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NYC DOB record · M00628807-I1

540 First Avenue

540 First Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10016

Alteration filing in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, 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 · M00628807-I1

540 First Avenue

Manhattan, NY 10016

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 13, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
23 stories
Dwelling units
289
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 M00628807-I1 as a alteration filing at 540 First Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10016. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 13, 2026. The filing records 23 proposed stories and 289 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
23 proposed stories and 289 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingthe owner of record and every filing at BIN 1085694Applicant of recordSee the 78 filings that name Thornton Tomasetti
FiledDec 14, 2021
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale23 stories
Recorded cost$40,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

NYU -Skirball - STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS FOR HIGH PRESSURE STEAM PIPE MODIFICATIONS ACCORDING TO PLANS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE TO 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 24-story health facility built in 1963, on a 58,156 sq ft lot.

Built
1963
Floors
24
Residential units
0
Building type
Health facility
Land use
Public facilities and institutions
Zoning district
R8
Lot area
58,156 sq ft
Building area
413,850 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 15, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M00628807-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 80,574 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
M00628807-I1
BBL
1009620108
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
23
Proposed stories
23
Existing dwelling units
289
Proposed dwelling units
289
Structural work

Where this record leads

The same building, the same street, the same practice.

Also filed at 540 First Avenue

Elsewhere on First Avenue

Also filed by Thornton Tomasetti

Nearby records

Other verified filings in this part of the city.