New York City Department of Buildings
New York, NY permit monitoring
PermitChime reads New York City Department of Buildings's published permit records and tells you when one of them changes. Everything on this page describes that source, not a plan feature.
The authority
- Issuing authority
- New York City Department of Buildings · City authority
- Official portal
- data.cityofnewyork.us(opens in a new tab)
- How often the source publishes
- New York City Department of Buildings publishes updates once a day.
- How often PermitChime re-checks
- Every 12 hours on every plan — never faster than New York City Department of Buildings republishes.
PermitChime is not a government agency and is not affiliated with any permitting authority. The issuing authority remains the authoritative source for every permit record.
What this source covers
New York City publishes DOB NOW: Build job filings once a day in an overnight batch, so a change made during business hours normally reaches PermitChime the next day. PermitChime tracks each filing's workflow status — including plan-examiner, objection and hold stages — but DOB publishes no per-discipline plan reviews, objection text, inspections or fees, and legacy nine-digit BIS job numbers are not covered.
| Record detail | Monitored here |
|---|---|
| Permit status | Yes |
| Plan reviews | No — not published |
| Inspections | No — not published |
| Fees | No — not published |
| Conditions | No — not published |
| Comments | No — not published |
| Documents | No — not published |
| Address search | No — not searchable |
New York permit numbers
Enter a DOB NOW job filing number, e.g. M01374315-P1. A base job number (M01374315) or a work permit number (Q01233321-S1-SP) also works. Legacy nine-digit BIS job numbers such as 440673852 are not covered.
Example: M01374315-P1
Monitor a New York permit
PermitChime re-reads New York City Department of Buildings's record on a schedule and tells you when something in it actually changes. You can also look a permit up right now without an account.