Permit stats · Manhattan

New building permits in Manhattan: real approval times

New Building filings in Manhattan, measured across every DOB filing on record. These are the real numbers, not the published targets.

14,128
filings on record
255 days
median to approval
749 days
worst case (p90)
9.3%
of all filings disapproved
11.7%
professionally certified

Manhattan vs citywide, median days to approval

Manhattan
255d
NYC
67d
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Methodology: computed from DOB Job Application Filings (ic3t-wcy2) via NYC Open Data, refreshed with each data build. Median and p90 measure pre-filing date to approval on approved jobs. Full methodology on the Intelligence page.

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