Permit stats · Manhattan

Subdivision permits in Manhattan: real approval times

Subdivision (improved) filings in Manhattan, measured across every DOB filing on record. These are the real numbers, not the published targets.

1,248
filings on record
42 days
median to approval
245 days
worst case (p90)
16.7%
of all filings disapproved
35.2%
professionally certified

Manhattan vs citywide, median days to approval

Manhattan
42d
NYC
12d
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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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