NYC DOB record · M01461760-I1

540 Madison Avenue

540 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10022

Alteration filing in Midtown-Times Square, 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 · M01461760-I1

540 Madison Avenue

Manhattan, NY 10022

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 8, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
37 stories
Dwelling units
Not stated
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 M01461760-I1 as a alteration filing at 540 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10022. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 8, 2026. The filing records 37 proposed stories.

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 8, 2026
Proposed scale
37 proposed stories
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, what it sold for, apartment sizes and every filing at BIN 1035759Applicant of recordSee the 41 filings that name Env Architects DPC
FiledOct 7, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale37 stories
Recorded cost$5,220

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Minor interior renovation on portion of 7th floor in existing commercial office. removal of non-load bearing partitions and patch damaged finishes as indicated on the dwgs filed herein. no change of use, occupancy or egress or floor area.

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 37-story office building built in 1971, on a 12,552 sq ft lot.

Built
1971
Last altered
1997
Floors
37
Residential units
0
Building type
Office building
Land use
Commercial and office
Zoning district
C5-3
Lot area
12,552 sq ft
Building area
272,532 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 10, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 2 open notices on record for this building, out of 85 notices on file; the most recent was issued Mar 26, 2026.

  • Construction

    Issued Mar 26, 2026 — STRUCTURE RENDERED NON-COMPLIANT. AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED WITH OPERATIONS MANAGER AT ENTRANCE ON 55 STREET SIDE OF BUILDING LEFT ENTRANCE DOOR INOPERABLE DUE TO DEPRESSION IN SIDEWALK, MULTIPLE CRACKS AROUND VENT GRADING IS (CON EDISON).

  • Local law

    Issued Apr 25, 1990

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 10, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01461760-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 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
M01461760-I1
BBL
1012900056
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
37
Proposed stories
37
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
0
General construction