NYC DOB record · B00256837-I1

50 Court Street

50 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Alteration filing in Brooklyn Heights, 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.

ApprovedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · B00256837-I1

50 Court Street

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Alteration filing · status dated Dec 27, 2020

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
12 stories
Dwelling units
Not stated
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 B00256837-I1 as a alteration filing at 50 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Dec 27, 2020. The filing records 12 proposed stories.

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
Dec 27, 2020
Proposed scale
12 proposed stories
Complete building dossierView all 5 filings associated with BIN 3002549Applicant of recordSee the 3 filings that name Serman Engineering
FiledJan 17, 2020
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale12 stories
Recorded cost$23,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Filing for structural work at building ground floor lobby. no change to 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 13-story office building built in 1913, on a 9,452 sq ft lot.

Built
1913
Last altered
1968
Floors
13
Residential units
0
Building type
Office building
Land use
Commercial and office
Zoning district
C5-2A
Lot area
9,452 sq ft
Building area
128,000 sq ft
Historic district
Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 3, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 10 open notices on record for this building, out of 125 notices on file; the most recent was issued Feb 23, 2022.

  • Hazardous condition (facade)

    Issued Feb 23, 2022 — CYCLE 9A UNSAFE REPORT FILED

  • Failure to post energy

    Issued Dec 1, 2021 — FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

  • Failure to post energy

    Issued Apr 29, 2021 — FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

  • 7 further open notices are on file. Open the source dataset for the full list.

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 3, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B00256837-I1.

    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

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
B00256837-I1
BBL
3002650043
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
12
Proposed stories
12
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
0
Structural work