East 79 Street

161 East 79 Street, Manhattan, NY 10075

Alteration filing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, 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 · M01172813-P1

161 East 79 Street

Manhattan, NY 10075

Alteration filing · status dated Aug 20, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
12 stories
Dwelling units
24
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 M01172813-P1 as a alteration filing at 161 East 79 Street, Manhattan, NY 10075. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Aug 20, 2026. The filing records 12 proposed stories and 24 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
Aug 20, 2026
Proposed scale
12 proposed stories and 24 proposed dwelling units
Complete building dossierView all 3 filings associated with BIN 1047472
FiledJun 17, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale12 stories
Recorded cost$68,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Work to apt 9a on the 9th floor of an existing 12 story multiple dwelling building. alterations to consist of interior partition work. no change to zoning, ude, 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 12-story elevator apartment building built in 1915, with 24 homes, on a 6,334 sq ft lot.

Built
1915
Floors
12
Residential units
24
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R10A
Lot area
6,334 sq ft
Building area
51,792 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 1, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 5 open notices on record for this building, out of 45 notices on file; the most recent was issued Feb 15, 2019.

  • Facade safety program

    Issued Feb 15, 2019

  • No report and / or late filing (facade)

    Issued Jul 31, 2018 — FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 8B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2018

  • Local law 11/98 - facade

    Issued Mar 16, 2012 — UNSAFE LOCAL LAW 11/98 REPORT FILED

  • 2 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 14, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01172813-P1.

    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 18 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 50,115 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
M01172813-P1
BBL
1015080024
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
12
Proposed stories
12
Existing dwelling units
24
Proposed dwelling units
24
General construction