Alteration filingNov 9
DOB filing Q01244288-P1
Alteration filing at 1686 Gates Avenue
Approved3 proposed stories
Open filing Building record · BIN 4082377
1686 Gates Avenue
1686 Gates Avenue, Queens, NY 11385
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 The current snapshot links 2 independently sourced records, including 2 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.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 4082377
1686 Gates Avenue
Ridgewood, Queens
A consolidated public-record view · updated Nov 9, 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 filingJul 17, 2025
Latest recorded changeNov 9, 2026
The lot
What is already here?
The lot holds a 3-story walk-up apartment building built in 1930, with 6 homes, on a 2,742 sq ft lot.
- Floors 2–3Homes6 homes are recorded on this lot — about 3 homes to a floor. 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
- Homes6 recorded on the lot
- Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 5 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 12.3 m
- Built
- 1930
- Floors
- 3
- Residential units
- 6
- Building type
- Walk-up apartment building
- Land use
- Walk-up apartments
- Zoning district
- R6B
- Lot area
- 2,742 sq ft
- Building area
- 5,610 sq ft
Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Nov 11, 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 6 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
- Construction
Issued Oct 11, 2022 — FTM-DTRIORATD WOOD FRAMNG &UNDR PRMITTD WOOD SISTERING OF JOIST OBSVD @REAR 1FL ALONG W/UNDER PRMITTD SUBFLOOR RPLACEMNT.COURTYARD WALLS IN DISRPR @EXP2 W/DTRIORTD MORTAR,MISSNG BRCKS,ETC NYSPE STRCTRL ENGNR-IMMED EVAL ENTIRE BLDG &DSGN RPRS.FILE RPRS BY 12/30/22.OBTN PRMT &STRT WRK BY1/13/23.CMPLT 4/17/23
- Construction
Issued Oct 11, 2022 — FAIL TO MAINTAIN-BLDG SUSTAIND STRCTRAL FIRE DMG ON 10/8/22APPRX 30% OF 2FL JOISTS MODRATLY CHARRD @EXP2 SIDE OF BLDG.FL JOISTS &STAIR BEAM CHARRD @EXP2 SIDE OF 3FL FRAMNG.MULTI LARGE OPNING IN ROOF NYSPE STRCTRL ENGNR IMMED EVAL ENTIRE BLDG &DSGN RPRS.FILE RPRS BY 12/12/22.OBTN PRMT &STRT WRK 12/27/22.CMPLT 3/17/23
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 Nov 11, 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 4082377. 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 17, 2025
- Latest recorded change
- Nov 9, 2026
- Highest proposed story count
- 3 stories
- Highest proposed unit count
- 6 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
Job application filed to address Violations FEU40502BS & FEU40501BS indicating work completed under DOB application # Q08046521-I1. No change of use, egress or occupancy. Filing Q01244288-I1.
- Alteration approved02
Filing Q01244288-I1 reached an approved status.
- Permit recorded for alteration03
DOB lists a first permit date for Q01244288-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.
- Alteration filed04
Job application filed to address Violations FEU40502BS & FEU40501BS indicating work completed under DOB application # Q08046521-I1. No change of use, egress or occupancy. Filing Q01244288-P1.
- Alteration approved05
Filing Q01244288-P1 reached an approved status.
- Alteration now approved06
The latest status recorded for Q01244288-P1 is “Approved.”
- Alteration now approved07
The latest status recorded for Q01244288-I1 is “Permit Entire.”