NYC DOB record · M01395497-I1

42 East 8 Street

42 East 8 Street, Manhattan, NY 10003

Alteration filing in Greenwich Village, 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 · M01395497-I1

42 East 8 Street

Manhattan, NY 10003

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 13, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
6
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 M01395497-I1 as a alteration filing at 42 East 8 Street, Manhattan, NY 10003. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 13, 2026. The filing records 6 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 13, 2026
Proposed scale
6 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, what it sold for, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 1008834Applicant of recordSee the 37 filings that name Wei Studio
FiledMay 15, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale6 units
Recorded cost$3,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Install two illuminated signs.

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 3-story theatre built in 1940, with 7 homes, on a 11,151 sq ft lot.

Built
1940
Last altered
1984
Floors
3
Residential units
7
Building type
Theatre
Land use
Commercial and office
Zoning district
C1-7
Lot area
11,151 sq ft
Building area
30,575 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 16, 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 17 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jan 13, 1997.

  • Local law 10/81 -

    Issued Jan 13, 1997

  • Construction

    Issued Oct 23, 1996

  • Construction

    Issued Oct 3, 1989

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 15, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01395497-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 83,050 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
M01395497-I1
BBL
1005480012
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
6
Proposed dwelling units
6