NYC DOB record · B00538797-I1

56 Court Street

56 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Alteration filing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The latest DOB status is loc issued.

DOB has issued a Letter of Completion, which records that the work in this filing is finished. What every status means

Recorded as completedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · B00538797-I1

56 Court Street

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Alteration filing · status dated Mar 22, 2023

Current record
Recorded as completed
Proposed scale
7 stories
Dwelling units
12
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 B00538797-I1 as a alteration filing at 56 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Its latest published status category is Recorded as completed, dated Mar 22, 2023. The filing records 7 proposed stories and 12 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
Recorded as completed
Latest status date
Mar 22, 2023
Proposed scale
7 proposed stories and 12 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingwhat it sold for, apartment sizes, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 3397831Applicant of recordSee the 7 filings that name Melone Architects
FiledJun 15, 2021
Current recordRecorded as completed
Proposed scale7 stories
Recorded cost$120,110

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Work includes roofing replacement above existing concrete deck at main roof, bulkheads, & 6th fl, terrace. Installation of new insulation, flashings, & masonry coating at select locations as shown on drawings. no change 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 7-story condominium built in 1927, with 12 homes, on a 3,239 sq ft lot.

Built
1927
Last altered
1997
Floors
7
Residential units
12
Building type
Condominium
Land use
Mixed residential and commercial
Zoning district
C5-2A
Lot area
3,239 sq ft
Building area
16,180 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 14, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 8 open notices on record for this building, out of 21 notices on file; the most recent was issued May 29, 2024.

  • Construction

    Issued May 29, 2024 — FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN A SAFE CONDITION/PARTIAL VACATE.2NDFL LAUNDRY ROOM@EXP 2/3 CRNR W/CONCRETE SLAB SEVERELY SPALLNG@UNDERSIDE OF SLAB&EXPOSED/CORRODED REBAR.TEMP SHORNG@UNDERSIDE OF 2NDFL PARTIALLY VACATE 2NDFL LAUNDRY ROOM UNTIL 2NDFL SLAB HAS BEEN PERM RPAIRD UNDR PRMT W/RPAIR JOB COMPLETED/SIGNED OFF

  • Construction

    Issued May 16, 2024 — EMERGENCY WORK ORDER.UNDERSIDE OF CELLAR,1ST,&2NDFL CONE SLABS SEVERELY SPALLD@VARIOUS LOCATIONS W/STEEL REINF.SEVERELYCORRODED& EXPSD.EXIST SHORNG WAS IN PLACE@SOME AREAS@SUBCELLAR&1STFL.IMMEDIATELY COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONER'S ORDER 343281 (101323FEU30201PN)DATED 10/13/2023,TO CMPLTE EMRGNCY SHORING

  • Construction

    Issued May 16, 2024 — ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:EOR R.LEVINE SUBMITTD TO FEU ON5/4/24 AN INSUFFICIENT RPORT W/PHOTOS OF EMRGNCY SHORNG WRK.EMRGNCY SHORNG WRK DIDNT APPEAR TO BE CMPLTE,BASED ON LIMITED RPORT&PHOTOS.SBMT TO FEU BY END OF DAY ON 5/20/24,SGND&SEALD RPORT(S) OF ALL RECENT EMRGNCY SHORNG WRK WHICH BEGAN ON/ARND 5/9/24

  • 5 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 B00538797-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 “LOC Issued.”

    04
  5. Sign-off date recorded

    DOB lists a sign-off date for this filing.

    05

For scale: half of DOB filings are permitted within 21 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 73,707 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
B00538797-I1
BBL
3002657502
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
7
Proposed stories
7
Existing dwelling units
12
Proposed dwelling units
12
General construction