NYC DOB record · M01442594-I1

229 East 42 Street

229 East 42 Street, Manhattan, NY 10017

Alteration filing in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, 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 · M01442594-I1

229 East 42 Street

Manhattan, NY 10017

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 1, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
37 stories
Dwelling units
927
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 M01442594-I1 as a alteration filing at 229 East 42 Street, Manhattan, NY 10017. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 1, 2026. The filing records 37 proposed stories and 927 proposed dwelling units.

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 1, 2026
Proposed scale
37 proposed stories and 927 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingwhat it sold for and every filing at BIN 1037552Applicant of recordSee the 43 filings that name Thornton Tomasetti
FiledAug 13, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale37 stories
Recorded cost$500,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Installation of shoring for column 62 and column 63 between floor 21 and floor 22. installation of seat catch system on column 57 and column 58 on multiple floors. cut and remove column 62 and column 63 on floor 21. installation of jacking assemblies in p

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 37-story elevator apartment building built in 1960, with 884 homes, on a 37,657 sq ft lot.

Built
1960
Last altered
2025
Floors
37
Residential units
884
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Mixed residential and commercial
Zoning district
C5-3
Lot area
37,657 sq ft
Building area
728,739 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 15, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 28 open notices on record for this building, out of 166 notices on file; the most recent was issued Sep 1, 2026.

  • Construction

    Issued Sep 1, 2026 — STEEL HIGH-RISE UNDER ALT. W/ SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE & DEFORMATION.COLS 62&63 EXHIBITED SIGNS OF FAILURE, FL 21-22. COL REMOVAL UNDER M011442594. ADD'L INFO REQ'D.REMEDY:LABEL & MAINTAIN ALL PIECES ON SITE.SUBMIT DIAGRAM.OBTAIN DOB APPROVAL PRIOR TO TESTING OR REMOVING

  • Construction

    Issued Jul 9, 2026 — SHOP DWGS - STEEL HIGH-RISE UNDER PERMITTED ALT. COLUMNS BUCKLING FL 21-22. REMEDY:SUBMIT APPROVED/ACCEPTED STEEL SHOP DRAWINGS BY 7/16/26

  • Construction

    Issued Jul 9, 2026 — STEEL HIGH-RISE UNDER PERMITTED ALT. WITH SEVERE DAMAGE,DEFORMATION & COLLAPSE RISK.COLUMNS BUCKLING FL 21-22. REMEDY:RETAIN SIA TO INSPECT STRUCTURAL WORK SPECIFIED BY DESIGN APPLICANT AND APPROVED/ACCEPTED DOCUMENTS

  • 25 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 Sep 13, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01442594-I1.

    01
  2. Application approved

    The application reached an approved status in the DOB record.

    02
  3. First permit date recorded

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

    03
  4. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Permit Entire.”

    04

For scale: half of DOB filings are permitted within 20 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 62,630 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
M01442594-I1
BBL
1013160023
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
33
Proposed stories
37
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
927
Structural work