NYC DOB record · M01470000-S1

237 East 81 Street

237 East 81 Street, Manhattan, NY 10028

Alteration filing in Upper East Side-Yorkville, 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 · M01470000-S1

237 East 81 Street

Manhattan, NY 10028

Alteration filing · status dated Nov 5, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
4 stories
Dwelling units
16
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 M01470000-S1 as a alteration filing at 237 East 81 Street, Manhattan, NY 10028. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Nov 5, 2026. The filing records 4 proposed stories and 16 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
Nov 5, 2026
Proposed scale
4 proposed stories and 16 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 17 filings that name Prainito Architect P.C.
FiledOct 27, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale4 stories
Recorded cost$30,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Relocation /replacement of plumbing fixtures

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 4-story walk-up apartment building built in 1925, with 5 homes, on a 2,554 sq ft lot.

Built
1925
Floors
4
Residential units
5
Building type
Walk-up apartment building
Land use
Walk-up apartments
Zoning district
R8B
Lot area
2,554 sq ft
Building area
7,036 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Nov 7, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

No open violations are recorded for this building.

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 Nov 7, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01470000-S1.

    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 93,320 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
M01470000-S1
BIN
1048563
BBL
1015270018
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
4
Proposed stories
4
Existing dwelling units
16
Proposed dwelling units
16