NYC DOB record · M01281521-I1

251 West 89 Street

251 West 89 Street, Manhattan, NY 10024

Alteration filing in Upper West Side (Central), 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. What every status means

ApprovedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · M01281521-I1

251 West 89 Street

Manhattan, NY 10024

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 20, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
12 stories
Dwelling units
72
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 M01281521-I1 as a alteration filing at 251 West 89 Street, Manhattan, NY 10024. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 20, 2026. The filing records 12 proposed stories and 72 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 20, 2026
Proposed scale
12 proposed stories and 72 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 43 filings that name Sustainable Design Engineering PLLC
FiledOct 1, 2025
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale12 stories
Recorded cost$172,012

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

General construction to renovate apt 2a on the 2nd floor. work will include new partitions & finishes, new drop ceiling & flooring, and new plumbing fixtures. no change in use, egress, or occupancy under this filing.

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 12-story condominium built in 1920, with 72 homes, on a 15,106 sq ft lot.

Built
1920
Floors
12
Residential units
72
Building type
Condominium
Land use
Mixed residential and commercial
Zoning district
C4-6A
Lot area
15,106 sq ft
Building area
121,524 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 22, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 3 open notices on record for this building, out of 51 notices on file; the most recent was issued Feb 20, 2018.

  • Facade safety program

    Issued Feb 20, 2018

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued May 15, 2014 — VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2012 INSPECTION REPORT

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Dec 13, 2011 — VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT

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 22, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01281521-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

For scale: half of DOB filings are permitted within 22 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 84,915 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
M01281521-I1
BIN
1033313
BBL
1012377501
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
12
Proposed stories
12
Existing dwelling units
72
Proposed dwelling units
72
General construction