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NYC DOB record · M01381059-S1

870 West 181 Street

870 West 181 Street, Manhattan, NY 10033

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. What every status means

ApprovedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · M01381059-S1

870 West 181 Street

Manhattan, NY 10033

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 27, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
6 stories
Dwelling units
61
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 M01381059-S1 as a alteration filing at 870 West 181 Street, Manhattan, NY 10033. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 27, 2026. The filing records 6 proposed stories and 61 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 27, 2026
Proposed scale
6 proposed stories and 61 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 1 filings that name Margaret R Garcia Architect
FiledApr 22, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale6 stories
Recorded cost$9,500

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Propose plumbing modifications at apartment #63 all as per plans herewith filed.

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 1923, with 61 homes, on a 14,550 sq ft lot.

Built
1923
Last altered
1987
Floors
6
Residential units
61
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R7-2
Lot area
14,550 sq ft
Building area
63,600 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 29, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01381059-S1.

    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 22 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 88,832 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
M01381059-S1
BIN
1064322
BBL
1021770170
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
6
Proposed stories
6
Existing dwelling units
61
Proposed dwelling units
61

Where this record leads

The same building, the same street, the same practice.

Elsewhere on West 181 Street

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