NYC DOB record · M01129394-I1

55 West 71 Street

55 West 71 Street, Manhattan, NY 10023

Alteration filing in Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, Manhattan. The latest DOB status is permit entire.

DOB has issued the permit covering the full scope of this filing, so the work is cleared to proceed. What every status means

ApprovedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · M01129394-I1

55 West 71 Street

Manhattan, NY 10023

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 14, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
5 stories
Dwelling units
2
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 M01129394-I1 as a alteration filing at 55 West 71 Street, Manhattan, NY 10023. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 14, 2026. The filing records 5 proposed stories and 2 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 14, 2026
Proposed scale
5 proposed stories and 2 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 83 filings that name Mj Engineering & Design
FiledDec 9, 2024
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale5 stories
Recorded cost$45,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Partial demolition of one room at the rear annex (120 sf) and (480 sf) temporary shoring of an existing building due to compromised construction as per the feu emergency order ied # 343783 & ied # 343784.

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 4-story walk-up apartment building built in 1886, with 12 homes, on a 1,839 sq ft lot.

Built
1886
Floors
4
Residential units
12
Building type
Walk-up apartment building
Land use
Walk-up apartments
Zoning district
R8B
Lot area
1,839 sq ft
Building area
4,955 sq ft
Historic district
Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 17, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 5 open notices on record for this building, out of 16 notices on file; the most recent was issued Mar 25, 2025.

  • Construction

    Issued Mar 25, 2025 — EMERGENCY WORK ORDER.THE ROOF TERRACE AT THE EXTENSION WAS STRCTRLLY CMPRMSD W/MISSNG ROOF JOISTS&ROOFNG MEMBRANE.THE PARAPET BRICKS WERE LOOSE&BULGGD OUTWRD.UNPERMITTD TEMP SHORNG WAS INTSTALL.IMMEDIATELY COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONER'S ORDER 343783 081524FEU10701ZT

  • Construction

    Issued Aug 15, 2024 — EMERGENCY WORK ORDER.THE ROOF TERRACE AT THE EXTENSION WAS STRCTRLLY CMPRMSD W/MISSNG ROOF JOISTS&ROOFNG MEMBRANE.THE PARAPET BRICKS WERE LOOSE&BULGD OUTWRD.UNPERMITTD TEMP SHORNG WAS INSTALL.OWNR TO IMMED RTAIN NYSPE&DOB REG CNTRCTR TO PERFRM THE FOLLOWNG WRK 1.DEMO OF PARAPET BRCK TO A SAFE LEVEL

  • Construction

    Issued Aug 15, 2024 — FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN A SAFE CONDITION.THE BLDG EXHIBITED DEGREE OF DAMAGE DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE.SOME OF THE FLOOR JOISTS WERE DMGD,DTACHD,BRKN,&DETERIORATD.THE FLOORNG&STAIR SLOPD.OWNR TO IMMED RTAIN NYSPE TO EVAL THE ENT BLDG,DTRMINE STRCTRL STBILITY,EVAL UNPERMTTD SHORNG/FRAMNG PREPARE/FILE RPAIR DWG

  • 2 further open notices are on file. Open the source dataset for the full list.

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 21, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01129394-I1.

    01
  2. Application approved

    The application reached an approved status in the DOB record.

    02
  3. First permit date recorded

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

    03
  4. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Permit Entire.”

    04

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
M01129394-I1
BIN
1028606
BBL
1011240009
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
5
Proposed stories
5
Existing dwelling units
9
Proposed dwelling units
2
Structural work