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NYC DOB record · B00487863-P7

157 Douglass Street

157 Douglass Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Alteration filing in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, 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.

ApprovedAlteration filing

NYC Department of Buildings · w9ak-ipjd · accessed Aug 31, 2026 · Verify the source row

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157 Douglass Street record graphic showing the DOB filing status and stated proposal scale
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Address record at a glance

What is filed at this address?

NYC DOB lists filing B00487863-P7 as a alteration filing at 157 Douglass Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Nov 3, 2025. The published record does not state proposed stories or 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
Nov 3, 2025
Proposed scale
Not stated in this filing
Complete building dossierView all 16 filings associated with BIN 3811113
FiledOct 31, 2025
Current recordApproved
Proposed scaleNot specified
Recorded cost$30,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Nycha boiler - installation of 5 boilers with associated piping filed in conjunction with a new 1 story mechanical boiler room.

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 9-story elevator apartment building built in 1965, with 796 homes, on a 273,460 sq ft lot.

Built
1965
Floors
9
Residential units
796
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R6
Lot area
273,460 sq ft
Building area
482,780 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 2, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B00487863-P7.

    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

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
B00487863-P7
BBL
Empty in the source
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
0

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