NYC DOB record · M00933523-I1

537 East 71 Street

537 East 71 Street, Manhattan, NY 10021

Alteration filing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. The latest DOB status is loc issued.

DOB has issued a Letter of Completion, which records that the work in this filing is finished.

Recorded as completedAlteration filing

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Address record at a glance

What is filed at this address?

NYC DOB lists filing M00933523-I1 as a alteration filing at 537 East 71 Street, Manhattan, NY 10021. Its latest published status category is Recorded as completed, dated Aug 31, 2026. The published record does not state proposed stories or 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
Recorded as completed
Latest status date
Aug 31, 2026
Proposed scale
Not stated in this filing
Applicant of recordSee the 3 filings that name Plan B Engineering
FiledSep 14, 2023
Current recordRecorded as completed
Proposed scaleNot specified
Recorded cost$10,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Installation of temporary scaffold system stair tower as per plans in conjunction with building elargement. no change in use, egress or occupancy. scaffold stair tower to comply with chapter 33 of NYC building code.

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 8-story health facility built in 1959, on a 12,085 sq ft lot.

Built
1959
Last altered
2017
Floors
8
Residential units
0
Building type
Health facility
Land use
Public facilities and institutions
Zoning district
R9
Lot area
12,085 sq ft
Building area
168,473 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 2, 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 30 notices on file; the most recent was issued Feb 22, 2024.

  • No report and / or late filing (facade)

    Issued Feb 22, 2024 — FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9C TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2024

  • Local law 10/80 - facade

    Issued Jul 1, 1997

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 2, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M00933523-I1.

    01
  2. First permit date recorded

    DOB lists a first permit date. This does not by itself confirm current construction activity.

    02
  3. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “LOC Issued.”

    03
  4. Sign-off date recorded

    DOB lists a sign-off date for this filing.

    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
M00933523-I1
BIN
1046258
BBL
1014830023
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
0