NYC DOB record · B00560136-P1

591 Ocean Avenue

591 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226

Alteration filing in Flatbush, 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

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NYC DOB RECORD · B00560136-P1

591 Ocean Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11226

Alteration filing · status dated Jan 10, 2023

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
6 stories
Dwelling units
72
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 B00560136-P1 as a alteration filing at 591 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Jan 10, 2023. The filing records 6 proposed stories and 72 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
Jan 10, 2023
Proposed scale
6 proposed stories and 72 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingwhat it sold for, apartment sizes, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 3117144Applicant of recordSee the 158 filings that name Andrew Katz Engineers
FiledJan 9, 2023
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale6 stories
Recorded cost$125,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Rebuild roof parapet at ocean ave and east 21st street side as per plans submitted. no change to use, egress or occupancy under this application.

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 6-story elevator apartment building built in 1935, with 72 homes, on a 17,762 sq ft lot.

Built
1935
Last altered
2018
Floors
6
Residential units
72
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R7A
Lot area
17,762 sq ft
Building area
66,783 sq ft

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 2 open notices on record for this building, out of 62 notices on file; the most recent was issued Oct 1, 2012.

  • Elevator annual inspection /

    Issued Oct 1, 2012 — VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR-FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2011 INSPECTION/TEST

  • Local law 10/81 -

    Issued Jan 13, 1997

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 B00560136-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 21 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 76,126 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
B00560136-P1
BBL
3051010033
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
6
Proposed stories
6
Existing dwelling units
72
Proposed dwelling units
72
General construction