NYC DOB record · M01471398-I1

55 West 125 Street

55 West 125 Street, Manhattan, NY 10027

Alteration filing in Harlem (South), 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 · M01471398-I1

55 West 125 Street

Manhattan, NY 10027

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 16, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
14 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 M01471398-I1 as a alteration filing at 55 West 125 Street, Manhattan, NY 10027. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 16, 2026. The filing records 14 proposed stories.

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 16, 2026
Proposed scale
14 proposed stories
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, apartment sizes, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 1053499Applicant of recordSee the 103 filings that name Peter Cho Architects, PLLC
FiledOct 14, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale14 stories
Recorded cost$437,225

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Removal and replacement of existing roofing system including roof membrane, insulation, vapor barrier, flashings, drains, curbs, penetrations and associated roofing components.

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 15-story office building built in 1974, on a 19,152 sq ft lot.

Built
1974
Floors
15
Residential units
0
Building type
Office building
Land use
Commercial and office
Zoning district
C4-7
Lot area
19,152 sq ft
Building area
228,017 sq ft

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

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 1 open notice on record for this building, out of 80 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jan 9, 1991.

  • Electric

    Issued Jan 9, 1991

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 18, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01471398-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 22 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 83,050 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
M01471398-I1
BBL
1017230010
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
14
Proposed stories
14
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
0
General construction