NYC DOB record · M01210792-S2

501 East 87 Street

501 East 87 Street, Manhattan, NY 10128

Alteration filing in Upper East Side-Yorkville, 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

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NYC DOB RECORD · M01210792-S2

501 East 87 Street

Manhattan, NY 10128

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 22, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
20 stories
Dwelling units
179
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 M01210792-S2 as a alteration filing at 501 East 87 Street, Manhattan, NY 10128. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 22, 2026. The filing records 20 proposed stories and 179 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 22, 2026
Proposed scale
20 proposed stories and 179 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, what it sold for, apartment sizes and every filing at BIN 1051312Applicant of recordSee the 9 filings that name Sowlakis Architect
FiledOct 6, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale20 stories
Recorded cost$245,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Refurbish kitchen and baths in 6 units new kitchen cabinets vanities and kitchen sinks ,lavs, protect range and hood and tub all on existing risers.

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 21-story elevator apartment building built in 1963, with 179 homes, on a 16,363 sq ft lot.

Built
1963
Floors
21
Residential units
179
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R10
Lot area
16,363 sq ft
Building area
202,322 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 24, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 2 open notices on record for this building, out of 53 notices on file; the most recent was issued Nov 9, 1988.

  • Elevator

    Issued Nov 9, 1988 — 51)RESTORE AND MAINTAIN SERVICE TO TOP FLOOR (PL)52)PROVIDE A CAPACITY PLATE IN CAR (200LBS) 53)RESTORE TO OPERATION

  • Elevator

    Issued Nov 9, 1988 — 51) RESTORE MAINTAIN SERVICE TO TOP FLOOR (PL)

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 24, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01210792-S2.

    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 86,497 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
M01210792-S2
BBL
1015840001
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
20
Proposed stories
20
Existing dwelling units
179
Proposed dwelling units
179
General construction