NYC DOB record · B00505516-I1

161 Varick Avenue

161 Varick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

Alteration filing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The latest DOB status is permit entire.

DOB has issued the permit covering the full scope of this filing, so the work is cleared to proceed. What every status means

ApprovedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · B00505516-I1

161 Varick Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11237

Alteration filing · status dated Jan 28, 2022

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
Not stated
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 B00505516-I1 as a alteration filing at 161 Varick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Jan 28, 2022. 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
Jan 28, 2022
Proposed scale
Not stated in this filing
The building, not the filingEvery filing at BIN 3400387, with the parcel and violation recordApplicant of recordSee the 3 filings that name NYC Department Of Sanitation
FiledApr 20, 2021
Current recordApproved
Proposed scaleNot specified
Recorded cost$1.4M

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Replace current gas-fired absorption chillers with air-cooled scroll chillers at the NYC DSNY BK 1 and BK 4 facility.

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 3-story government property built in 2006, on a 296,377 sq ft lot.

Built
2006
Floors
3
Residential units
0
Building type
Government property
Land use
Transportation and utility
Zoning district
M3-1
Lot area
296,377 sq ft
Building area
232,111 sq ft

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 this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

No open violations are recorded for this building. 35 notices are on file, all with a recorded resolution.

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.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B00505516-I1.

    01
  2. Application approved

    The application reached an approved status in the DOB record.

    02
  3. First permit date recorded

    DOB lists a first permit date. This does not by itself confirm current construction activity.

    03
  4. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Permit Entire.”

    04

For scale: half of DOB filings are permitted within 21 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 76,126 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
B00505516-I1
BBL
3029620001
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
mechanical