Facade safety at 160 W. 87 St. Corp..
The current facade grade, the full inspection history, the next- report window, and any filing penalties on record for 160 WEST 87 STREET — sourced from NYC’s public DOB facade (FISP) filings. Last inspection: 2020–25.
Source: NYC DOB FISP facade filings (NYC Open Data) · Latest filing: Cycle 9 · Data refreshed July 2026
Data provenance & what this does not establish
Sources. NYC Department of Buildings’ Facade Inspection & Safety Program compliance filings (NYC Open Data dataset xubg-57si), keyed by the city’s official building identification number (BIN 1032216). Our snapshot was last refreshed July 2026.
Identity. Marketed address: 160 West 87th Street, New York, NY 10024. DOB filing address: 160 WEST 87 STREET — the address the city’s record carries for this BIN, which can be an alternate address of the same building. The BIN is validated by an automated check on every data refresh; unverifiable identifiers are withheld from publication.
What this analysis does not establish. A filed status reflects the last report the DOB accepted, not the facade’s condition today — filings can lag both deterioration and completed repairs. It does not establish the scope, cost, or timing of any repair program, or whether the board plans an assessment. Read it as the compliance record, and confirm current facade work and funding plans with the managing agent and the DOB’s Buildings Information System.
Safe
SafeThe latest available FISP filing classified the facade as Safe — no repairs were required at that inspection. Facade inspections run on a fixed five-year cycle; future inspection, repair, and any assessment decisions remain building-specific.
Every facade cycle on record for this building, oldest first. Each cycle is a fixed five-year window; the grade is the result the building’s licensed inspector filed with the city. A steady run of “Safe” is a good sign; repeated SWARMP or Unsafe cycles point to a facade that keeps needing work.
| Cycle | Status |
|---|---|
| 2005–10 | Safe |
| 2010–15 | SWARMP |
| 2015–20 | Safe |
| 2020–25 | Safe |
| 2025–30 | Next report due |
- Local Law 11 / FISP
- New York requires every building over six stories to have a licensed engineer inspect its exterior walls every five years and file the results with the city — so nothing can come loose and fall to the sidewalk. The official name is the Facade Inspection & Safety Program (FISP).
- Safe
- The facade passed its most recent inspection with no required repairs. Nothing is required until the next five-year inspection.
- SWARMP
- Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program — the facade is not classified unsafe, but the engineer flagged conditions that must be repaired by a deadline. Miss the deadline and it can drop to Unsafe.
- Unsafe
- Hazardous conditions. The building must put up a sidewalk shed and make repairs right away.
- QEWI
- Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed architect or engineer the city requires to do the inspection and sign the report. It can't be the super or the managing agent.
- Sidewalk shed
- The temporary roofed scaffolding over a sidewalk that protects pedestrians during (or pending) facade work. One that's been up for years usually signals a stalled repair.
- Cycle
- Inspections run on a rolling five-year cycle (currently Cycle 10, 2025–2030). Buildings file within a two-year sub-window set by their block number — which is how the next-report date is estimated.
Underwriting a purchase at 160 W. 87 St. Corp.?
Facade status is one layer of building diligence. Reserves, assessment history, board posture, sponsor sales dynamics, and how the building’s capital plan funds the next round of facade work all matter. The Roebling Team does this layer of work on every client transaction.
For the full building read on 160 W. 87 St. Corp., see the editorial profile — architect, history, board character, recent sales context.
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