NYC DOB record · B01002850-I1

538 Johnson Avenue

538 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237

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

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NYC DOB RECORD · B01002850-I1

538 Johnson Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11237

Alteration filing · status dated Aug 26, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
22
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 B01002850-I1 as a alteration filing at 538 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Aug 26, 2026. The filing records 22 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 26, 2026
Proposed scale
22 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingEvery filing at BIN 3070622, with the parcel and violation record
FiledMar 5, 2024
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale22 units
Recorded cost$96,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Demolition and installation of plumbing fixtures on 2nd and 4th floors as permit plans.

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 4-story factory or industrial building built in 1930, on a 57,870 sq ft lot.

Built
1930
Last altered
1997
Floors
4
Residential units
0
Building type
Factory or industrial building
Land use
Industrial and manufacturing
Zoning district
M1-2
Lot area
57,870 sq ft
Building area
121,279 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 1, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 5 open notices on record for this building, out of 64 notices on file; the most recent was issued Dec 19, 2006.

  • Seu

    Issued Dec 19, 2006 — RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY IS NOT PERMITTED IN AN M1-2 DISTRICT & IS CONTRA RY TO THE ZONING RESOLUTION. NOTED: 4TH FLR.PARTITIONED INTO 12 UNITS INCLUDING CLASS"A"APTS. W/ FULL KITCHENS,3PC BATHS,UPPER & LOWER HABIT ABLE BEDROOMS & LIVING ROOMS & ARTISTS STUDIOS & WORKSHOPS OBSERVED IN UNIT #'S 402,427,425.REMEDY:CONFORM TO ZONING RESOLUTION UNDER PERMIT

  • Seu

    Issued Dec 19, 2006 — 4TH FLR. PARTITIONED W/ DEMISING WALLS CREATING 12 UNITS INCLUDING CLA SS "A" APTS. W/ FULL KITCHENS,3PC BATHS,UPPER & LOWER HABITABLE BEDROO MS AT #'S 402,427,425. ROLL DOWN STEEL GATE W/ LOCK SEPARATES 2 STAIR WELLS OBSTRUCTING REQUIRED SECONDARY MEANS OF EGRESS. CORRODED, CRACKE D STAIRS, POOLED WATER AT CELLAR LANDING. NO FLR. OR ELEVATOR SIGNAGE

  • Seu

    Issued Nov 27, 2006 — RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY IS NOT PERMITTED IN AN M1-2 DISTRICT IS CONTRARY TO THE ZONING RESOLUTION.NOTED:2ND FLR. PARTITIONED INTO 12 UNITS INCL UDING A CLASS"A" APTS. W/HABITABLE BEDROOMS & LIVING ROOMS ON UPPER AN D LOWER LEVELS, FULL KITCHENS AND 3PC BATHROOMS & INCLUDING ARTISTS S

  • 2 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 14, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B01002850-I1.

    01
  2. Application approved

    The application reached an approved status in the DOB record.

    02
  3. First permit date recorded

    DOB lists a first permit date. This does not by itself confirm current construction activity.

    03
  4. 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
B01002850-I1
BBL
3029940011
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
22
Proposed dwelling units
22
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