Neighborhood record · Manhattan

What's changing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square.

A current view of development filings with enough source detail to show a mapped address, dated status and source ID—not a count of every construction activity in the neighborhood.

Open full map
newyorkdailyStreet Futures

NEIGHBORHOOD RECORD · MANHATTAN

Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square

A current reading of mapped NYC DOB records

Source-qualified records · updated Nov 12, 2026

Included records
1,801
Active-status
1,373
New buildings
18
Neighborhood data portrait

A neighborhood-level summary of source-qualified DOB records in the current published snapshot.

Qualified records1801
Active-status filings1373
New-building filings18
Latest status changeNov 12, 2026

Reading the current snapshot

The strongest visible signal is in the filing mix—not a forecast.

Street Futures currently identifies 1801 DOB records in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square with mapped addresses, dated status fields and official record IDs. 18 are classified as new buildings, while 13 carry a full demolition signal. The remainder primarily describe alterations to existing buildings.

Of the records in this snapshot, 1364 publish an approved or permit-stage status. Approval is an administrative milestone; it does not confirm that work has started. Open each filing below for its dated status, identifiers and original source.

Living here

The housing record on Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square.

Of the 316 addresses here checked against the city’s open-violation extract, 52 carry at least one — 16% — and 33 carry at least one the city calls immediately hazardous.

Open violations
874
Immediately hazardous
182
Addresses checked
316

The Housing Maintenance Code is about living in a building — heat, hot water, pests, paint — and is a different thing from the Department of Buildings violations elsewhere on this page, which are about building work. The two most common open violations in the whole city are both paperwork, so a high count is a reason to read the classes rather than a verdict. What each class means Counted from the extract accessed Nov 13, 2026.

Follow the record to the street

Streets with multiple included filings.

Source snapshot: DOB NOW: Build – Job Application Filings (w9ak-ipjd), accessed Nov 13, 2026.