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NYC DOB record · M01365389-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 · M01365389-I1

540 First Avenue

Manhattan, NY 10016

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 6, 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 M01365389-I1 as a alteration filing at 540 First Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10016. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 6, 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 6, 2026
Proposed scale
23 proposed stories and 289 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 42 filings that name Cwb Architects
FiledMar 9, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale23 stories
Recorded cost$1.5M

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Herewith filing for general construction modifications for lipton hall renovation (apartments 18c, 18m, 19s, 20e, 20m, 20s, 21a, 21l, 21x and 23e). no changes 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 9, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01365389-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 21 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 78,679 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
M01365389-I1
BIN
1085694
BBL
1009620108
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
23
Proposed stories
23
Existing dwelling units
289
Proposed dwelling units
289
General construction

Where this record leads

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

Elsewhere on First Avenue

Also filed by Cwb Architects

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