Alteration filingSep 9
490 West 187 Street
Washington Heights (North), Manhattan
Approved$4,000 recorded cost
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West 187 Street
1 mapped DOB filing publishes this street name in the current snapshot. They span Washington Heights (North).
Qualified records1
Active-status records1
Latest status changeSep 9, 2026
What is on this street
The built record of West 187 Street
City Planning maps 43 tax lots on West 187 Street in Manhattan, 30% of them walk-up apartments. The oldest went up in 1901 and the newest in 2005. This describes the street as it stands, not the filings below.
- Tax lots
- 43
- Buildings
- 37
- Homes
- 561
- Typically built
- 1910s
- Typical height
- 3–7 floors
- Built area
- 520,176 sq ft
How the lots are used
- Walk-up apartments13 of 43
- Vacant land8 of 43
- One and two family homes6 of 43
Zoning: R7-2 across every mapped lot. 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.
Explore this corridor on the mapSource snapshot accessed Sep 13, 2026. Street grouping is based on the normalized street-name field.