NYC DOB record · M01326557-P1

281 Convent Avenue

281 Convent Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10031

Alteration filing in Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, 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 · M01326557-P1

281 Convent Avenue

Manhattan, NY 10031

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 26, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
1 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 M01326557-P1 as a alteration filing at 281 Convent Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10031. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 26, 2026. The filing records 1 proposed story.

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 26, 2026
Proposed scale
1 proposed story
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, apartment sizes, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 1060925Applicant of recordSee the 49 filings that name Old Structures Engineering
FiledJul 22, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale1 stories
Recorded cost$136,826

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Structural roof repairs as per plans filed herewith. no change to 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 1-story place of worship built in 1895, on a 15,650 sq ft lot.

Built
1895
Floors
1
Residential units
0
Building type
Place of worship
Land use
Public facilities and institutions
Zoning district
R6A
Lot area
15,650 sq ft
Building area
10,130 sq ft
Historic district
Hamilton Heights Historic District

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 28, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 24 open notices on record for this building, out of 27 notices on file; the most recent was issued May 7, 2026.

  • Construction

    Issued May 7, 2026 — FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.AS NOTED AT TH E TIME OF INSPECTION,OBSERVED ON EXP1 WEST ELEV,SPALLING STONE,MISSING /DAMAGED MORTAR JOINTS IN STONE WALL.EXP2 NORTH ELEV ERODED MORTAR JOI NTS IN BRICK WALL IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.EXP3 EAST ELEV ERODED MORAT JO INTS IN BRICK AND STONE WALL IN MULTI LOCATIONS.REMEDY:REPAIR/REPLACE

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Nov 14, 2025 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • Construction

    Issued Mar 7, 2025 — FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER: OBSERVED AT EXP 1 WEST ELEVATION DAMAGED BROWN STONES AND DAMAGED JOINTS. EXPOSURE 2 DAMAGED JOINTS AND SPALLING. EXPOSURE 3 MISSING STONE DAMAGED JOINTS AND SPALLING. EXPOSURE 1 DAMAGED ROOF. REMEDY: REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE

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

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 28, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01326557-P1.

    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 88,037 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
M01326557-P1
BBL
1020500001
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
1
Proposed stories
1
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
0
Structural work