NYC DOB record · B01438193-S2

170 72 Street

170 72 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209

Alteration filing in Bay Ridge, 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 · B01438193-S2

170 72 Street

Brooklyn, NY 11209

Alteration filing · status dated Aug 28, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
9 stories
Dwelling units
78
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 B01438193-S2 as a alteration filing at 170 72 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Aug 28, 2026. The filing records 9 proposed stories and 78 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
Aug 28, 2026
Proposed scale
9 proposed stories and 78 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 400 filings that name New York Engineering ASSOC., P.C.
FiledAug 26, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale9 stories
Recorded cost$35,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Install chimney liner in existing masonry chimney

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 1932, with 455 homes, on a 92,000 sq ft lot.

Built
1932
Last altered
2019
Floors
9
Residential units
455
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R6A
Lot area
92,000 sq ft
Building area
369,046 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.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 5 open notices on record for this building, out of 8 notices on file; the most recent was issued Aug 2, 2020.

  • Failure to

    Issued Aug 2, 2020 — FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

  • Failure to

    Issued May 2, 2020 — FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4

  • No report and / or late filing (facade)

    Issued May 31, 2018 — FAILED TO FILE FISP CYCLE 8A TECHNICAL REPORT BY 02/21/2017

  • 2 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 14, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B01438193-S2.

    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 75,302 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
B01438193-S2
BIN
3337148
BBL
3059060018
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
9
Proposed stories
9
Existing dwelling units
78
Proposed dwelling units
78
General construction