NYC DOB record · M01426544-I1

508 East 78 Street

508 East 78 Street, Manhattan, NY 10075

Alteration filing in Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, 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 · M01426544-I1

508 East 78 Street

Manhattan, NY 10075

Alteration filing · status dated Aug 20, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
6 stories
Dwelling units
96
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 M01426544-I1 as a alteration filing at 508 East 78 Street, Manhattan, NY 10075. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Aug 20, 2026. The filing records 6 proposed stories and 96 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 20, 2026
Proposed scale
6 proposed stories and 96 proposed dwelling units
Complete building dossierView all 2 filings associated with BIN 1046412
FiledAug 7, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale6 stories
Recorded cost$115,950

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Combination of apartments 1e and 1f. apartment renovation to include: removal of non-load-bearing partitions, removal of exist. kitchen. in apt 1e, new partitions, installation of a new electric washer and dryer. no change of 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 6-story walk-up apartment building built in 1911, with 192 homes, on a 22,987 sq ft lot.

Built
1911
Floors
6
Residential units
192
Building type
Walk-up apartment building
Land use
Walk-up apartments
Zoning district
R8B
Lot area
22,987 sq ft
Building area
98,580 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 1, 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 12 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jan 1, 2012.

  • Failure to

    Issued Jan 1, 2012 — FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

A violation is a notice the Department of Buildings recorded against the building. It is not a judgment, and many concern paperwork rather than safety. Open means the agency has not recorded a resolution, which is not the same as the problem still existing. From NYC Department of Buildings, DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9), accessed Sep 14, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01426544-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 18 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 50,115 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
M01426544-I1
BBL
1014890037
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
6
Proposed stories
6
Existing dwelling units
96
Proposed dwelling units
96
General construction