NYC DOB record · M00731549-P2

211 West 56 Street

211 West 56 Street, Manhattan, NY 10019

Alteration filing in Midtown-Times 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 · M00731549-P2

211 West 56 Street

Manhattan, NY 10019

Alteration filing · status dated Aug 26, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
35 stories
Dwelling units
396
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 M00731549-P2 as a alteration filing at 211 West 56 Street, Manhattan, NY 10019. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Aug 26, 2026. The filing records 35 proposed stories and 396 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 26, 2026
Proposed scale
35 proposed stories and 396 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 1024894
FiledAug 19, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale35 stories
Recorded cost$183,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Lintel repair at bulkhead, miscellaneous brick replacement & repointing at the facades. miscellaneous sill replacement. steel dunnage on roof and tank room. no change in 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 36-story elevator apartment building built in 1979, with 396 homes, on a 16,120 sq ft lot.

Built
1979
Last altered
2016
Floors
36
Residential units
396
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Mixed residential and commercial
Zoning district
C6-6
Lot area
16,120 sq ft
Building area
311,689 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 19, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 8 open notices on record for this building, out of 174 notices on file; the most recent was issued Mar 6, 2026.

  • Construction

    Issued Mar 6, 2026 — FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED DEFECTED CONDITIONS AT EXPOSURE 1 SOUTH ELEVATION DAMAGED MASONRY ABOVE MAIN ENTRANCE LINTEL AND OPEN STONE JOINT CORNER OF EXPOSURE 1 AND 4. REMEDY: REPAIR AND OR REPLACE

  • Elevator

    Issued May 5, 2011

  • Elevator

    Issued May 5, 2011

  • 5 further open notices are on file. Open the source dataset for the full list.

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 Sep 18, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M00731549-P2.

    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 20 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 66,798 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
M00731549-P2
BBL
1010280017
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
35
Proposed stories
35
Existing dwelling units
396
Proposed dwelling units
396
General construction