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Manhattan Building Permits — December 2025
Every building permit issued by the NYC Department of Buildings in December 2025: counts, reported value, permits by trade, and the month's biggest projects.
Source: New York City open data — DOB NOW: Build, approved permits (NYC Department of Buildings). Source last updated: October 17, 2026 · Our last pull: October 18, 2026 · Figures are as reported by the NYC Department of Buildings.
Coverage: this report covers building permits issued by the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB NOW) in Manhattan (New York County). The city's other boroughs publish as their own county reports: Kings County (Brooklyn), Queens County, Bronx County, and Richmond County (Staten Island). Two counting rules matter here. DOB's feed lists one row for every work type an issuance covers, so we count each issuance once. And the estimated cost DOB publishes belongs to the whole job filing and repeats on each of its issuances, so we count each filing's cost once, on its most recent issuance. DOB NOW excludes electrical, elevator, and limited-alteration permits — DOB publishes those in separate datasets — so no electrical figures appear in this report.
PermitsByCounty data, New York County (Manhattan), December 2025 · Source: NYC Department of Buildings
Questions, answered from the data
What was the largest building permit issued in Manhattan in December 2025?
The largest was permit #M08027672-I1-GC at 25 Water Street, with a reported project value of $104,125,000, issued in December 2025, as reported by the NYC Department of Buildings.
Permits by trade — December 2025
| Trade | Permits issued | Reported value |
|---|---|---|
| General & Other | 1,689 | $1,145,998,030 |
| Scaffolding | 694 | $2,639,120 |
| Plumbing | 669 | $81,957,592 |
| HVAC | 616 | $212,485,421 |
| Fire Protection | 277 | $35,524,992 |
| Signage | 71 | $187,461 |
| New Construction | 39 | $22,278,260 |
| Solar | 7 | $741,259 |
| Demolition | 6 | $3,165,000 |
Biggest projects issued in December 2025
| Project (permit #) | Trade | Reported value | Issued |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Water Street #M08027672-I1-GC Facade work to include the partial demolition of the existing masonry facade and installation of new window… | General & Other | $104,125,000 | 2025-12-22 |
| 25 Water Street #M08013214-I1-GC Vertical enlargement and conversion to residential use of existing 22-story building. | General & Other | $57,549,740 | 2025-12-17 |
| 755 12 Avenue #M00744166-I1-GC Alteration-CO for change of use from existing exhibition hall (as per BSA 27-04-A) to television and movie … | General & Other | $53,500,000 | 2025-12-16 |
| 20 Hudson Yards #M01145779-I1-GC REMOVAL OF INTERIOR NON-BEARING PARTITIONS AND RELATED FINISHES AS PER DRAWINGS. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS O… | General & Other | $52,541,255 | 2025-12-31 |
| 81 Charles Street #M00785892-I1-GC Combine two existing multiple dwellings and convert to one family dwelling. Renovation and enlargement thro… | General & Other | $31,839,028 | 2025-12-10 |
| 20 Hudson Yards #M01145794-I1-MS Modification to existing HVAC systems including installation of commercial cooking and hood/duct system. Co… | HVAC | $23,077,975 | 2025-12-30 |
| 229 West 43 Street #M00595340-I1-GC GENERAL CONSTRUCTION MODIFICATIONS RELATING TO FACADE REPAIR TAKING PLACE ON FLOORS 1-16 AND ROOF OF THE 43… | General & Other | $22,086,609 | 2025-12-19 |
| 611 West 112 Street #M00935307-I1-GC Change use of building from SRO to dormitory R-1 in compliance with 2022 code. Renovate building throughou… | General & Other | $22,000,000 | 2025-12-19 |
| 735 West End Avenue #M00951923-I1-GC-CX Remove and replacement of existing roof systems, stair windows and parapets. Provide new roof ladders, floo… | General & Other | $20,000,000 | 2025-12-18 |
| 1221 Avenue Of The Americas #M01306125-I1-GC Minor interior demolition. Installation of new interior partitions, doors, suspended ceilings, flooring and… | General & Other | $19,825,471 | 2025-12-02 |
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