What the filing says
A public-record reading of the proposed work.
Install construction fence as per plans.
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 2-story one-family home built in 1901, on a 2,500 sq ft lot.
- Built
- 1901
- Floors
- 2
- Residential units
- 1
- Building type
- One-family home
- Land use
- One and two family homes
- Zoning district
- R5B
- Lot area
- 2,500 sq ft
- Building area
- 1,404 sq ft
Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 27, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.
Violation record
Are there open violations here?
The Department of Buildings has 8 open notices on record for this building, out of 10 notices on file; the most recent was issued Aug 7, 2023.
- Construction
Issued Aug 7, 2023 — BUILDING UNSAFE/UNSTABLE: REAR EXTENSION INADEQUATELY SUPPORTED BY SHORING IN PROGRESS AT 213 ESSEX STREET CONSTRUCTION SITE. CRACKS/SEPARATIONS ALONG EXP-4 AT ALL LEVELS. FLOORING SLOPPED. BUILDING MOVEMENT NOT ARRESTED PER MONITORING REPORTS RECEIVED BY DOB.
- Construction
Issued Jul 6, 2023 — ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/FTM.REAR HALF OF 2STORY W/1STFL JOISTSBEARNG ON FDN W/UNEXCAVATED SOIL BELOW.ADJ TO EXP4 WAS CONSTRUCTION@213 ESSEX ST W/PREVIOUS EXCAVATION AND U.P INSTALLD BELOW 211 EXP4.IMMEDIATELY COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONER'S ORDER #343020 (0161423FEU30501PN)DATED JUNE 14,2023
- Construction
Issued Jun 14, 2023 — EMERGENCY WORK ORDER.REAR HALF OF 2STORY W/1STFL JOISTS BEARNG ON FDN W/UNEXCAVATED SOIL BELOW.ADJ TO EXP4 WAS CONSTRUCTION OF213 ESSEX ST W/PREVIOUS EXCAVATION&U.P INSTALLD BELOW 211 EXP4 CELLAR.OWNR TO RTAIN NYSPE&LCENSED GO TO 1.IMMED INSTALL TEMPORARILY SHORNG/BRACNG FRM THE 213 ESSEX CNSTRCTN SITE TO TEMP STBILZ
5 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 27, 2026.
Recorded timeline
Dates published by the Department of Buildings.
- Application filed01
DOB received filing B01452688-I1.
- Application approved02
The application reached an approved status in the DOB record.
- Current status updated03
The latest recorded filing status is “Approved.”
For scale: half of DOB filings are permitted within 21 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 71,086 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
- B01452688-I1
- BIN
- 3088109
- BBL
- 3039570002
- Postal code
- 11208 · 1622 filings
- Review type
- Standard Plan Examination
- Existing stories
- Empty in the source
- Proposed stories
- Empty in the source
- Existing dwelling units
- 0
- Proposed dwelling units
- 15