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1-5 West 96 Street, Manhattan

Manhattan • Block 01832 • Lot 0029 • Zip: 10025

Condition

What the city currently has open against this building, counted from its own records.

Address

Primary address: 1-5 West 96 Street, Manhattan
Borough: Manhattan
Zip code: 10025
Block: 01832
Lot: 0029
BBL: 1018320029
Unified address ID: 1018320029

Land use and zoning

Land use: Public Facilities & Institutions
Zoning: R10A (Residential)
Ownership: Fully tax-exempt property
Lot type: Corner
Lot area: 15,138 sq ft
Lot dimensions: 100 ft x 150 ft
Built FAR: 2.18
Max residential FAR: 10
Max facility FAR: 10
School district: 3

Building

Building class: Churches, Synagogues, etc. - Church, Synagogue, Chapel (M1)
Year built: 1903
Last altered: 1903
Floors: 1
Total units: 0
Residential units: 0
Building area: 33,011 sq ft
Building dimensions: 100 ft x 140 ft
Basement: None/No Basement
Owner: CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN

Latest assessment

Assessment year: 2018/19
Tax class: All Others
Market value: $6,352,000
Total assessment: $2,858,400
Land assessment: $1,197,000
Exempt total: $2,858,400
Assessment owner: CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF

Neighborhood

The area this lot falls inside, and the commute Hoodkit measures from it.

Neighborhood Upper West Side
District Manhattan

Getting around

Estimated about 7 hours ago
Nearest station
86 St 1 2

About 2 minutes on foot · 92 m

  • Times Square 14 min 2 walking, 12 riding
  • Penn Station 16 min 2 walking, 14 riding
  • Grand Central 21 min 2 walking, 19 riding
  • Union Square 26 min 2 walking, 24 riding
  • Fulton Street 27 min 2 walking, 25 riding
  • Downtown Brooklyn 34 min 2 walking, 32 riding

Around this address

Transit and places within 0.5 miles of the lot.

Activity

Sales, filings, permits and violations from every dataset, in one order.

2026

  1. ECB violation Jun 22, 2026 $2,500

    CLASS - 2

    NOTE: AT TIME OF INSPECTION, I OBSERVED 2 WORKER SHEDS AND 1 SIMILAR STRUCTURE WITHIN 30 FEET FROM EACH OTHER WITHOUT...

  2. ECB violation Jun 22, 2026 $2,500

    CLASS - 1

    NOTE: AT TIME OF INSPECTION OF AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE, I OBSERVED ON THE 1ST FLOOR MULTIPLE SCISSOR LIFT BEING U...

  3. ECB violation Jun 22, 2026 $10,000

    CLASS - 1

    RESPONDING TO AN INCIDENT WHERE A PIPE APPROXIMATELY 24 FEET SLIP OUT FROM THE PULLEY WHILE ASCENDING TO ASSEMBLE THE...

  4. DOB NOW filing May 27, 2026 $19,600

    Alteration

    Permit Entire

  5. DOB NOW filing May 5, 2026 $10,200

    Alteration

    Permit Entire

  6. DOB NOW filing Apr 30, 2026 $1,000,000

    Alteration CO

    Approved

  7. DOB NOW filing Apr 20, 2026 $700,571

    Alteration CO

    Approved

  8. DOB NOW filing Apr 14, 2026 $8,000

    Alteration

    Approved

  9. DOB NOW filing Mar 18, 2026 $23,820,000

    Alteration CO

    Objections

  10. ECB violation Feb 3, 2026 $0

    CLASS - 2

    AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED ACTIVE SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES. UPON REVIEWING APPROVED DRAWINGS FOR SWS AND SUPPORTED SC...

  11. ECB violation Feb 3, 2026 $2,500

    CLASS - 2

    AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. UPON REQUESTING SST CARD TO WORKERS ONE WORKER ONLY PR...

2025

  1. DOB violation Nov 14, 2025

    LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED

    VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  2. DOB filing Jan 15, 2025 $0

    Alteration Type III

    BUILDER'S PAVEMENT PLAN (BPP) FOR A FRONTAGE OF 251 LF AS PER PLANS FILED IN, CONJUNCTION WITH ALT-CO M01073641-I1

2024

  1. DOB violation Sep 23, 2024

    LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED

    VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  2. DOB violation Sep 23, 2024

    LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED

    VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  3. DOB violation May 3, 2024

    BENCH-FAILURE TO BENCHMARK NONE

    FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

2023

  1. DOB violation Jun 30, 2023

    LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED

    VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  2. DOB violation Jun 30, 2023

    LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED

    VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

2020

  1. DOB filing Apr 7, 2020 $23,820,000

    Alteration Type I

    VERTICAL ENLARGEMENT OF EXISTING MUSEUM TO INCLUDE NEW COMMUNITY TERRACE.

