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Manhattan Building Permits — August 2026
Every building permit issued by the NYC Department of Buildings in August 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), August 2026 · Source: NYC Department of Buildings
Questions, answered from the data
What was the largest building permit issued in Manhattan in August 2026?
The largest was permit #M01363617-I1-GC at 100 William Street, with a reported project value of $88,791,360, issued in August 2026, as reported by the NYC Department of Buildings.
Permits by trade — August 2026
| Trade | Permits issued | Reported value |
|---|---|---|
| General & Other | 1,916 | $1,287,583,730 |
| Scaffolding | 1,429 | $10,405,862 |
| Plumbing | 685 | $59,034,653 |
| HVAC | 632 | $208,171,915 |
| Fire Protection | 309 | $36,017,813 |
| Signage | 72 | $627,488 |
| New Construction | 38 | $27,607,551 |
| Demolition | 15 | $18,155,100 |
| Solar | 6 | $2,441,268 |
Biggest projects issued in August 2026
| Project (permit #) | Trade | Reported value | Issued |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 William Street #M01363617-I1-GC CONVERSION FROM OFFICE (B) OCCUPANCY TO RESIDENTIAL (R-2) OCCUPANCY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE I, CHAPTER V OF THE… | General & Other | $88,791,360 | 2026-08-24 |
| 97 Barclay Street #M01308436-I1-GC Removal of non-load bearing partitions, ceilings, & elements as per plans. Removal of a column & sl… | General & Other | $70,000,000 | 2026-08-04 |
| 30 Broad Street #M01300953-I1-GC Conversion and Enlargement of Existing Commercial Building to Residential. | General & Other | $67,750,000 | 2026-08-21 |
| 6 East 43 Street #M01297210-I1-GC Application is being filed for the enlargement and conversion of the existing office building to residentia… | General & Other | $62,760,000 | 2026-08-17 |
| 1585 Broadway #M01037994-I1-GC Interior renovation as per plans filed herewith. | General & Other | $44,937,229 | 2026-08-17 |
| 675 Third Avenue #M01259040-I1-GC Conversion of existing commercial office building to residential. | General & Other | $44,121,150 | 2026-08-24 |
| 242 East 71 Street #M00665110-I1-GC NB filed to construct a new 23 story with cellar mixed use building of residential and commercial uses. | New Construction | $25,000,000 | 2026-08-21 |
| 420 East 67 Street #M00945823-I1-GC General construction and partial demolition of the Rockefeller Research Lab (Pavilion Enabling) parking gar… | General & Other | $20,666,251 | 2026-08-10 |
| 30 Hudson Yards #M01388040-I1-GC REMOVAL & RENOVATION OF INTERIOR NON-BEARING PARTITIONS AND RELATED FINISHES ON 40TH AND 42ND FLOORS (6… | General & Other | $19,384,040 | 2026-08-03 |
| 1 Bowling Green #M00864415-I1-ST US Customs House, Interior & Exterior repairs related to water infiltration remediation project per the… | General & Other | $18,499,800 | 2026-08-07 |
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