Building record · BIN 3068839

656 Metropolitan Avenue

656 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211

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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 3068839

656 Metropolitan Avenue

East Williamsburg, Brooklyn

A consolidated public-record view · updated Jul 19, 2023

DOB filings
6
Active-status
3
Recorded addresses
1
Building data portrait

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

Matched filings6
Open or active-status records3
First included filingApr 5, 2018
Latest recorded changeJul 19, 2023

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
Drawn from the outline and roof height the Department of City Planning publishes for this building: 19 m over 5 floors, as the city counts them. 3 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
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

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

4 apartments on this tax block changed hands in the year the city last published, at a median of $1,995,000, from 1,878,671 to 2,795,000.

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.

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 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 3068839. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.

The matched set includes 6 alteration filing. Its latest status categories are 3 recorded as completed, 3 approved. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.

First included filing
Apr 5, 2018
Latest recorded change
Jul 19, 2023
Highest proposed story count
Not stated
Highest proposed unit count
29 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 6 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.

  1. Alteration filed

    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.

    01
  2. Alteration approved

    Filing B00029256-I1 reached an approved status.

    02
  3. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00029256-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    03
  4. Alteration filed

    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.

    04
  5. Alteration approved

    Filing B00047535-I1 reached an approved status.

    05
  6. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00047535-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    06
  7. Alteration signed off

    DOB recorded a sign-off for B00029256-I1.

    07
  8. Alteration filed

    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.

    08
  9. Alteration approved

    Filing B00255748-I1 reached an approved status.

    09
  10. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00255748-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    010
  11. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00255748-I1 is “Permit Entire.”

    011
  12. Alteration now completed

    The latest status recorded for B00029256-I1 is “LOC Issued.”

    012
  13. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00047535-I1 is “Permit Entire.”

    013
  14. Alteration filed

    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.

    014
  15. Alteration approved

    Filing B00610940-I1 reached an approved status.

    015
  16. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00610940-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    016
  17. Alteration filed

    Modification of existing AT&T Telecommunications site. No change to use, egress, or occupancy. All in compliance with TPPN 5/98. Filing B00589980-I1.

    017
  18. Alteration approved

    Filing B00589980-I1 reached an approved status.

    018
  19. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00589980-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    019
  20. Alteration signed off

    DOB recorded a sign-off for B00589980-I1.

    020
  21. Alteration now completed

    The latest status recorded for B00589980-I1 is “LOC Issued.”

    021
  22. Alteration filed

    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.

    022
  23. Alteration approved

    Filing B00610940-P1 reached an approved status.

    023
  24. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00610940-P1 is “Approved.”

    024
  25. Alteration signed off

    DOB recorded a sign-off for B00610940-I1.

    025
  26. Alteration now completed

    The latest status recorded for B00610940-I1 is “LOC Issued.”

    026