Alteration filingOct 16
DOB filing B01318245-I1
Alteration filing at 656 Metropolitan Avenue
Approved5 proposed stories
Open filing Building record · BIN 3068839
656 Metropolitan Avenue
656 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211
A consolidated, filing-by-filing view of DOB records matched to this building identifier. The current snapshot links 7 independently sourced records, including 4 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.
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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 3068839
656 Metropolitan Avenue
East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
A consolidated public-record view · updated Oct 16, 2026
- DOB filings
- 7
- Active-status
- 4
- Recorded addresses
- 1
A building-level summary of matched filings, active-status records and published identifiers.
Matched filings7
Open or active-status records4
First included filingApr 5, 2018
Latest recorded changeOct 16, 2026
The lot
What is already here?
The lot holds a 5-story walk-up apartment building built in 1920, with 29 homes, on a 5,000 sq ft lot.
- Floor 5Above the southern skylineAbove the tallest building within sixty metres to the south, which stands 14.5 m. Nothing on that side reaches this floor.
- Floors 2–4Homes29 homes are recorded on this lot — about 7 homes to a floor, and the apartments assessed on this block run to a typical 923 sq ft (86 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
- Homes29 recorded · typically 86 m² · valued $454,634
- Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 5 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 14.5 m
- Built
- 1920
- Floors
- 5
- Residential units
- 29
- Building type
- Walk-up apartment building
- Land use
- Walk-up apartments
- Zoning district
- R7A
- Lot area
- 5,000 sq ft
- Building area
- 21,750 sq ft
Housing violations
25 violations are open against this address under the Housing Maintenance Code. 7 of them are the class the city calls immediately hazardous.
- 7Immediately hazardous
- 17Hazardous
- 1Non-hazardous
- 0Information order
Open means the Department of Housing Preservation and Development has not recorded it as corrected, which is not the same as nobody having fixed it. The city publishes the apartment each was written against; that is not carried here, because a count says a building has a problem and an apartment number says whose.
The apartments
20 condominium apartments are assessed on this block, and the typical one is 923 sq ft (86 m²). They run from 68 to 198 m².
The city values the typical one at $454,634. That is the Department of Finance’s market valuation for tax, not an asking price and not a sale.
What it sold for
6 apartments on this tax block changed hands in the year the city last published, at a median of $2,325,000, from 1,878,671 to 2,795,000.
Recorded sale prices from the Department of Finance’s rolling file, covering the year to Sep 30, 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.
Owner of record
LEONARD ARMS INC
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 Oct 21, 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 4 open notices on record for this building, out of 17 notices on file; the most recent was issued Oct 31, 2025.
- Construction
Issued Oct 31, 2025 — FTC W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#348287 VIO#091125PI30102HZ DATED 09/11/25 REQUIRING OWNER TO PROVIDE A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN BY/ 09/23/25. AS OF 10/31/25 THE CAP DOCUMENTS WAS NOT REC'D. IMMED COMPLY W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER UNDER 348287 VIO#091125PI30102HZ TO PROVIDE A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN,SUBMIT ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
- Construction
Issued Oct 31, 2025 — FTC W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#348286 VIO#091125PI30101HZ DATED 09/11/25 REQUIRING OWNER TO PROVIDE THE ANNUAL PARAPET OBSERVATION REPOT AS REQ'D FOR 2024.AS OF 10/31/25 THE ANNUAL PARAPET OBSERVATION REPORT WAS NOT REC'D BY 09/25/25. IMMED COMPLY W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#348286 VIO#091125PI30101HZ
- Construction
Issued Sep 11, 2025 — CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN REQ'D-OBSVD @ FRONT FACADE ORNAMENTAL STOME WORK MISSING MORAR IN BTWN CRACKED STONE WORK DISLODGMENT OF STONE WORK @ 4TH&5TH FLRS REAR PARAPET WALL IN DISREPAIR,DISLODGEMENT BRACING AROND CHIMNERY. OWNER TO IMMED RETAIN REG DESING PROF TO EVAL THE ENTIRE BLDG & TO SUBMIT A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN BY 9/23/2025
1 further open notice is on file. Open the source dataset for the full list.
