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120 East 81st St

Manhattan, NY 10028BBL 1-01509-00BIN 1047536
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Updated Aug 1, 2026 · 16 sources

120 EAST 81ST ST is a property located at 120 EAST 81ST ST, Manhattan, NY 10028. There are 109 building permits on record (105 active). There are 6 violations on record (1 currently open). Data sourced from NYC Department of Buildings (DOB), Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), Department of Finance (DOF), and other government agencies.

A RegWatch Dossier

578records on file
87Energy Star

Completed in 1958, 1178 Lexington Ave rises 16 stories over New York. Public records put it at 106 units and 250,097 square feet of floor area, on land zoned R8B. It is carried on the public rolls at a market value of $74.2M, and assessed for tax at $33.4M. In the 68 years its record reaches back, the lot has drawn 578 separate government filings.

The documentary life of the address leans hard toward permit: 273 of its 578 records, fully 47%, fall under that one heading. Inspection (151) and violation (58) trail well behind. 4 violations stand open against it today.

The pace is anything but even. The early decades pass in near silence; the filings cluster heavily in recent years, peaking in 2024.

On the environmental ledger, the building posts an Energy Star score of 87, with a site energy-use intensity of 53.9 kBtu per square foot. Its operations answer for roughly 821 metric tons of CO2-equivalent a year.

Read together — 47% permit, 68 years of accumulation, a parcel of New York — these scattered records compose a portrait of the address that no single page sets out to draw.

$74.2M of New York, written across 578 government filings.

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Property Details

Address120 EAST 81ST ST, Manhattan, NY 10028
Year BuiltN/A
FloorsN/A
Total UnitsN/A
Building AreaN/A
Lot SizeN/A
1-01509-00
1047536

Building Permits

109 on record · 105 active
Construction EquipmentDOB Legacy
ISSUED
Filed May 6, 2021Job #140953207-01-01

OT

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Construction EquipmentDOB Legacy
ISSUED
Filed Mar 9, 2021Job #140896797-01-03

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Construction EquipmentDOB Legacy
ISSUED
Filed Feb 12, 2021Job #140896797-01-02

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Construction EquipmentDOB Legacy
ISSUED
Filed Aug 20, 2020Job #140896797-01-01

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Construction EquipmentDOB Legacy
ISSUED
Filed May 30, 2019Job #123462966-01-04

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Violations

6 on record · 1 open
ECBConstruction
ACTIVE
Issued Dec 2, 1999#34228045X

WORK DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED PLANS NOTED: APPLICATION # 101942098. INTERIOR RENOVATION OF APARTMENT COMBINING APTS F & H. NOTED: REMOVED EXTERIOR BRICK WALL TO INSTALL WINDOWS IN BATHROOM AT NORTH

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are there building permits at 120 EAST 81ST ST, Manhattan?

Yes. 120 EAST 81ST ST, Manhattan, NY 10028 has 109 building permits on record, with 105 currently active. Permits are sourced from the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB Legacy and DOB NOW systems). The most recent permit is a Construction Equipment (ISSUED) filed May 6, 2021.

Does 120 EAST 81ST ST, Manhattan have violations?

Yes. 120 EAST 81ST ST, Manhattan, NY 10028 has 6 violations on record, with 1 currently open. Breakdown: 6 ECB. Sources: NYC DOB, HPD, and ECB/OATH.

Does 120 EAST 81ST ST, Manhattan have docketed judgments?

No docketed OATH judgments were found in local records for 120 EAST 81ST ST, Manhattan, NY 10028. Judgment data is sourced from NYC Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings (OATH) hearing records.

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