Alteration filingOct 16
DOB filing M01031548-I1
Alteration filing at 538 West 48 Street
Approved$5,000 recorded cost
Open filing Building record · BIN 1090197
538 West 48 Street
538 West 48 Street, Manhattan, NY 10036
A consolidated, filing-by-filing view of DOB records matched to this building identifier. The current snapshot links 2 independently sourced records, including 1 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.
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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 1090197
538 West 48 Street
Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
A consolidated public-record view · updated Oct 16, 2026
- DOB filings
- 2
- Active-status
- 1
- Recorded addresses
- 1
A building-level summary of matched filings, active-status records and published identifiers.
Matched filings2
Open or active-status records1
First included filingDec 26, 2023
Latest recorded changeOct 16, 2026
The lot
What is already here?
The lot holds a 11-story hotel built in 2010, on a 10,042 sq ft lot.
- Floors 2–11Nothing 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 18 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 51.1 m
- Built
- 2010
- Floors
- 11
- Residential units
- 0
- Building type
- Hotel
- Land use
- Commercial and office
- Zoning district
- R8
- Lot area
- 10,042 sq ft
- Building area
- 61,700 sq ft
What it sold for
37 apartments on this tax block changed hands in the year the city last published, at a median of $980,000, from 247,200 to 2,845,000.
The property itself last changed hands for $26,500,000 on Dec 23, 2025.
Recorded sale prices from the Department of Finance’s rolling file, covering the year to Sep 30, 2026. Transfers under $10,000 are left out: New York records deed transfers between relatives at a dollar, and those are not sales. No apartment number and no name is carried from either side.
Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 18, 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 4 open notices on record for this building, out of 51 notices on file; the most recent was issued Sep 9, 2026.
- Construction
Issued Sep 9, 2026 — FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.NOTED AT THE T IME OF INSPECTION,I OBSERVED AT EXPOSURE 3 CRACK WINDOW PANE ON 2ND FL REMEDY:REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE
- Construction
Issued Feb 3, 2026 — FTM BLDG. OBSRVD ON EXP 1,2&4 MISSING COPING STONE @ SOME SECTION ON PARAPET. EXP 1 N.ELEV DAMAGED MORTAR JOINTS ON PARAPET BRICK WRK. EXP3 W.ELEV: DAMAGED, DEMOLISHED BRICK WALL, FROM 2ND FLR TO PARAPET REMEDY: REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED MASONRY BRICKS & COPING STONE & DMAGED MORTAR JOINTS
- Construction
Issued Sep 12, 2024 — FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. NOTE: OBSERVE @ EXP 4(W.ELEV) LARGE VERTICLE CRACKS @ MASONRY ON SW CORNER. ALSO OBSERVED OPEN SECTIONS OF BRICKS @ EXP#1/3 (N/S ELEV) NE & SE CORNERS, AND MISSING COPING @ ROOF PARAPET WALL & LARGE STEP CRACKS AT BULKHEAD ON SE/SW CORNERS. REMEDY: FIX AND/OR REPLACE
1 further open notice is 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 Oct 18, 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 1090197. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.
The matched set includes 2 alteration filing. Its latest status categories are 1 approved, 1 recorded as completed. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.
- First included filing
- Dec 26, 2023
- Latest recorded change
- Oct 16, 2026
- Highest proposed story count
- 12 stories
- Highest proposed unit count
- 176 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 2 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.
- Alteration filed01
The West, South, and bulkhead exterior wall brick veneers shall be repaired for the entire exposed height of the building. Filing M00973266-I1.
- Alteration approved02
Filing M00973266-I1 reached an approved status.
- Alteration filed03
Installation of 300 psf sidewalk shed as per plans. all equipment shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. no change in use, egress or occupancy under this application. Filing M01031548-I1.
- Permit recorded for alteration04
DOB lists a first permit date for M01031548-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Permit recorded for alteration05
DOB lists a first permit date for M00973266-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration signed off06
DOB recorded a sign-off for M00973266-I1.
- Alteration now completed07
The latest status recorded for M00973266-I1 is “LOC Issued.”
- Alteration now approved08
The latest status recorded for M01031548-I1 is “Permit Entire.”