Alteration filingJul 26
DOB filing B00528794-I1
Alteration filing at 491 Willoughby Avenue
Approved4 proposed stories
Open filing Building record · BIN 3048786
491 Willoughby Avenue
491 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206
A consolidated, filing-by-filing view of DOB records matched to this building identifier. The current snapshot links 3 independently sourced records, including 3 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.
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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 3048786
491 Willoughby Avenue
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn
A consolidated public-record view · updated Jul 26, 2021
- DOB filings
- 3
- Active-status
- 3
- Recorded addresses
- 1
A building-level summary of matched filings, active-status records and published identifiers.
Matched filings3
Open or active-status records3
First included filingJan 20, 2021
Latest recorded changeJul 26, 2021
The lot
What is already here?
The lot holds a 3-story walk-up apartment building built in 1899, with 3 homes, on a 2,000 sq ft lot.
- Floors 2–3Homes3 homes are recorded on this lot — about one home to a floor. The city does not publish which floor any of them is on.
- Floor 1Street levelStreet level. The lot is recorded as walk-up apartments.
- Street levelWalk-up apartments
- Homes3 recorded on the lot
- Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 5 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 14.3 m
- Built
- 1899
- Floors
- 3
- Residential units
- 3
- Building type
- Walk-up apartment building
- Land use
- Walk-up apartments
- Zoning district
- R6B
- Lot area
- 2,000 sq ft
- Building area
- 3,600 sq ft
- Historic district
- Willoughby-Hart Historic District
What it sold for
1 apartment on this tax block changed hands in the year the city last published, at a median of $1,070,000.
Recorded sale prices from the Department of Finance’s rolling file, covering the year to Jul 31, 2026. Transfers under $10,000 are left out: New York records deed transfers between relatives at a dollar, and those are not sales. No apartment number and no name is carried from either side.
Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 14, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not any single filing. When the rest of New York went up
Violation record
Are there open violations here?
The Department of Buildings has 2 open notices on record for this building, out of 3 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jan 14, 2021.
- Construction
Issued Jan 14, 2021 — FAILURE TO MAINTAIN:FRONT WALL IS IN STATE OF DISREPAIR ORNAMENTAL STONE FELL ON FRONT YARD CRACKED AND SPALLING STONE NOTED AT WINDOWS AND THERE IS POTENTIAL OF DEBRIS FALLING.OWNR TO IMMD INSTL SW SHED AT FRNT TO PROVIDE OVERHEAD PROTECT TO FRNT ENTRANCE.ENGAGE PE & CONTR TO EVALU FACADE&RPR UNDR PRMT.FILE FOR PRMT BY 3/1/21.STRT WRK BY 4/1/21
- Construction
Issued Jan 11, 2021 — FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER. AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED AT EXPOSURE #1 DECORATIVE MASONRY OVER 1ST FL. ENTRANCE HAS COLLAPSED. CORNICE OVER 3RD FL. WINDOWS HAVE ROTTED EXPOSING INTERIOR TO ELEMENTS FURTHER DETERIORATING FACADES STRUCTURAL STABILITY.
Open means the agency has not recorded a resolution, which is not the same as the problem still existing. What a violation is, and what it is not. From NYC Department of Buildings, DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9), accessed Sep 14, 2026.
What is recorded here
Multiple filings, one stable building identifier.
New York City's Building Identification Number helps connect filings that may use different application numbers or describe different scopes of work. The records below are grouped because they publish BIN 3048786. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.
The matched set includes 3 alteration filing. Its latest status categories are 3 approved. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.
- First included filing
- Jan 20, 2021
- Latest recorded change
- Jul 26, 2021
- Highest proposed story count
- 4 stories
- Highest proposed unit count
- 3 dwelling units
Highest recorded values may come from different filings and must not be combined into one proposed project. Open the individual filings below for their exact scope. Values outside the publication's conservative data-quality bounds are withheld pending source review.
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Recorded history
What has happened at this address?
Every dated event the city has published for this building, from all 3 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.
- Alteration filed01
Proposed installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. live load 300 per square feet. sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter # 33 of the 2014 code. no change in use occupancy or egress under this application. Filing B00453613-I1.
- Permit recorded for alteration02
DOB lists a first permit date for B00453613-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration now approved03
The latest status recorded for B00453613-I1 is “Permit Entire.”
- Alteration filed04
Fix and restore existing exterior frontwall and yard.restore damaged brownstone pedimentand decorativefacades. remove all loose slates,repair existing steps, pavement,handrail & fence. no change in egress,occupancy and use. Filing B00528794-I1.
- Alteration approved05
Filing B00528794-I1 reached an approved status.
- Alteration filed06
Fix and restore existing exterior frontwall and yard.restore damaged brownstone pedimentand decorativefacades. remove all loose slates,repair existing steps, pavement,handrail & fence. no change in egress,occupancy and use. Filing B00528794-P1.
- Permit recorded for alteration07
DOB lists a first permit date for B00528794-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration approved08
Filing B00528794-P1 reached an approved status.
- Alteration now approved09
The latest status recorded for B00528794-P1 is “Approved.”
- Alteration now approved010
The latest status recorded for B00528794-I1 is “Permit Entire.”