NYC DOB record · M01455883-I1

659 West 181 Street

659 West 181 Street, Manhattan, NY 10033

Alteration filing in Washington Heights (North), 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 · M01455883-I1

659 West 181 Street

Manhattan, NY 10033

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 6, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
115
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 M01455883-I1 as a alteration filing at 659 West 181 Street, Manhattan, NY 10033. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 6, 2026. The filing records 115 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
Oct 6, 2026
Proposed scale
115 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 75 filings that name Thornton Tomasetti
FiledOct 5, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale115 units
Recorded cost$158,280

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Install HVAC split system and associated apparatus.

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 condominium built in 1920, with 113 homes, on a 29,360 sq ft lot.

Built
1920
Last altered
1988
Floors
6
Residential units
113
Building type
Condominium
Land use
Mixed residential and commercial
Zoning district
C4-4
Lot area
29,360 sq ft
Building area
114,097 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 9, 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 22 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jun 12, 2024.

  • Fail to certify class

    Issued Jun 12, 2024 — FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

  • Failure to post energy

    Issued Apr 29, 2021 — FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

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 9, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01455883-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 78,679 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
M01455883-I1
BIN
1081498
BBL
1021647501
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
115
Proposed dwelling units
115