Alteration filingAug 31
DOB filing M01382854-I1
Alteration filing at 242 West 53 Street
Approved62 proposed stories
Open filing Building record · BIN 1090495
242 West 53 Street
242 West 53 Street, Manhattan, NY 10019
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 The current snapshot links 1 independently sourced records, including 1 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.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 1090495
242 West 53 Street
Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan
A consolidated public-record view · updated Aug 31, 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 filingMay 8, 2026
Latest recorded changeAug 31, 2026
The lot
What is already here?
The lot holds a 62-story elevator apartment building built in 2015, with 426 homes, on a 29,125 sq ft lot.
- Floors 50–62Above the southern skylineAbove the tallest building within sixty metres to the south, which stands 149.9 m. Nothing on that side reaches this floor.
- Floors 2–49Homes426 homes are recorded on this lot — about 7 homes to a floor. The city does not publish which floor any of them is on.
- Floor 1Street levelStreet level. The lot is recorded as elevator apartments.
- Street levelElevator apartments
- Homes426 recorded on the lot
- Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 50 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 149.9 m
- Built
- 2015
- Floors
- 62
- Residential units
- 426
- Building type
- Elevator apartment building
- Land use
- Elevator apartments
- Zoning district
- C6-5
- Lot area
- 29,125 sq ft
- Building area
- 542,276 sq ft
Owner of record
NYC TRANSIT
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 3, 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 1 open notice on record for this building, out of 38 notices on file; the most recent was issued Mar 8, 2001.
- Local law 10/81 -
Issued Mar 8, 2001
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 1090495. 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
- May 8, 2026
- Latest recorded change
- Aug 31, 2026
- Highest proposed story count
- 62 stories
- Highest proposed unit count
- 426 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
Structural work to remove existing metal deck for (2) kitchen exhaust openings & install new steel beams & angles supporting such openings. Filed in conjunction w/NB#121185966 for work in unimproved raw retail space #3 with no TCO issued for said space. Filing M01382854-I1.
- Alteration approved02
Filing M01382854-I1 reached an approved status.
- Permit recorded for alteration03
DOB lists a first permit date for M01382854-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration now approved04
The latest status recorded for M01382854-I1 is “Permit Entire.”