NYC DOB record · M01403675-I1

156 West 38 Street

156 West 38 Street, Manhattan, NY 10018

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. What every status means

ApprovedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · M01403675-I1

156 West 38 Street

Manhattan, NY 10018

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 14, 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 M01403675-I1 as a alteration filing at 156 West 38 Street, Manhattan, NY 10018. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 14, 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 14, 2026
Proposed scale
4 proposed stories
Applicant of recordSee the 7 filings that name Arpad Baksa Architect, P.C.
FiledOct 9, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale4 stories
Recorded cost$40,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

New interior partitions and convenience stair at existing 3rd floor. no change in use, egress, or occupancy.

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.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 6 open notices on record for this building, out of 83 notices on file; the most recent was issued May 22, 2025.

  • Construction

    Issued May 22, 2025 — VEHICLE STRUCK ONE SUPPORT AND MOVED IT APPROXIMATELY 12"

  • Construction

    Issued Mar 22, 2024 — EMERG WORK ORD.ON AN ACTIVE PS SPALLING CONCRETE EXPOSED REBAR/STEEL BEAM AT ALL FLOORS @ SEVERAL LOCATIONS CAUSING HAZARD TO TRAFFIC REMEDY: OWNER TO RETAIN NYS REG DESIGN PROF (RDP) TO SUPERVISE INSTALLTION OF SAFETY MEASURES. (RDP) IS TO PROVIDE DAILY PROGRESS REPORT TO PARKINGSTRUCTURE@BUILDINGS.NYC.GOV

  • Elevator

    Issued Jul 17, 2020

  • 3 further open notices are 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 16, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01403675-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

For scale: half of DOB filings are permitted within 22 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 81,398 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
M01403675-I1
BIN
1015263
BBL
1008130064
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
4
Proposed stories
4
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
0
General construction