NYC DOB record · M01431699-I1

551 5 Avenue

551 5 Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10176

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 · M01431699-I1

551 5 Avenue

Manhattan, NY 10176

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 5, 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 M01431699-I1 as a alteration filing at 551 5 Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10176. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 5, 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 5, 2026
Proposed scale
37 proposed stories
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 1035389Applicant of recordSee the 8 filings that name Sydness Architects, PC
FiledOct 2, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale37 stories
Recorded cost$50,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

General construction work for Interior renovation to include demolition of existing and construction of new partitions for existing office space. no change in 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 38-story office building built in 1927, on a 18,950 sq ft lot.

Built
1927
Last altered
1990
Floors
38
Residential units
0
Building type
Office building
Land use
Commercial and office
Zoning district
C5-3
Lot area
18,950 sq ft
Building area
427,158 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 7, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 5 open notices on record for this building, out of 189 notices on file; the most recent was issued Apr 5, 2019.

  • Elevator annual inspection /

    Issued Apr 5, 2019 — VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2017 INSPECTION/TEST

  • Elevator annual inspection /

    Issued Apr 5, 2019 — VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2017 INSPECTION/TEST

  • Elevator

    Issued Nov 22, 2017

  • 2 further open notices are 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 7, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing M01431699-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 76,126 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
M01431699-I1
BBL
1012810001
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
37
Proposed stories
37
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
0
General construction