Street record · Manhattan

West 156 Street

3 mapped DOB filings publish this street name in the current snapshot. They span Washington Heights (South).

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Qualified records3
Active-status records3
Latest status changeSep 11, 2026

What is on this street

The built record of West 156 Street

City Planning maps 31 tax lots on West 156 Street in Manhattan, 68% of them walk-up apartments. The oldest went up in 1896 and the newest in 1952. This describes the street as it stands, not the filings below.

Tax lots
31
Buildings
31
Homes
654
Typically built
1910s
Typical height
5–8 floors
Built area
540,546 sq ft

How the lots are used

  • Walk-up apartments21 of 31
  • Elevator apartments5 of 31
  • One and two family homes2 of 31

Zoning: R7-2, R8 are the districts covering most of the street. A zoning district sets what may be built, not what is there now.

NYC Department of City Planning · Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) · 64uk-42ks · read 2026-09-11

How to read this street page

A shared street name does not mean a shared project.

These records are grouped by the street name and borough published by DOB. Each address remains an independent filing unless its source record explicitly connects it to another site. Use this page to scan activity along the corridor, then open an individual filing for its exact status, scope and identifiers.

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Source snapshot accessed Sep 13, 2026. Street grouping is based on the normalized street-name field.