NYC DOB record · M00517344-P1

33 West 138 Street

33 West 138 Street, Manhattan, NY 10037

Alteration filing in Harlem (North), 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 · M00517344-P1

33 West 138 Street

Manhattan, NY 10037

Alteration filing · status dated Aug 21, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
24
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 M00517344-P1 as a alteration filing at 33 West 138 Street, Manhattan, NY 10037. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Aug 21, 2026. The filing records 24 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
Aug 21, 2026
Proposed scale
24 proposed dwelling units
Complete building dossierView all 7 filings associated with BIN 1053932
FiledMay 12, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale24 units
Recorded cost$750,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Herewith filing plumbing work as per plans, scope consist of new sanitary, storm, domestic water, sanitary vent and natural gas piping to be installed within and existing residential building. no change 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 6-story walk-up apartment building built in 1938, with 24 homes, on a 3,747 sq ft lot.

Built
1938
Last altered
1987
Floors
6
Residential units
24
Building type
Walk-up apartment building
Land use
Walk-up apartments
Zoning district
R7-2
Lot area
3,747 sq ft
Building area
14,688 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 4 open notices on record for this building, out of 14 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jun 30, 2023.

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Jun 30, 2023 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Jun 20, 2023 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Jun 20, 2023 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • 1 further open notice is 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 M00517344-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 18 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 50,115 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
M00517344-P1
BBL
1017360025
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
24
Proposed dwelling units
24