NYC DOB record · M01184237-I1

40 East 78 Street

40 East 78 Street, Manhattan, NY 10075

Alteration filing in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, 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 · M01184237-I1

40 East 78 Street

Manhattan, NY 10075

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 14, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
15 stories
Dwelling units
103
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 M01184237-I1 as a alteration filing at 40 East 78 Street, Manhattan, NY 10075. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 14, 2026. The filing records 15 proposed stories and 103 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 14, 2026
Proposed scale
15 proposed stories and 103 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, what it sold for, apartment sizes and every filing at BIN 1072068Applicant of recordSee the 32 filings that name Sustainable Design Engineering PLLC
FiledJun 4, 2025
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale15 stories
Recorded cost$75,003

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

General construction to renovate apt 8c on the 8th floor. work will include new partitions & finishes, new wood floor, and plumbing fixtures. no change in use, egress, or occupancy under this filing.

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 16-story condominium built in 1958, with 111 homes, on a 17,265 sq ft lot.

Built
1958
Floors
16
Residential units
111
Building type
Condominium
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
C5-1
Lot area
17,265 sq ft
Building area
193,124 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 16, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 5 open notices on record for this building, out of 87 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jun 1, 2019.

  • Construction

    Issued Jun 1, 2019 — THE BORO COMMISSIONER HAS ISSUED A STOP WORK ORDER FOR APPLICATION #12 2702450. DUE TO APPLICANT WITHDRAWAL. STOP ALL WORK IMMEDIATELY AND MA KE SITE SAFE. REM: PROVIDE ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION FORTHWITH CONTACT THE BOROUGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE AT 212-393-2615

  • Elevator

    Issued Nov 1, 2000 — 1P23982

  • Local law 10/81 -

    Issued Jan 13, 1997

  • 2 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 16, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01184237-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
M01184237-I1
BBL
1013927501
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
15
Proposed stories
15
Existing dwelling units
103
Proposed dwelling units
103
General construction