NYC DOB record · M01457786-I1

242 West 72 Street

242 West 72 Street, Manhattan, NY 10023

Alteration filing in Upper West Side-Lincoln 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 · M01457786-I1

242 West 72 Street

Manhattan, NY 10023

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 17, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
8
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 M01457786-I1 as a alteration filing at 242 West 72 Street, Manhattan, NY 10023. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 17, 2026. The filing records 8 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 17, 2026
Proposed scale
8 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 12 filings that name REL Engineering PC
FiledSep 10, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale8 units
Recorded cost$4,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Installation and use of temporary supported scaffold as per plans filed herewith. no change to use, 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 5-story walk-up apartment building built in 1887, with 8 homes, on a 2,042 sq ft lot.

Built
1887
Last altered
1971
Floors
5
Residential units
8
Building type
Walk-up apartment building
Land use
Walk-up apartments
Zoning district
C4-6A
Lot area
2,042 sq ft
Building area
7,835 sq ft
Historic district
West End-Collegiate Historic District Extension

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 1 open notice on record for this building, out of 22 notices on file; the most recent was issued Sep 29, 2025.

  • Construction

    Issued Sep 29, 2025 — AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED A DAMAGED CEILING AT APT 4R BEDROOM. OBSERVED MISSING PAINT EXPOSING CEILING IN A BEDROOM. OBSERVED ONGOING FACADE CONSTRUCTION AT 244 WEST 72 STREET UNDER PERMIT#M00634234-I1-GC.

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 19, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01457786-I1.

    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 65,533 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
M01457786-I1
BIN
1030442
BBL
1011630152
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
8
Proposed dwelling units
8
Scaffolding