NYC DOB record · M00603239-I1

640 Ft Washington Avenue

640 Ft Washington Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10040

Alteration filing in Washington Heights (North), 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.

ApprovedAlteration filing

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Address record at a glance

What is filed at this address?

NYC DOB lists filing M00603239-I1 as a alteration filing at 640 Ft Washington Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10040. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 3, 2026. The filing records 66 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 3, 2026
Proposed scale
66 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 28 filings that name Msm Engineering Services, PLLC
FiledSep 30, 2021
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale66 units
Recorded cost$1,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Installation of temporary heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. no change in use, egress or occupancy. sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. live load 300psf.

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 1928, with 66 homes, on a 17,175 sq ft lot.

Built
1928
Last altered
1986
Floors
6
Residential units
66
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R7-2
Lot area
17,175 sq ft
Building area
68,108 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 5, 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 May 27, 2026.

  • Construction

    Issued May 27, 2026 — EWO. DEFECTED/PARTIALLY DETACHED RUNGS ON FIRE ESCAPE DROP LADDER @ EXP2 NORTH COURTYARD. CONDITIONS POSES IMMINENT HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC AS IT MAY AFEECT PROPER DEPLOYMENT OF DROP LADDER IN EMERGCY. REMEDY: IMMEDLY REPAIR DEFECTIVE DROP LADDER @ EXP 2 NORTH FIRE ESCAPE UNDER THE FULL SUPERVISION OF A NYS LICENSED PROFESSIONAL

  • Construction

    Issued Sep 8, 2021 — AT EXP#1 ABOVE PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALK PARAPET WALL HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS AND LOOSE BRICKS, ORNAMENTS DISPLACED AND HANGING. AT EXP#2 ,3 AND 4 FACADE HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS , DAMAGED AND ERODED MORTAR JOINTS, STUCCO SHIPPING AND FALLING.

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 5, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M00603239-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 “Permit Entire.”

    03

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
M00603239-I1
BIN
1064448
BBL
1021800400
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
66
Proposed dwelling units
66