NYC DOB record · M01424811-I1

38 West 56 Street

38 West 56 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 · M01424811-I1

38 West 56 Street

Manhattan, NY 10019

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 26, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
5 stories
Dwelling units
5
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 M01424811-I1 as a alteration filing at 38 West 56 Street, Manhattan, NY 10019. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 26, 2026. The filing records 5 proposed stories and 5 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
Oct 26, 2026
Proposed scale
5 proposed stories and 5 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 2 filings that name EDI International
FiledJul 16, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale5 stories
Recorded cost$214,366

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Apt 4r interior modifications & structural remediation at 3rd & 4th fl corridors. incl new flooring, ceilings, partitions, finishes, & bathroom & kitch cabinetry. no chg to extg apt layouts. no chg 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 5-story mainly residential with some commercial built in 1915, with 6 homes, on a 2,510 sq ft lot.

Built
1915
Floors
5
Residential units
6
Building type
Mainly residential with some commercial
Land use
Mixed residential and commercial
Zoning district
C5-P
Lot area
2,510 sq ft
Building area
8,400 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 28, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 1 open notice on record for this building, out of 6 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jun 24, 1996.

  • Construction

    Issued Jun 24, 1996

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 28, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01424811-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 22 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 91,085 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
M01424811-I1
BIN
1034845
BBL
1012710059
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
5
Proposed stories
5
Existing dwelling units
5
Proposed dwelling units
5
General constructionStructural work