NYC DOB record · M01478940-S1

251 West 81 Street

251 West 81 Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

Alteration filing in Upper West Side (Central), 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 · M01478940-S1

251 West 81 Street

Manhattan, NY 10024

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 23, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
43
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 M01478940-S1 as a alteration filing at 251 West 81 Street, Manhattan, NY 10024. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 23, 2026. The filing records 43 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
Oct 23, 2026
Proposed scale
43 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 73 filings that name Mumtaz Enterprises
FiledOct 22, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale43 units
Recorded cost$10,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Construction equipment - scaffold proposed installation of pipe scaffold for remedial repairs as per plans. pipe scaffold shall comply with chapter#33 of 2022 the ny building code. no change in use occupancy or egress 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 7-story elevator apartment building built in 1900, with 43 homes, on a 8,846 sq ft lot.

Built
1900
Last altered
1979
Floors
7
Residential units
43
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Mixed residential and commercial
Zoning district
C4-6A
Lot area
8,846 sq ft
Building area
59,354 sq ft
Historic district
Riverside-West End Historic District Extension I

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 26, 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 27 notices on file; the most recent was issued Nov 28, 2000.

  • Construction

    Issued Nov 28, 2000

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 Oct 26, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01478940-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 87,253 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
M01478940-S1
BIN
1032679
BBL
1012290008
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
43
Proposed dwelling units
43
Scaffolding