NYC DOB record · B01274299-S2

227 Penn Street

227 Penn Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Alteration filing in South 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.

ApprovedAlteration filing

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Address record at a glance

What is filed at this address?

NYC DOB lists filing B01274299-S2 as a alteration filing at 227 Penn Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 1, 2026. The filing records 2 proposed stories and 2 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 1, 2026
Proposed scale
2 proposed stories and 2 proposed dwelling units
Complete building dossierView all 7 filings associated with BIN 3060683Applicant of recordSee the 5 filings that name Pwr Engineering Design DPC
FiledSep 10, 2025
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale2 stories
Recorded cost$10,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Filing underpinning plans in conjunction GC plans B01274299-I1

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 two-family home built in 1901, on a 2,000 sq ft lot.

Built
1901
Floors
2
Residential units
2
Building type
Two-family home
Land use
One and two family homes
Zoning district
R6
Lot area
2,000 sq ft
Building area
2,400 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 4, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 3 open notices on record for this building, out of 4 notices on file; the most recent was issued Dec 19, 2025.

  • Construction

    Issued Dec 19, 2025 — AT TIME OF INSPECTION, OBSERVED UNPERMITTED WORK TAKING PLACE. WORK CREATES POTENTIAL HAZARD AS THE WORK IS BEING DONE TO NOT TO APPROVED DRAWINGS.

  • Construction

    Issued Dec 19, 2025 — AT TIME OF INSPECTION, OBSERVED CONSTRUCTION WORK TAKING PLACE: MISSING WALL AT EXPOSURE 1 AND CELLAR LEVEL OF BUILDING. SOIL AT EXPOSURE 3 HAS BEEN EXCAVATED AGAINST THE FOUNDATION. WORK HAS CREATED A POTENTIAL HAZARD AS THE STRUCTURAL STABILITY NEEDS TO BE VERIFIED.

  • Plumbing

    Issued Mar 23, 1989

A violation is a notice the Department of Buildings recorded against the building. It is not a judgment, and many concern paperwork rather than safety. Open means the agency has not recorded a resolution, which is not the same as the problem still existing. From NYC Department of Buildings, DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9), accessed Sep 4, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B01274299-S2.

    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

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
B01274299-S2
BBL
3022130058
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
2
Proposed stories
2
Existing dwelling units
2
Proposed dwelling units
2
Foundation workEarthwork