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NYC DOB record · M01442071-I1

537 West 59 Street

537 West 59 Street, Manhattan, NY 10019

Alteration filing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, 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 · M01442071-I1

537 West 59 Street

Manhattan, NY 10019

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 2, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
9 stories
Dwelling units
26
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 M01442071-I1 as a alteration filing at 537 West 59 Street, Manhattan, NY 10019. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 2, 2026. The filing records 9 proposed stories and 26 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
Sep 2, 2026
Proposed scale
9 proposed stories and 26 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, what it sold for, apartment sizes and every filing at BIN 1030307Applicant of recordSee the 26 filings that name Dattner Architects
FiledSep 1, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale9 stories
Recorded cost$25,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Vertical extension of railing and FDNY access gates at 3rd floor terrace. No change in use, egress and 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 9-story care home built in 2024, on a 7,560 sq ft lot.

Built
2024
Last altered
2022
Floors
9
Residential units
0
Building type
Care home
Land use
Public facilities and institutions
Zoning district
C6-2
Lot area
7,560 sq ft
Building area
49,480 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 18, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

No open violations are recorded for this building. 24 notices are on file, all with a recorded resolution.

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 Sep 18, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01442071-I1.

    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 21 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 70,325 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
M01442071-I1
BBL
1011510012
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
9
Proposed stories
9
Existing dwelling units
26
Proposed dwelling units
26
General construction

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