70 Lenox Ave — timeline

Building health · MANHATTAN, NY

built 1954 · 14 stories · 140 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 Oct

Shed permit active now

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

2026 Aug

2 active elevators; latest periodic inspection Aug 2026

DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance

2025 Dec

Latest accepted inspection Dec 2025, defects reported: yes

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler

2025 Dec

Unsafe (cycle 10, filed Dec 2025)

DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings

2025 Nov

Construction fence permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

2025 Jul

Suspended scaffold permit

General construction permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

2022 Feb

No Report And / Or Late Filing (Facade)

DOB Violations

2020 Feb

Boiler burning No. 2 oil ( ), registration cancelled since Feb 2020

Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations)

2020 Jan

Construction class - 2

DOB Violations

2019 Jul

Facade Safety Program

2016 Apr

Standpipe permit, General construction permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

2015 May

Scaffold permit

2015 May

Construction fence permit

2007 Sep

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

2007 Apr

Plumbing permit

DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits

1993 Jan

Latest boiler work permit 1993 (2 on record)

DOB Permit Issuance (BIS)

1954

Built

PLUTO (tax lot data)

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Dates are the city's record dates, shown to the month.

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