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159 Suydam Street

159 Suydam Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221

A consolidated, filing-by-filing view of DOB records matched to this building identifier. The current snapshot links 6 independently sourced records, including 5 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.

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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 3338457

159 Suydam Street

Bushwick (West), Brooklyn

A consolidated public-record view · updated Jun 11, 2026

DOB filings
6
Active-status
5
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 records5
First included filingOct 13, 2020
Latest recorded changeJun 11, 2026

The lot

What is already here?

The lot holds a 4-story walk-up apartment building built in 1931, with 8 homes, on a 2,700 sq ft lot.

  1. Floors 2–4Homes8 homes are recorded on this lot — about 3 homes 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
  • Homes8 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: 15.9 m over 4 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
1931
Floors
4
Residential units
8
Building type
Walk-up apartment building
Land use
Walk-up apartments
Zoning district
R6
Lot area
2,700 sq ft
Building area
9,175 sq ft

Owner of record

159 CENTRAL AVE CORP

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 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 25 open notices on record for this building, out of 33 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 Sep 23, 2024 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Jun 30, 2023 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • 22 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 21, 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 3338457. 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 4 approved, 1 under review, 1 recorded as completed. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.

First included filing
Oct 13, 2020
Latest recorded change
Jun 11, 2026
Highest proposed story count
4 stories
Highest proposed unit count
7 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

    Application filed herewith to replace fixtures within apartments. no change in use, egress and bulk. Filing B00399258-I1.

    01
  2. Alteration approved

    Filing B00399258-I1 reached an approved status.

    02
  3. Alteration filed

    Application filed herewith to propose minor facade work to anexisting 7 family dwelling 4 story. no change in use, egress andbulk. Filing B00448924-I1.

    03
  4. Alteration approved

    Filing B00448924-I1 reached an approved status.

    04
  5. Alteration filed

    Application filed herewith to propose minor facade work to anexisting 7 family dwelling 4 story. no change in use, egress andbulk. Filing B00448924-P1.

    05
  6. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00448924-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    06
  7. Alteration approved

    Filing B00448924-P1 reached an approved status.

    07
  8. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00448924-P1 is “Approved.”

    08
  9. Alteration filed

    Installation of a temporarily supported scaffold and Sidewalk Shed per plan submitted. Work shall comply with 2014 building codes chapter 33. No change in use, egress and/or occupancy with this application. Filing B00535177-I1.

    09
  10. Alteration approved

    Filing B00535177-I1 reached an approved status.

    010
  11. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00535177-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    011
  12. Alteration filed

    Install construction fence as per plan, in conjunction with alteration b000562093. no change in use, egress and occupancy. Filing B00641426-I1.

    012
  13. Alteration approved

    Filing B00641426-I1 reached an approved status.

    013
  14. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00641426-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    014
  15. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00399258-I1 is “Approved.”

    015
  16. Alteration signed off

    DOB recorded a sign-off for B00535177-I1.

    016
  17. Alteration now completed

    The latest status recorded for B00535177-I1 is “LOC Issued.”

    017
  18. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00448924-I1 is “Permit Entire.”

    018
  19. Alteration filed

    Alt-GC application filed herewith to propose minor facade work to an existing four (4) story residential building. No change in use, egress or bulk. Filing B00448924-P2.

    019
  20. Alteration now under review

    The latest status recorded for B00448924-P2 is “Objections.”

    020
  21. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00641426-I1 is “Permit Entire.”

    021

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 7, 2026; this list should not be treated as a complete title or permit search.

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Where this building sits.

Neighborhoods

Bushwick (West)

Streets

Suydam Street

Postal codes

11221

Applicants of record

Alberto RomanEdward C. Hicks RAAshraf Corp