Alteration filingJul 16
DOB filing B00192052-I1
Alteration filing at 159 Newel Street
Approved$6,000 recorded cost
Open filing Building record · BIN 3065756
159 Newel Street
159 Newel Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222
A consolidated, filing-by-filing view of DOB records matched to this building identifier. The current snapshot links 2 independently sourced records, including 2 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.
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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 3065756
159 Newel Street
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
A consolidated public-record view · updated Jul 16, 2021
- DOB filings
- 2
- Active-status
- 2
- Recorded addresses
- 1
A building-level summary of matched filings, active-status records and published identifiers.
Matched filings2
Open or active-status records2
First included filingJul 30, 2019
Latest recorded changeJul 16, 2021
The lot
What is already here?
The lot holds a 4-story walk-up apartment building built in 1930, with 8 homes, on a 2,500 sq ft lot.
- Floors 2–4Homes8 homes are recorded on this lot — about 3 homes to a floor, and the apartments assessed on this block run to a typical 1,094 sq ft (102 m²). 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
- Homes8 recorded · typically 102 m² · valued $442,476
- Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 7 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 18.6 m
- Built
- 1930
- Floors
- 4
- Residential units
- 8
- Building type
- Walk-up apartment building
- Land use
- Walk-up apartments
- Zoning district
- R6B
- Lot area
- 2,500 sq ft
- Building area
- 8,500 sq ft
The apartments
12 condominium apartments are assessed on this block, and the typical one is 1,094 sq ft (102 m²). They run from 54 to 185 m².
The city values the typical one at $442,476. That is the Department of Finance’s market valuation for tax, not an asking price and not a sale.
Owner of record
163 NEWEL STREET LLC
As the assessment roll records it. Only owners that read as a company are shown here; where the roll names an individual, nothing is published.
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 3 open notices on record for this building, out of 16 notices on file; the most recent was issued Nov 14, 2025.
- Low pressure boiler
Issued Nov 14, 2025 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
- Low pressure boiler
Issued Apr 25, 2023 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION
- Local law 62/91 - boilers
Issued Aug 16, 1993
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 3065756. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.
The matched set includes 2 alteration filing. Its latest status categories are 2 approved. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.
- First included filing
- Jul 30, 2019
- Latest recorded change
- Jul 16, 2021
- Highest proposed story count
- Not stated
- Highest proposed unit count
- 8 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 2 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.
- Alteration filed01
Application filed to show plumbing work at cellar level to remove violation#35406344l. filed in conjunction with job# 321977633. no change in use, egress or occupancy. Filing B00192052-I1.
- Alteration approved02
Filing B00192052-I1 reached an approved status.
- Permit recorded for alteration03
DOB lists a first permit date for B00192052-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration filed04
Application filed to show plumbing work at cellar level to remove violation#35406344l. filed in conjunction with job# 321977633. no change in use, egress or occupancy. Filing B00192052-P1.
- Alteration approved05
Filing B00192052-P1 reached an approved status.
- Alteration now approved06
The latest status recorded for B00192052-P1 is “Approved.”
- Alteration now approved07
The latest status recorded for B00192052-I1 is “Permit Entire.”