Monthly permit report

New York City commercial building permits, August 2025

Biggest projects in August 2025

By declared value.

11-06 Broadway Queens
Issued Aug 11 · 2 permits
$100M
full demolition of one story structure using hand held and mechanical means to assist.
commercialDemolition · HVAC / MechanicalVolk Industrial Services
4074 Victory Boulevard Staten Island
Issued Aug 19 · 5 permits
$84.1M
Construction of new 3 story school building - PS 121 R energy model in filing S00688101-S6. PAA description in comments
commercialBuilding · PlumbingLeon D. Dematteis Const
60 Wall Street Manhattan

In August 2025, New York City issued 5,857 building permits on commercial and multifamily properties, on 4,202 projects, declaring $1.8B of work.
The busiest trade was general building (2,465 permits), then plumbing (1,158).
The most active contractor was Structure Tone, LLC, with 68 permits.
The largest project was at 11-06 Broadway Queens, with $100M declared.
Half of the month’s permits were issued within 31 days of application.

Source: building permit records from official city open-data portals, checked daily. Data through October 28, 2026. How we count