NYC DOB record · M00448082-I1

559 West 156 Street

559 West 156 Street, Manhattan, NY 10032

Alteration filing in Washington Heights (South), 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 · M00448082-I1

559 West 156 Street

Manhattan, NY 10032

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 10, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
32
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 M00448082-I1 as a alteration filing at 559 West 156 Street, Manhattan, NY 10032. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 10, 2026. The filing records 32 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 10, 2026
Proposed scale
32 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 469 filings that name Ashraf Corporation
FiledFeb 25, 2021
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale32 units
Recorded cost$7,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Install a precipitator and inline fan for the commercial pizza oven exhaust system, there is 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 6-story elevator apartment building built in 1909, with 32 homes, on a 9,992 sq ft lot.

Built
1909
Last altered
1987
Floors
6
Residential units
32
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Mixed residential and commercial
Zoning district
R8
Lot area
9,992 sq ft
Building area
47,130 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 30, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 18 open notices on record for this building, out of 43 notices on file; the most recent was issued Dec 23, 2020.

  • Fail to certify class

    Issued Dec 23, 2020 — FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

  • Fail to certify class

    Issued Nov 11, 2020 — FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

  • Fail to certify class

    Issued Sep 2, 2020 — FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

  • 15 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 29, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M00448082-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 76,126 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
M00448082-I1
BIN
1062699
BBL
1021150001
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
32
Proposed dwelling units
32