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Pick a start, an end, or both. Covers filings made since August 2016.
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Location & zoning
Location
Zoning: what the rules allow on the lot
Sites with room to build more
▶How the lot is used today
▶Has the zoning been disputed?
Still open to a public challenge
No one challenged it
Plans were changed after a challenge
Activity
▶Latest inspection result
▶Where the filing stands
The status of the building's most recently updated filing.
▶Permit type
First-time permit
Renewal, no changes
Renewal, with changes
No-work permit
Building
▶Building type
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Scope of Work
▶Work Type (DOB NOW permit trade)
Trade
The trade printed on the permit itself. The other tabs use the text of filed documents.
▶HVAC
System
Equipment
Manufacturer
▶Plumbing
System
Component
▶Electrical
System
▶Sprinkler
System
Number of Heads
▶Solar
Location
Roof Type
Number of Panels
▶Structural
System
Max Excavation Depth (ft)
Framing Material
Concrete & Foundation
▶Crane
System
▶Earthwork
Site Conditions
Material
▶Geotech
Subsurface Risk
▶Scaffold/Shed
System
Min Shed Length on Public Row (ft)
Filing & land use
▶Renovation type
New Building
Interior / exterior renovation
Major renovation (change in occupancy)
Demolition (partial)
Full demolition
✕ Demolition marks (display only)
Professionals
Design professionals
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Contractors
▶Contractor type (active permittee)
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Special inspectors
Licensed special inspectors, separate from the architect or engineer of record.
Compliance & flags
Historic filing
Has open objections
Rent stabilized (DHCR)
Has open violations
Work without a permit
▶HPD violation class
Class A (non-hazardous)
Class B (hazardous)
Class C (immediately hazardous)
Class I (vacate order)
▶DOB violation type
Matches a building with an open DOB violation in ANY selected subject category (e.g. Elevator covers annual inspection failures, affirmations of correction, and Local Law 10/16/81 elevator violations alike).
▶ECB violation category
Matches a building with an open ECB (Environmental Control Board) violation in ANY selected category.
Tenant type
▶Type of space
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▶Tenant industry
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The kind of business the tenant is. Companies we could not identify with confidence are left out rather than guessed.
Labor
▶Union contractors, by trade
Shows buildings where a permit in ANY of the picked trades was filed by a union contractor. One building can have both union and non-union work.
▶Non-union contractors, by trade
Shows buildings where a permit in ANY of the picked trades was filed by a non-union contractor (or one not classified as union).
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Search the NYC construction record
Know what was really built, who built it, and for whom.
Every NYC construction filing, violation, permit and filed plan, with the owners, architects, engineers and contractors behind them. Start anywhere:
Coming soon: plan marketplace. Request a building’s plans from the owners, architects and engineers who hold them, then ask questions answered from the text of the filed documents.
The digital record is deepest for DOB NOW filings (2016 onward) and patchier for older, legacy BIS-era work; base-building systems and original filings can predate what's digitized. When an answer says something isn't on file, that means not in the digital record, not that it doesn't exist.
Answers are generated from the text of public DOB filings and may be incomplete or inaccurate. Check the linked filings before relying on them.