NYC DOB record · M01446125-I1

234 East 78 Street

234 East 78 Street, Manhattan, NY 10075

Alteration filing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, 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 · M01446125-I1

234 East 78 Street

Manhattan, NY 10075

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 2, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
6 stories
Dwelling units
23
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 M01446125-I1 as a alteration filing at 234 East 78 Street, Manhattan, NY 10075. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 2, 2026. The filing records 6 proposed stories and 23 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 2, 2026
Proposed scale
6 proposed stories and 23 proposed dwelling units
Complete building dossierView all 2 filings associated with BIN 1044122Applicant of recordSee the 111 filings that name Lu Engineering Service PC
FiledAug 24, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale6 stories
Recorded cost$37,900

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Proposed interior renovation on 3rd floor apt#3c. repairing partitions, ceiling and flooring. 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.

The lot this filing sits on

What is already here?

The lot holds a 7-story elevator apartment building built in 1910, with 23 homes, on a 2,724 sq ft lot.

Built
1910
Last altered
1985
Floors
7
Residential units
23
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R8B
Lot area
2,724 sq ft
Building area
14,875 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 12, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 4 open notices on record for this building, out of 14 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jan 29, 2019.

  • Facade safety program

    Issued Jan 29, 2019

  • (other bldgs types) - elevator affirmation of

    Issued Nov 14, 2016 — VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2014 CAT 1 INSP/TST

  • Local law 11/98 - facade

    Issued Nov 30, 2007

  • 1 further open notice is on file. Open the source dataset for the full list.

A violation is a notice the Department of Buildings recorded against the building. It is not a judgment, and many concern paperwork rather than safety. Open means the agency has not recorded a resolution, which is not the same as the problem still existing. From NYC Department of Buildings, DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9), accessed Sep 10, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01446125-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 18 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 50,115 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
M01446125-I1
BBL
1014320037
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
6
Proposed stories
6
Existing dwelling units
23
Proposed dwelling units
23
General construction