NYC DOB record · M01031548-I1

538 West 48 Street

538 West 48 Street, Manhattan, NY 10036

Alteration filing in Hell's Kitchen, 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 · M01031548-I1

538 West 48 Street

Manhattan, NY 10036

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 16, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
1
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 M01031548-I1 as a alteration filing at 538 West 48 Street, Manhattan, NY 10036. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 16, 2026. The filing records 1 proposed dwelling unit.

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 16, 2026
Proposed scale
1 proposed dwelling unit
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, what it sold for and every filing at BIN 1090197Applicant of recordSee the 787 filings that name Fl&m Engineering Design &inspection
FiledApr 8, 2024
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale1 units
Recorded cost$5,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Installation of 300 psf sidewalk shed as per plans. all equipment shall comply with chapter #33 of the 2022 code. no change in use, egress or occupancy under this application.

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 hotel built in 2010, on a 10,042 sq ft lot.

Built
2010
Floors
11
Residential units
0
Building type
Hotel
Land use
Commercial and office
Zoning district
R8
Lot area
10,042 sq ft
Building area
61,700 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 18, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 4 open notices on record for this building, out of 51 notices on file; the most recent was issued Sep 9, 2026.

  • Construction

    Issued Sep 9, 2026 — FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.NOTED AT THE T IME OF INSPECTION,I OBSERVED AT EXPOSURE 3 CRACK WINDOW PANE ON 2ND FL REMEDY:REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE

  • Construction

    Issued Feb 3, 2026 — FTM BLDG. OBSRVD ON EXP 1,2&4 MISSING COPING STONE @ SOME SECTION ON PARAPET. EXP 1 N.ELEV DAMAGED MORTAR JOINTS ON PARAPET BRICK WRK. EXP3 W.ELEV: DAMAGED, DEMOLISHED BRICK WALL, FROM 2ND FLR TO PARAPET REMEDY: REPAIR/REPLACE DAMAGED MASONRY BRICKS & COPING STONE & DMAGED MORTAR JOINTS

  • Construction

    Issued Sep 12, 2024 — FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN A CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. NOTE: OBSERVE @ EXP 4(W.ELEV) LARGE VERTICLE CRACKS @ MASONRY ON SW CORNER. ALSO OBSERVED OPEN SECTIONS OF BRICKS @ EXP#1/3 (N/S ELEV) NE & SE CORNERS, AND MISSING COPING @ ROOF PARAPET WALL & LARGE STEP CRACKS AT BULKHEAD ON SE/SW CORNERS. REMEDY: FIX AND/OR REPLACE

  • 1 further open notice is 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 Oct 18, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01031548-I1.

    01
  2. First permit date recorded

    DOB lists a first permit date. This does not by itself confirm current construction activity.

    02
  3. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Permit Entire.”

    03

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
M01031548-I1
BBL
1010760051
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
1
Proposed dwelling units
1
Sidewalk shed