Alteration filingSep 25
DOB filing B01452688-I1
Alteration filing at 211 Essex Street
Approved$6,500 recorded cost
Open filing Building record · BIN 3088109
211 Essex Street
211 Essex Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208
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 The current snapshot links 2 independently sourced records, including 2 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.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 3088109
211 Essex Street
Cypress Hills, Brooklyn
A consolidated public-record view · updated Sep 25, 2026
- 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 filingJan 29, 2026
Latest recorded changeSep 25, 2026
The lot
What is already here?
The lot holds a 2-story one-family home built in 1901, on a 2,500 sq ft lot.
- Floor 2Nothing on record
- Floor 1Street levelStreet level. The lot is recorded as one and two family homes.
- Street levelOne and two family homes
- Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 13 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 37.8 m
- Built
- 1901
- Floors
- 2
- Residential units
- 1
- Building type
- One-family home
- Land use
- One and two family homes
- Zoning district
- R5B
- Lot area
- 2,500 sq ft
- Building area
- 1,404 sq ft
Housing violations
349 violations are open against this address under the Housing Maintenance Code. 43 of them are the class the city calls immediately hazardous.
- 43Immediately hazardous
- 251Hazardous
- 54Non-hazardous
- 1Information 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.
Owner of record
NYC TRANSIT
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 27, 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 8 open notices on record for this building, out of 10 notices on file; the most recent was issued Aug 7, 2023.
- Construction
Issued Aug 7, 2023 — BUILDING UNSAFE/UNSTABLE: REAR EXTENSION INADEQUATELY SUPPORTED BY SHORING IN PROGRESS AT 213 ESSEX STREET CONSTRUCTION SITE. CRACKS/SEPARATIONS ALONG EXP-4 AT ALL LEVELS. FLOORING SLOPPED. BUILDING MOVEMENT NOT ARRESTED PER MONITORING REPORTS RECEIVED BY DOB.
- Construction
Issued Jul 6, 2023 — ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/FTM.REAR HALF OF 2STORY W/1STFL JOISTSBEARNG ON FDN W/UNEXCAVATED SOIL BELOW.ADJ TO EXP4 WAS CONSTRUCTION@213 ESSEX ST W/PREVIOUS EXCAVATION AND U.P INSTALLD BELOW 211 EXP4.IMMEDIATELY COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONER'S ORDER #343020 (0161423FEU30501PN)DATED JUNE 14,2023
- Construction
Issued Jun 14, 2023 — EMERGENCY WORK ORDER.REAR HALF OF 2STORY W/1STFL JOISTS BEARNG ON FDN W/UNEXCAVATED SOIL BELOW.ADJ TO EXP4 WAS CONSTRUCTION OF213 ESSEX ST W/PREVIOUS EXCAVATION&U.P INSTALLD BELOW 211 EXP4 CELLAR.OWNR TO RTAIN NYSPE&LCENSED GO TO 1.IMMED INSTALL TEMPORARILY SHORNG/BRACNG FRM THE 213 ESSEX CNSTRCTN SITE TO TEMP STBILZ
5 further open notices are 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 Sep 27, 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 3088109. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.
The matched set includes 1 alteration filing, 1 full demolition. Its latest status categories are 1 approved, 1 under review. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.
- First included filing
- Jan 29, 2026
- Latest recorded change
- Sep 25, 2026
- Highest proposed story count
- Not stated
- Highest proposed unit count
- 15 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.
- Demolition filed01
Demolition of house. Filing B01274798-I1.
- Alteration filed02
Install construction fence as per plans. Filing B01452688-I1.
- Demolition now under review03
The latest status recorded for B01274798-I1 is “Plan Examiner Review.”
- Alteration approved04
Filing B01452688-I1 reached an approved status.
- Alteration now approved05
The latest status recorded for B01452688-I1 is “Approved.”