NYC DOB record · B00553698-P1

521 Willoughby Avenue

521 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206

Alteration filing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), 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 · B00553698-P1

521 Willoughby Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11206

Alteration filing · status dated Aug 2, 2023

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
3
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 B00553698-P1 as a alteration filing at 521 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Aug 2, 2023. The filing records 3 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
Aug 2, 2023
Proposed scale
3 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingEvery filing at BIN 3048825, with the parcel and violation recordApplicant of recordSee the 70 filings that name Jrs Consulting
FiledAug 1, 2023
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale3 units
Recorded cost$2,500

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Plumbing application filed in conjunction with alteration job #b00491371.

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 walk-up apartment building built in 1931, with 4 homes, on a 2,000 sq ft lot.

Built
1931
Floors
3
Residential units
4
Building type
Walk-up apartment building
Land use
Walk-up apartments
Zoning district
R7A
Lot area
2,000 sq ft
Building area
2,400 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 21, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

No open violations are recorded for this building.

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 21, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B00553698-P1.

    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
B00553698-P1
BBL
3017590073
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
3
Proposed dwelling units
3
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