NYC DOB record · M01440498-I1

179 East 79 Street

179 East 79 Street, Manhattan, NY 10075

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.

ApprovedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · M01440498-I1

179 East 79 Street

Manhattan, NY 10075

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 9, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
16 stories
Dwelling units
59
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 M01440498-I1 as a alteration filing at 179 East 79 Street, Manhattan, NY 10075. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 9, 2026. The filing records 16 proposed stories and 59 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
Sep 9, 2026
Proposed scale
16 proposed stories and 59 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 1 filings that name Peter Cobb Niles Architect
FiledAug 7, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale16 stories
Recorded cost$82,800

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Partition, finish and fixture work at existing dwelling unit 11D. Stain floors and paint apartment. 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 15-story elevator apartment building built in 1928, with 59 homes, on a 6,345 sq ft lot.

Built
1928
Floors
15
Residential units
59
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R10A
Lot area
6,345 sq ft
Building area
61,300 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 12, 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 38 notices on file; the most recent was issued Apr 22, 2023.

  • Failure to submit

    Issued Apr 22, 2023 — FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN EER PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-308.4 - MULTIPLE YEARS (2022)

  • Construction

    Issued May 30, 1991

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 12, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01440498-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

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
M01440498-I1
BIN
1047475
BBL
1015080031
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
16
Proposed stories
16
Existing dwelling units
59
Proposed dwelling units
59
General construction