NYC DOB record · B01058085-I1

255 79 Street

255 79 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209

Alteration filing in Bay Ridge, 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 · B01058085-I1

255 79 Street

Brooklyn, NY 11209

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 16, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
6 stories
Dwelling units
72
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 B01058085-I1 as a alteration filing at 255 79 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 16, 2026. The filing records 6 proposed stories and 72 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 16, 2026
Proposed scale
6 proposed stories and 72 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, what it sold for, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 3150267Applicant of recordSee the 16 filings that name Insite Design Studio
FiledAug 15, 2025
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale6 stories
Recorded cost$535,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Facade repair to include masonry repairs and replacement. no change in use, egress or occupancy.

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 6-story elevator apartment building built in 1928, with 72 homes, on a 15,260 sq ft lot.

Built
1928
Floors
6
Residential units
72
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R4A
Lot area
15,260 sq ft
Building area
59,868 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 18, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

No open violations are recorded for this building. 15 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 18, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B01058085-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 20 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 66,747 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
B01058085-I1
BBL
3059680056
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
6
Proposed stories
6
Existing dwelling units
72
Proposed dwelling units
72
General construction