Alteration filingAug 27
DOB filing M01295259-I1
Alteration filing at 40 Water Street
Approved5 proposed stories
Open filing Building record · BIN 1000858
40 Water Street
40 Water Street, Manhattan, NY 10004
A consolidated, filing-by-filing view of DOB records matched to this building identifier. The current snapshot links 1 independently sourced records, including 1 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.
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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 1000858
40 Water Street
Financial District-Battery Park City, Manhattan
A consolidated public-record view · updated Aug 27, 2026
- DOB filings
- 1
- Active-status
- 1
- Recorded addresses
- 1
A building-level summary of matched filings, active-status records and published identifiers.
Matched filings1
Open or active-status records1
First included filingOct 1, 2025
Latest recorded changeAug 27, 2026
The lot
What is already here?
The lot holds a 5-story office building built in 1920, on a 1,462 sq ft lot.
- Floors 2–5Nothing on record
- Floor 1Street levelStreet level. The lot is recorded as commercial and office, so this floor is where the commercial space is.
- Street levelCommercial and office
- Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 73 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 216.7 m
- Built
- 1920
- Last altered
- 1980
- Floors
- 5
- Residential units
- 1
- Building type
- Office building
- Land use
- Commercial and office
- Zoning district
- C5-5
- Lot area
- 1,462 sq ft
- Building area
- 7,050 sq ft
Owner of record
SHAA ASSOCIATES LLC
As the assessment roll records it. Only owners that read as a company are shown here; where the roll names an individual, nothing is published.
Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 1, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not any single filing. When the rest of New York went up
Violation record
Are there open violations here?
The Department of Buildings has 10 open notices on record for this building, out of 34 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jan 5, 2022.
- Fail to certify class
Issued Jan 5, 2022 — FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
- Fail to certify class
Issued Oct 13, 2021 — FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
- Elevator
Issued Jan 28, 2021
7 further open notices are on file. Open the source dataset for the full list.
Open means the agency has not recorded a resolution, which is not the same as the problem still existing. What a violation is, and what it is not. From NYC Department of Buildings, DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9), accessed Sep 14, 2026.
What is recorded here
Multiple filings, one stable building identifier.
New York City's Building Identification Number helps connect filings that may use different application numbers or describe different scopes of work. The records below are grouped because they publish BIN 1000858. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.
The matched set includes 1 alteration filing. Its latest status categories are 1 approved. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.
- First included filing
- Oct 1, 2025
- Latest recorded change
- Aug 27, 2026
- Highest proposed story count
- 5 stories
- Highest proposed unit count
- 1 dwelling units
Highest recorded values may come from different filings and must not be combined into one proposed project. Open the individual filings below for their exact scope. Values outside the publication's conservative data-quality bounds are withheld pending source review.
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Recorded history
What has happened at this address?
Every dated event the city has published for this building, from all 1 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.
- Alteration filed01
Filing plans to restore office & correct violation 35298639n, 35299007j, 35299008l work scope to include of new partitions, new doors and new fixtures. new proposed work to inculde removal of fixtures, minor removal demo, and minor repair/finish. Filing M01295259-I1.
- Alteration approved02
Filing M01295259-I1 reached an approved status.
- Permit recorded for alteration03
DOB lists a first permit date for M01295259-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration now approved04
The latest status recorded for M01295259-I1 is “Permit Entire.”