You can access the Nyc Building Permits programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {};
11
12// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
13const run = await client.actor("quarterly_jingo/nyc-building-permits").call(input);
14
15// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
16console.log('Results from dataset');
17console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
18const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
19items.forEach((item) => {
20    console.dir(item);
21});
22
23// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Nyc Building Permits API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Nyc Building Permits API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Nyc Building Permits API in Python

Nyc Building Permits API through CLI

Nyc Building Permits OpenAPI definition

Nyc Building Permits API

Building Permits Scraper

quarterly_jingo/building-permits-scraper

Petey Boy

NYC DOB Building Permits Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/nyc-building-permits

Search NYC Department of Buildings permits. Get permit details, addresses, and filing status. For construction and development research.

Fortuitous Pirate

NYC Building Permits & Contractor Data Extractor (DOB)

motivational_nickel/my-actor-1

Extract NYC building permits, construction activity, and contractor-related records from the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB). Ideal for real estate analytics, contractor verification, compliance checks, and construction market research.

Leoncio Jr Coronado

Building Permits Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/building-permits-scraper

Multi-City Building Permits Scraper. Structured data export for lead generation, enrichment, and competitive research.

Fortuitous Pirate

Building Permits Search

hanamira/building-permits-search

Search building permits in Chicago, NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Austin + any Socrata city. Filter by contractor, cost range, date. Find construction projects, renovations, permits. Official government open data for lead generation and market research.

hannah mira

Austin Building Permits

quarterly_jingo/austin-building-permits

Petey Boy

NYC Building Permits Scraper

parseforge/nyc-building-permits-scraper

Extract 4.87M+ building permit records from NYC Open Data. Filter by borough, ZIP, job type, date range. Get owner names, addresses, costs, GPS coordinates, and 42 normalized fields. No browser needed — fast, reliable API calls.

ParseForge

Building Permits Monitor — NYC, Chicago, LA, SF, Austin

esco.api/building-permits

Fresh building permits from official city open-data feeds — normalized, deduplicated, lead-ready. Contractor names, job costs, work descriptions. Filter by minimum job value.

Francesco Freedman

Sf Building Permits

quarterly_jingo/sf-building-permits

Petey Boy

NYC Open Data Dataset Search

scrupulous_waterbird_m4w/nyc-open-data

Search NYC Open Data and Socrata datasets including 311 requests, restaurant inspections, building permits, and the public catalog. Export normalized records with SoQL filters and pagination.