NYC DOB record · M01406122-I1

179 East 70 Street

179 East 70 Street, Manhattan, NY 10021

Alteration filing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, 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 · M01406122-I1

179 East 70 Street

Manhattan, NY 10021

Alteration filing · status dated Aug 20, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
20 stories
Dwelling units
48
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 M01406122-I1 as a alteration filing at 179 East 70 Street, Manhattan, NY 10021. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Aug 20, 2026. The filing records 20 proposed stories and 48 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
20 proposed stories and 48 proposed dwelling units
Complete building dossierView all 2 filings associated with BIN 1042739
FiledJun 18, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale20 stories
Recorded cost$315,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Interior alteration of existing apartment 11A as shown on submitted plans. No change in occupancy, use 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 20-story elevator apartment building built in 1959, with 47 homes, on a 8,797 sq ft lot.

Built
1959
Last altered
1989
Floors
20
Residential units
47
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
C1-9
Lot area
8,797 sq ft
Building area
117,958 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 23 open notices on record for this building, out of 39 notices on file; the most recent was issued Dec 1, 2021.

  • Failure to post energy

    Issued Dec 1, 2021 — FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

  • Failure to post energy

    Issued Apr 29, 2021 — FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

  • (other bldgs types) - elevator affirmation of

    Issued Sep 6, 2019 — VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST

  • 20 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 M01406122-I1.

    01
  2. Application approved

    The application reached an approved status in the DOB record.

    02
  3. First permit date recorded

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

    03
  4. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Permit Entire.”

    04

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
M01406122-I1
BBL
1014050033
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
20
Proposed stories
20
Existing dwelling units
48
Proposed dwelling units
48
General construction