NYC DOB record · M01438607-I1

136 West 55 Street

136 West 55 Street, Manhattan, NY 10019

Alteration filing in Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan. The latest DOB status is approved.

A plan examiner has approved the application. A permit still has to be issued before work can begin.

ApprovedAlteration filing

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Address record at a glance

What is filed at this address?

NYC DOB lists filing M01438607-I1 as a alteration filing at 136 West 55 Street, Manhattan, NY 10019. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 2, 2026. The filing records 16 proposed stories.

A filing or approval does not by itself confirm that work is underway. Proposed details may change in later DOB records.
Filing type
Alteration filing
Latest status
Approved
Latest status date
Sep 2, 2026
Proposed scale
16 proposed stories
Applicant of recordSee the 3 filings that name Mlg Architects
FiledSep 2, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale16 stories
Recorded cost$2.8M

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Herewith filing renovations to existing guest rooms/class b dwelling units. no partition, doors, subflooring or ceilings work proposed. no changes in occupancy use or egress

Street Futures classifies this record as a alteration filing based on the filing type and work flags published by the Department of Buildings. This classification helps organize the map; it does not add scope that is absent from the DOB record.

The lot this filing sits on

What is already here?

The lot holds a 16-story hotel built in 1929, on a 5,020 sq ft lot.

Built
1929
Last altered
1989
Floors
16
Residential units
0
Building type
Hotel
Land use
Commercial and office
Zoning district
C6-6.5
Lot area
5,020 sq ft
Building area
70,478 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 5, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01438607-I1.

    01
  2. Application approved

    The application reached an approved status in the DOB record.

    02
  3. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Approved.”

    03

Scope and identifiers

The details used to match this filing.

Where a field reads “empty in the source”, the city published this filing without that value. It is not an omission on our side, and nothing here is inferred to fill a gap.

DOB filing number
M01438607-I1
BIN
1023383
BBL
1010070049
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
16
Proposed stories
16
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
0
General construction