NYC DOB record · B00596280-S4

56 Marcus Garvey Avenue

56 Marcus Garvey Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206

Alteration filing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), 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.

ApprovedAlteration filing

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Address record at a glance

What is filed at this address?

NYC DOB lists filing B00596280-S4 as a alteration filing at 56 Marcus Garvey Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated May 15, 2026. The filing records 7 proposed stories and 106 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
May 15, 2026
Proposed scale
7 proposed stories and 106 proposed dwelling units
Complete building dossierView all 6 filings associated with BIN 3338601
FiledJan 13, 2022
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale7 stories
Recorded cost$2,805

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Civil work related to surface restorations, concrete and pavement cutting, sheeting and shoring associated with existing tank removal, protection of trees and shrubs.Tree replacement.

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 12-story elevator apartment building built in 1950, with 514 homes, on a 371,700 sq ft lot.

Built
1950
Floors
12
Residential units
514
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R6
Lot area
371,700 sq ft
Building area
429,900 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.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B00596280-S4.

    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

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
B00596280-S4
BBL
3017490015
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
7
Proposed stories
7
Existing dwelling units
106
Proposed dwelling units
106
General construction