NYC DOB record · M01141321-I1

259 Convent Avenue

259 Convent Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10031

Alteration filing in Manhattanville-West Harlem, 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.

ApprovedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · M01141321-I1

259 Convent Avenue

Manhattan, NY 10031

Alteration filing · status dated Aug 25, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
9 stories
Dwelling units
Not stated
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 M01141321-I1 as a alteration filing at 259 Convent Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10031. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Aug 25, 2026. The filing records 9 proposed stories.

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 25, 2026
Proposed scale
9 proposed stories
Applicant of recordSee the 2 filings that name Elemental Architecture LLC
FiledAug 11, 2025
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale9 stories
Recorded cost$2.3M

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Application filed for Renovation of Shepard Hall Room 51-STEM Institute. No changes 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 7-story educational building built in 1962, on a 166,166 sq ft lot.

Built
1962
Last altered
1989
Floors
7
Residential units
0
Building type
Educational building
Land use
Public facilities and institutions
Zoning district
R7-2
Lot area
166,166 sq ft
Building area
342,626 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 12, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 53 open notices on record for this building, out of 64 notices on file; the most recent was issued Apr 2, 2024.

  • Hazardous condition (facade)

    Issued Apr 2, 2024 — CYCLE 9B UNSAFE REPORT FILED

  • No report and / or late filing (facade)

    Issued Feb 22, 2023 — FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9B TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2023

  • Elevator

    Issued Nov 9, 2019

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

A violation is a notice the Department of Buildings recorded against the building. It is not a judgment, and many concern paperwork rather than safety. Open means the agency has not recorded a resolution, which is not the same as the problem still existing. From NYC Department of Buildings, DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9), accessed Sep 12, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01141321-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

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
M01141321-I1
BIN
1084077
BBL
1019570105
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
9
Proposed stories
9
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
0
General construction