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Manhattan Building Permits — March 2026
Every building permit issued by the NYC Department of Buildings in March 2026: 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), March 2026 · Source: NYC Department of Buildings
Questions, answered from the data
What was the largest building permit issued in Manhattan in March 2026?
The largest was permit #M01075133-I1-GC at 229 East 42 Street, with a reported project value of $98,700,000, issued in March 2026, as reported by the NYC Department of Buildings.
Permits by trade — March 2026
| Trade | Permits issued | Reported value |
|---|---|---|
| General & Other | 2,277 | $1,589,247,597 |
| Scaffolding | 1,222 | $3,118,882 |
| Plumbing | 811 | $106,201,998 |
| HVAC | 761 | $221,597,659 |
| Fire Protection | 258 | $25,694,748 |
| Signage | 108 | $504,537 |
| New Construction | 36 | $24,603,800 |
| Demolition | 19 | $2,270,877 |
| Solar | 6 | $1,135,982 |
Biggest projects issued in March 2026
| Project (permit #) | Trade | Reported value | Issued |
|---|---|---|---|
| 229 East 42 Street #M01075133-I1-GC Conversion of existing commercial office building to residential | General & Other | $98,700,000 | 2026-03-11 |
| 219 East 42 Street #M01075131-I1-GC Application filed for the conversion and enlargement of existing building. | General & Other | $96,400,000 | 2026-03-26 |
| 1740 Broadway #M01195246-I1-GC CONVERSION FROM OFFICE (B) OCCUPANCY TO RESIDENTIAL (R-2) OCCUPANCY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE I, CHAPTER V OF THE… | General & Other | $82,107,905 | 2026-03-30 |
| 60 Wall Street #M00690568-I1-GC Application to file an Alteration Type One for Base Building Change of Use, Egress and Occupancy per per pl… | General & Other | $75,657,919 | 2026-03-05 |
| 1585 Broadway #M00956751-I1-GC INSTALLATION OF INTERIOR NON-BEARING PARTITIONS AND RELATED FINISHES AS PER DRAWINGS FILED HEREWITH. NO CH… | General & Other | $39,685,707 | 2026-03-31 |
| 440 West 57 Street #M00825038-I1-GC ALT-CO APPLICATION FILED TO CONVERT BOTH TOWERS (NORTH & SOUTH) OF AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL HOTEL (UG 5) … | General & Other | $34,601,553 | 2026-03-27 |
| 225 Liberty Street #M01120864-I1-GC Interior office renovations for specified floors. No change to use, egress or occupancy. | General & Other | $32,985,900 | 2026-03-12 |
| 550 Washington Street #M01351684-I1-GC General construction modifications taking place on the 2nd floor as per plans filed herewith. No change in … | General & Other | $31,000,860 | 2026-03-26 |
| 300 East 42 Street #M01254875-I1-GC Residential conversion of floors 6 to 15, 17 & 18 floors of existing office and retail building under Z… | General & Other | $30,508,400 | 2026-03-10 |
| 59 Maiden Lane #M01080665-I1-GC REMOVAL & REPLACEMENT OF WINDOW UNITS. MODIFICATION OF EXTERIOR FACADE AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH. NO … | General & Other | $24,867,594 | 2026-03-03 |
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