2017

  1. Sale Dec 22, 2017 $45,000,000

    Changed hands

    361 CENTRAL PARK WEST

2015

  1. DOB filing Nov 2, 2015 $0

    Alteration Type III

    PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF PIPE SCAFFOLD AS PER PLANS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.

2014

  1. DOB filing Oct 23, 2014 $10,220,000

    Alteration Type I

    FILING HEREWITH TO ENLARGE BUILDING VERTICALLY AND ADD FLOOR AREA WITHIN EXISTING ENVELOPE.

  2. Permit issued Oct 9, 2014

    EQ / EQ

    J.S.K. CONSTRUCTION CORP

  3. DOB filing Oct 9, 2014 $0

    Alteration Type III

    INSTALL TEMPORARY MOCK UP AS REQUESTED BY LPC. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.

  4. Permit issued Jul 5, 2014

    EQ / EQ

    EVEREST SCAFFOLDING INC

  5. Sale Jun 24, 2014 $26,000,000

    Changed hands

    361 CENTRAL PARK WEST

  6. Permit issued May 9, 2014

    EW / OT

    NORTHEAST INTERIORS SPECI

  7. DOB filing May 9, 2014 $50,000

    Alteration Type II

    APPLICATION FILED FOR A REMOVAL OF NON BEARING PARTITION AND LIGHTING FIXTURES. NO CHANGE IN USE. EGRESS, BULK OR OCC...

2004

  1. Sale Jun 3, 2004 $0

    Changed hands

    361 CENTRAL PARK WEST

2003

  1. Permit issued Oct 17, 2003

    EW / OT

    CHARTER COMM INC.

1998

  1. Permit issued Feb 26, 1998

    EW / BL

    MICHAEL BENJOUYA/CONTROLLED COMB

  2. Permit issued Feb 26, 1998

    EW / FB

    MICHAEL BENJOUYA/CONTROLLED COMB

1994

  1. ECB violation Feb 28, 1994 $0

    Non-Hazardous

    15I, HOISTWAY DOORMAIN FLOOR.

The most recent 6 events from each dataset, so no one source takes the axis. Each tab holds the full record.

Property Contacts

Contact information aggregated from multiple government sources

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Building Permits

Owner information from Department of Buildings filings

Owner
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN
THOMAS QUARANTA
Owner
361 CENTRAL PARK WEST LLC
IRENE SHAPIRO
Owner
CRENSHAW CHRISTIAN CENTER EAST
BALTIMORE SCOTT
Owner
1ST CHURCH OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CATHERINE BRYERS
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Recent Building Permits

Owner information from recent DOB NOW filings

Owner
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN
Hollis, NY, 11423
Owner
SAFWAY ATLANTIC, LLC
CARLSTADT, NJ, 07072
Owner
BARONE STEEL INC
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY, 11101
Owner
SPRING SCAFFOLDING LLC
HEMPSTEAD, NY, 11550
Owner
OWNERS REP
WOODSIDE, NY, 11377
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Deed Records

Parties from ACRIS deed and mortgage records

PARTY 2
31 CHAMBERS STREET
2ND FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY, 10007
PARTY 1
212 WEST 83RD STREET
NEW YORK, NY, 10024
PARTY ONE
975 HOOPER AVENUE
TOMS RIVER, NJ, 08753
PARTY TWO
361 CENTRAL PARK WEST
NEW YORK, NY, 10025
ASSIGNEE/NEW LENDER
975 HOOPER AVENUE
TOMS RIVER, NJ, 08753
PARTY ONE
ONE JERICHO PLAZA
3RD FLOOR
JERICHO, NY, 11753
PARTY 2
975 HOOPER AVENUE
TOMS RIVER, NJ, 08753
ASSIGNOR/OLD LENDER
ONE JERICHO PLAZA
3RD FLOOR
JERICHO, NY, 11753
PARTY 1
179 WEST END AVENUE
SUITE 2A
BROOKLYN, NY, 11235
ASSIGNEE
400 RELLA BOULEVARD
MONTEBELLO, NY, 10901

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Property Records

Owner information from assessment and PLUTO records

Assessment Owner
PLUTO Owner