NYC DOB record · B00592673-I1

501 West Avenue

501 West Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11223

Alteration filing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, 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. What every status means

ApprovedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · B00592673-I1

501 West Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11223

Alteration filing · status dated Sep 30, 2021

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
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 B00592673-I1 as a alteration filing at 501 West Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11223. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Sep 30, 2021. The published record does not state proposed stories or 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 30, 2021
Proposed scale
Not stated in this filing
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 3196292Applicant of recordSee the 42 filings that name Eme Consulting Engineering Group
FiledSep 21, 2021
Current recordApproved
Proposed scaleNot specified
Recorded cost$50,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Supplemental cooling system for news room in room 165, provided by heat pumps.

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 3-story educational building built in 1931, on a 138,262 sq ft lot.

Built
1931
Floors
3
Residential units
0
Building type
Educational building
Land use
Public facilities and institutions
Zoning district
R6
Lot area
138,262 sq ft
Building area
237,312 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 20, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 6 open notices on record for this building, out of 40 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

  • (other bldgs types) - elevator affirmation of

    Issued Jan 26, 2018 — VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2016 CAT 1 INSP/TST

  • (other bldgs types) - elevator affirmation of

    Issued Jan 3, 2017 — VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2015 CAT 1 INSP/TST

  • 3 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 20, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B00592673-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

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
B00592673-I1
BBL
3072500025
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
0
mechanical