Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

281 Grand St

built 1900 · 5 stories · 8 apartments

The building’s record over time

Filings, permits, complaints and violations from city records, newest first. Highlighted rows are unresolved and from the last year; older unresolved records are marked “never closed”. Tap any row to read it on the agency’s own site.
2026 Jun
General construction permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
Housing Maintenance Code Violations
2023 Sep
Doors and windows class A
2022 Jul
Sprinklers permit
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2021 Aug
Construction class - 1
DOB Violations
2020 Oct
No active shed permit; permits since Oct 2019, last expired Oct 2020
DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits
2019 Oct
Supported scaffold permit
2019 Aug
General construction permit
2019 Jul
Sprinklers permit, Plumbing permit
2018 Feb
General construction permit
2017 Nov
General construction permit
2017 Jun
Plumbing permit, Sprinklers permit
2014 Sep
Construction class - 1 · never closed
DOB Violations
2014 Sep
Quality of Life class - 1 · never closed
2014 Sep
Construction class - 1 · never closed
2007 Sep
Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
1900
Built
PLUTO (tax lot data)
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