NYC DOB record · M01470102-I1

138 5 Avenue

138 5 Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10011

Alteration filing in Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, Manhattan. The latest DOB status is permit entire.

DOB has issued the permit covering the full scope of this filing, so the work is cleared to proceed. What every status means

ApprovedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · M01470102-I1

138 5 Avenue

Manhattan, NY 10011

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 7, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
4 stories
Dwelling units
Not stated
Filing data portrait

A page-specific reading of the filing status, location and stated scale. Values are drawn from the cited DOB record.

Address record at a glance

What is filed at this address?

NYC DOB lists filing M01470102-I1 as a alteration filing at 138 5 Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10011. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 7, 2026. The filing records 4 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
Oct 7, 2026
Proposed scale
4 proposed stories
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, what it sold for, apartment sizes and every filing at BIN 1015454Applicant of recordSee the 706 filings that name Always Fast Services Corp
FiledOct 7, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale4 stories
Recorded cost$5,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Installation of 300psf sidewalk shed and temporary pipe scaffolding as per plans. sidewalk shed and pipe scaffolding shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code no change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.

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 4-story office building built in 1847, on a 4,373 sq ft lot.

Built
1847
Last altered
1986
Floors
4
Residential units
0
Building type
Office building
Land use
Commercial and office
Zoning district
C6-4M
Lot area
4,373 sq ft
Building area
16,076 sq ft
Historic district
Ladies' Mile Historic District

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 10, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 1 open notice on record for this building, out of 40 notices on file; the most recent was issued Oct 19, 2016.

  • Landmark

    Issued Oct 19, 2016

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 9, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01470102-I1.

    01
  2. First permit date recorded

    DOB lists a first permit date. This does not by itself confirm current construction activity.

    02
  3. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Permit Entire.”

    03

For scale: half of DOB filings are permitted within 21 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 79,351 filings that carry both dates. How long a permit takes, by work type and borough

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
M01470102-I1
BBL
1008200046
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
4
Proposed stories
4
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
0
Sidewalk shedScaffolding