38 Meserole Street

38 Meserole Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206

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

NYC Department of Buildings · w9ak-ipjd · accessed Sep 14, 2026 · Verify the source row

What is filed at this address?

NYC DOB lists filing B00588616-I1 as a alteration filing at 38 Meserole Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Apr 9, 2022. The filing records 5 proposed stories and 14 proposed dwelling units.

A filing or approval does not by itself confirm that work is underway. Proposed details may change in later DOB records.

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Combination of apartments 5 a/b as per tppn 3/97 as shown on plans. there is no change in use, occupancy or means of egress.

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 5-story condominium built in 2008, with 14 homes, on a 5,800 sq ft lot.

Built: 2008
Floors: 5
Residential units: 14
Building type: Condominium
Land use: Mixed residential and commercial
Zoning district: R6
Lot area: 5,800 sq ft
Building area: 13,397 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 16, 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 12 notices on file; the most recent was issued Sep 6, 2019.

(other bldgs types) - elevator affirmation of
Issued Sep 6, 2019 — VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2017 CAT 1 INSP/TST TST
Non-residential elevator periodic
Issued May 20, 2019 — FAILURE TO PERFORM CATEGORY 5 INSPECTION
(other bldgs types) - elevator affirmation of
Issued Jan 26, 2018 — VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2016 CAT 1 INSP/TST

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 16, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

Oct 8, 2021
Application filed
DOB received filing B00588616-I1.
01
Oct 13, 2021
Application approved
The application reached an approved status in the DOB record.
02
Apr 9, 2022
First permit date recorded
DOB lists a first permit date. This does not by itself confirm current construction activity.
03
Apr 9, 2022
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 66,798 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: B00588616-I1
BIN: 3393915 · building record
BBL: 3030497501
Postal code: 11206 · 3022 filings
Review type: Professional Certification
Existing stories: 5
Proposed stories: 5
Existing dwelling units: 14
Proposed dwelling units: 14

General construction