Street record · Manhattan

West 172 Street

1 mapped DOB filing publishes this street name in the current snapshot. They span Washington Heights (South).

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Latest status changeSep 8, 2026

What is on this street

The built record of West 172 Street

City Planning maps 25 tax lots on West 172 Street in Manhattan, 72% of them walk-up apartments. The oldest went up in 1900 and the newest in 2013. This describes the street as it stands, not the filings below.

Where 1910s sits in the city’s own timeline

Tax lots
25
Buildings
25
Homes
702
Typically built
1910s
Typical height
5–6 floors
Built area
612,669 sq ft

How the lots are used

  • Walk-up apartments18 of 25
  • Mixed residential and commercial3 of 25
  • Elevator apartments2 of 25

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 14, 2026. Street grouping is based on the normalized street-name field.