NYC DOB record · M00991268-I1

245 West 55 Street

245 West 55 Street, Manhattan, NY 10019

Alteration filing in Midtown-Times 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 · M00991268-I1

245 West 55 Street

Manhattan, NY 10019

Alteration filing · status dated Aug 28, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
17 stories
Dwelling units
42
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 M00991268-I1 as a alteration filing at 245 West 55 Street, Manhattan, NY 10019. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Aug 28, 2026. The filing records 17 proposed stories and 42 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
Aug 28, 2026
Proposed scale
17 proposed stories and 42 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingwhat it sold for, apartment sizes, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 1024873Applicant of recordSee the 68 filings that name Howard I. Shapiro & Associates
FiledFeb 20, 2024
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale17 stories
Recorded cost$1.1M

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Partial demolition means & methods and temporary stabilization as per plans filed. alt-co & related structural work filed under m00940950.

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 11-story office building built in 1914, on a 6,025 sq ft lot.

Built
1914
Last altered
1989
Floors
11
Residential units
0
Building type
Office building
Land use
Commercial and office
Zoning district
C6-4
Lot area
6,025 sq ft
Building area
63,500 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 3, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 2 open notices on record for this building, out of 66 notices on file; the most recent was issued Nov 14, 2025.

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Nov 14, 2025 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • Local law 11/98 - facade

    Issued Aug 8, 2002

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 21, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M00991268-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 66,747 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
M00991268-I1
BBL
1010270007
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
12
Proposed stories
17
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
42
Structural work