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 Oct 20, 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 3068839. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.
The matched set includes 7 alteration filing. Its latest status categories are 4 approved, 3 recorded as completed. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.
- First included filing
- Apr 5, 2018
- Latest recorded change
- Oct 16, 2026
- Highest proposed story count
- 5 stories
- Highest proposed unit count
- 31 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 7 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.
- Alteration filed01
Modification to existing at&t telecommunications site. replace antennas with related rrh units on roof. all in conformance with tppn 5/98. no change in use, egress or occupancy. Filing B00029256-I1.
- Alteration approved02
Filing B00029256-I1 reached an approved status.
- Permit recorded for alteration03
DOB lists a first permit date for B00029256-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration filed04
Existing sprint antenna site. replacing (3) antennas with related rrh units, installing (3) new antennas with related rrh units, replacing (1) equipment cabinet, and installing (2) new cabinets on the roof. all work is in conformance with #5/98. no change in use, egress or occupancy. Filing B00047535-I1.
- Alteration approved05
Filing B00047535-I1 reached an approved status.
- Permit recorded for alteration06
DOB lists a first permit date for B00047535-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration signed off07
DOB recorded a sign-off for B00029256-I1.
- Alteration filed08
Modification to at&t site. install (3) ion-m23 sdars (rrh) with related equipment on the roof. all in conformance with tppn 5/98. no change in use, egress, or occupancy. Filing B00255748-I1.
- Alteration approved09
Filing B00255748-I1 reached an approved status.
- Permit recorded for alteration010
DOB lists a first permit date for B00255748-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration now approved011
The latest status recorded for B00255748-I1 is “Permit Entire.”
- Alteration now completed012
The latest status recorded for B00029256-I1 is “LOC Issued.”
- Alteration now approved013
The latest status recorded for B00047535-I1 is “Permit Entire.”
- Alteration filed014
Decommission of existing Clearwire/Sprint site. Remove antenna and equipment from the roof. Conduits to remain. Initial installation approved under application #320196293. Filing B00610940-I1.
- Alteration approved015
Filing B00610940-I1 reached an approved status.
- Permit recorded for alteration016
DOB lists a first permit date for B00610940-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration filed017
Modification of existing AT&T Telecommunications site. No change to use, egress, or occupancy. All in compliance with TPPN 5/98. Filing B00589980-I1.
- Alteration approved018
Filing B00589980-I1 reached an approved status.
- Permit recorded for alteration019
DOB lists a first permit date for B00589980-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration signed off020
DOB recorded a sign-off for B00589980-I1.
- Alteration now completed021
The latest status recorded for B00589980-I1 is “LOC Issued.”
- Alteration filed022
Decommission of existing Clearwire/Sprint site. Remove antenna and equipment from the roof. Conduits to remain. Initial installation approved under application #320196293. Filing B00610940-P1.
- Alteration approved023
Filing B00610940-P1 reached an approved status.
- Alteration now approved024
The latest status recorded for B00610940-P1 is “Approved.”
- Alteration signed off025
DOB recorded a sign-off for B00610940-I1.
- Alteration now completed026
The latest status recorded for B00610940-I1 is “LOC Issued.”
- Alteration filed027
Repairing facade of all exposures including restoring cracked or displaced ornamental stonework. pointing work and secure chimney bracing tocomply ecb violation no.#35719032j .no change in use, egress, or occupancy. Filing B01318245-I1.
- Alteration approved028
Filing B01318245-I1 reached an approved status.
- Permit recorded for alteration029
DOB lists a first permit date for B01318245-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration signed off030
DOB recorded a sign-off for B01318245-I1.
- Alteration now approved031
The latest status recorded for B01318245-I1 is “Permit Entire.”