NYC DOB record · B01278555-S9

516 Bergen Street

516 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217

New building filing in Prospect 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. What every status means

ApprovedNew building

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NYC DOB RECORD · B01278555-S9

516 Bergen Street

Brooklyn, NY 11217

New building · status dated Aug 24, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
12 stories
Dwelling units
123
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 B01278555-S9 as a new building at 516 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Aug 24, 2026. The filing records 12 proposed stories and 123 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
New building
Latest status
Approved
Latest status date
Aug 24, 2026
Proposed scale
12 proposed stories and 123 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 1 filings that name MEP Geothermal Engineering, PLLC
FiledApr 1, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale12 stories
Recorded costNot published

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Drilling and horizontal/vertical piping installation for Geothermal.

Street Futures classifies this record as a new building 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 garage or fuel station on a 17,051 sq ft lot.

Residential units
0
Building type
Garage or fuel station
Land use
Parking facilities
Zoning district
R7D
Lot area
17,051 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 13, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 16 open notices on record for this building, out of 36 notices on file; the most recent was issued Nov 14, 2025.

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Nov 14, 2025 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Nov 14, 2025 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Sep 23, 2024 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • 13 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 13, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B01278555-S9.

    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 18 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 50,115 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
B01278555-S9
BIN
3413910
BBL
3011430025
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
12
Existing dwelling units
Empty in the source
Proposed dwelling units
123
General constructionEarthwork