NYC DOB record · B01311050-P1

1536 51 Street

1536 51 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219

Alteration filing in Borough Park, Brooklyn. The latest DOB status is approved.

A plan examiner has approved the application. A permit still has to be issued before work can begin. What every status means

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NYC DOB RECORD · B01311050-P1

1536 51 Street

Brooklyn, NY 11219

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 24, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
6 stories
Dwelling units
42
Filing data portrait

A page-specific reading of the filing status, location and stated scale. Values are drawn from the cited DOB record.

Address record at a glance

What is filed at this address?

NYC DOB lists filing B01311050-P1 as a alteration filing at 1536 51 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 24, 2026. The filing records 6 proposed stories and 42 proposed dwelling units.

A filing or approval does not by itself confirm that work is underway. Proposed details may change in later DOB records.
Filing type
Alteration filing
Latest status
Approved
Latest status date
Sep 24, 2026
Proposed scale
6 proposed stories and 42 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, what it sold for, apartment sizes and every filing at BIN 3129603Applicant of recordSee the 63 filings that name Focal Point Architects & ASS.
FiledSep 17, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale6 stories
Recorded cost$636,918

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Application filed herewith for interior renovations to cellar of an existing 6 story brick residential building containing 42 dwelling units. The scope of work also includes removal of the existing wooden canopy. No change in use, egress or occupancy.

Street Futures classifies this record as a alteration filing based on the filing type and work flags published by the Department of Buildings. This classification helps organize the map; it does not add scope that is absent from the DOB record.

The lot this filing sits on

What is already here?

The lot holds a 6-story elevator apartment building built in 1941, with 42 homes, on a 10,018 sq ft lot.

Built
1941
Floors
6
Residential units
42
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R6
Lot area
10,018 sq ft
Building area
35,150 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 25, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 1 open notice on record for this building, out of 19 notices on file; the most recent was issued Mar 31, 2026.

  • Construction

    Issued Mar 31, 2026 — ATOI OBSERVED FIRE ESCAPE DROP LADDER IS OBSTRUCTED BY A WOODEN CANOPY THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING AT REAR YARD AND EXP #4, SECONDARY MEANS OF EGRESS BLOCKED.

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 25, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B01311050-P1.

    01
  2. Application approved

    The application reached an approved status in the DOB record.

    02
  3. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Approved.”

    03

For scale: half of DOB filings are permitted within 21 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 70,325 filings that carry both dates. How long a permit takes, by work type and borough

Scope and identifiers

The details used to match this filing.

Where a field reads “empty in the source”, the city published this filing without that value. It is not an omission on our side, and nothing here is inferred to fill a gap.

DOB filing number
B01311050-P1
BBL
3054650021
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
6
Proposed stories
6
Existing dwelling units
42
Proposed dwelling units
42
General construction