NYC DOB record · M01404970-I1

240 West 23 Street

240 West 23 Street, Manhattan, NY 10011

Alteration filing in Chelsea-Hudson Yards, 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 · M01404970-I1

240 West 23 Street

Manhattan, NY 10011

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 28, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
7 stories
Dwelling units
18
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 M01404970-I1 as a alteration filing at 240 West 23 Street, Manhattan, NY 10011. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 28, 2026. The filing records 7 proposed stories and 18 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 28, 2026
Proposed scale
7 proposed stories and 18 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, what it sold for, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 1014132Applicant of recordSee the 15 filings that name Walter B. Melvin Architects, LLC
FiledSep 15, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale7 stories
Recorded cost$89,320

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Masonry repairs as per drawings. No change in use, egress or occupancy is involved 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 8-story elevator apartment building built in 1920, with 18 homes, on a 3,769 sq ft lot.

Built
1920
Last altered
1984
Floors
8
Residential units
18
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
C2-7A
Lot area
3,769 sq ft
Building area
24,378 sq ft

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

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 3 open notices on record for this building, out of 26 notices on file; the most recent was issued Feb 22, 2024.

  • No report and / or late filing (facade)

    Issued Feb 22, 2024 — FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 9C TECHNICAL REPORT BY 2/21/2024

  • No report and / or late filing (facade)

    Issued Apr 30, 2019 — FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 8C TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2019

  • Local law 10/80 - facade

    Issued Jul 1, 1992

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 3, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01404970-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 21 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 75,302 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
M01404970-I1
BBL
1007720067
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
7
Proposed stories
7
Existing dwelling units
18
Proposed dwelling units
18
General construction