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538 Lafayette Avenue

538 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205

A consolidated, filing-by-filing view of DOB records matched to this building identifier. The current snapshot links 12 independently sourced records, including 11 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.

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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 3049877

538 Lafayette Avenue

Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn

A consolidated public-record view · updated Jul 22, 2025

DOB filings
12
Active-status
11
Recorded addresses
1
Building data portrait

A building-level summary of matched filings, active-status records and published identifiers.

Matched filings12
Open or active-status records11
First included filingSep 23, 2021
Latest recorded changeJul 22, 2025

The lot

What is already here?

The lot holds a 3-story walk-up apartment building built in 1901, with 3 homes, on a 1,850 sq ft lot.

  1. 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.
  2. 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 6 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 16.2 m
Drawn from the outline and roof height the Department of City Planning publishes for this building: 12.3 m over 3 floors, as the city counts them. 2 runs of floors have something on record. The city publishes a roof height and a storey count for the lot, and nothing at all about any individual floor. What stands to the south is measured from the city’s own footprints and roof heights; it is a statement about the skyline, not a calculation of sunlight.
Built
1901
Floors
3
Residential units
3
Building type
Walk-up apartment building
Land use
Walk-up apartments
Zoning district
R6B
Lot area
1,850 sq ft
Building area
3,108 sq ft

What it sold for

1 apartment on this tax block changed hands in the year the city last published, at a median of $860,000.

Recorded sale prices from the Department of Finance’s rolling file, covering the year to Aug 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

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 3049877. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.

The matched set includes 12 alteration filing. Its latest status categories are 11 approved, 1 closed or withdrawn. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.

First included filing
Sep 23, 2021
Latest recorded change
Jul 22, 2025
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 12 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.

  1. Alteration filed

    Interior Renovation of partitions,GWB, Trim, mouldings,tile work, mech vents,flooring,and cosmetic finishes Bas & 001 . Exterior: Horizontal rear yard enlargement, replace windows, doors,skylight, facade work & steel stairs in rear yd. No change to EO & U. Filing B00587037-I1.

    01
  2. Alteration approved

    Filing B00587037-I1 reached an approved status.

    02
  3. Alteration filed

    Subsequent application filed to Install wet pipe sprinkler system. Filing B00587037-S2.

    03
  4. Alteration filed

    Subsequent document to Modify plumbing fixtures for removals ,replacements and additions. No Change to egress, occupancy or Use. Filing B00587037-S4.

    04
  5. Alteration approved

    Filing B00587037-S2 reached an approved status.

    05
  6. Alteration approved

    Filing B00587037-S4 reached an approved status.

    06
  7. Alteration filed

    Subsequent filing for interior/exterior Structural work, lintel at rear, rear steel staircase, framing reinforcement, foundation and underpinning work, cellar slab. Filing B00587037-S3.

    07
  8. Alteration approved

    Filing B00587037-S3 reached an approved status.

    08
  9. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00587037-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    09
  10. Alteration filed

    Subsequent document to Modify plumbing fixtures for removals ,replacements and additions. No Change to egress, occupancy or Use. Filing B00587037-P1.

    010
  11. Alteration filed

    Subsequent application filed to Install wet pipe sprinkler system. Filing B00587037-P2.

    011
  12. Alteration approved

    Filing B00587037-P2 reached an approved status.

    012
  13. Alteration approved

    Filing B00587037-P1 reached an approved status.

    013
  14. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00587037-S3. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    014
  15. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00587037-S2. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    015
  16. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00587037-S4. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    016
  17. Alteration filed

    Subsequent document to Modify plumbing fixtures for removals ,replacements and additions. No Change to egress, occupancy or Use. Filing B00587037-P4.

    017
  18. Alteration filed

    Interior Renovation of partitions,GWB, Trim, mouldings,tile work, mech vents,flooring,and cosmetic finishes Bas & 001 . Exterior: Horizontal rear yard enlargement, replace windows, doors,skylight, facade work & steel stairs in rear yd. No change to EO & U. Filing B00587037-P5.

    018
  19. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00587037-P1 is “Approved.”

    019
  20. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00587037-P2 is “Approved.”

    020
  21. Alteration approved

    Filing B00587037-P5 reached an approved status.

    021
  22. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00587037-P5 is “Approved.”

    022
  23. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00587037-S3 is “Permit Entire.”

    023
  24. Alteration filed

    Interior Renovation of partitions,GWB, Trim, mouldings,tile work, mech vents,flooring,and cosmetic finishes Bas & 001 . Exterior: Horizontal rear yard enlargement, replace windows, doors,skylight, facade work & steel stairs in rear yd. No change to EO & U. Filing B00587037-P6.

    024
  25. Alteration approved

    Filing B00587037-P4 reached an approved status.

    025
  26. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00587037-P4 is “Approved.”

    026
  27. Alteration filed

    Install wet pipe Sprinkler system throughout. No change to egress , occupancy or use. Filing B00587037-S5.

    027
  28. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00587037-S2 is “Permit Entire.”

    028
  29. Alteration filed

    Subsequent document to Modify plumbing fixtures for removals ,replacements and additions. No Change to egress, occupancy or Use. Filing B00587037-P7.

    029
  30. Alteration approved

    Filing B00587037-P7 reached an approved status.

    030
  31. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00587037-P7 is “Approved.”

    031
  32. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00587037-S4 is “Permit Entire.”

    032
  33. Alteration approved

    Filing B00587037-P6 reached an approved status.

    033
  34. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00587037-P6 is “Approved.”

    034
  35. Alteration now closed

    The latest status recorded for B00587037-S5 is “Filing Withdrawn.”

    035
  36. Alteration filed

    Interior Renovation of partitions,GWB, Trim, mouldings,tile work, mech vents,flooring,and cosmetic finishes Bas & 001 . Exterior: Horizontal rear yard enlargement, replace windows, doors,skylight, facade work & steel stairs in rear yd. No change to EO & U. Filing B00587037-P8.

    036
  37. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00587037-I1 is “Permit Entire.”

    037
  38. Alteration approved

    Filing B00587037-P8 reached an approved status.

    038
  39. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00587037-P8 is “Approved.”

    039

Matched DOB filings

All included filings for this building.

Each card opens a distinct official-source filing. Statuses reflect the current Street Futures snapshot, accessed Oct 3, 2026; this list should not be treated as a complete title or permit search.

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Where this building sits.

Neighborhoods

Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)

Streets

Lafayette Avenue

Postal codes

11205

Applicants of record

Thomas Barry ArchitectConcord Consulting Engineering PCCelin Munoz Consulting Engineer, PC