641 Watkins Street

641 Watkins Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212

Alteration filing in Brownsville, 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

NYC Department of Buildings · w9ak-ipjd · accessed Sep 11, 2026 · Verify the source row

What is filed at this address?

NYC DOB lists filing B00214879-I1 as a alteration filing at 641 Watkins Street, Brooklyn, NY 11212. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Mar 3, 2021. The filing records 2 proposed dwelling units.

A filing or approval does not by itself confirm that work is underway. Proposed details may change in later DOB records.

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Installation of construction fence to protect site,during full demolition of ED issued by HPD.

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 vacant land on a 1,880 sq ft lot.

Residential units: 0
Building type: Vacant land
Land use: Vacant land
Zoning district: R6
Lot area: 1,880 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 4 open notices on record for this building, out of 5 notices on file; the most recent was issued Apr 24, 2019.

Construction
Issued Apr 24, 2019 — FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONER'S ORDER # 334061 ISSUED ON 9/4/18 TO OBTAIN PERMIT BY 10/15/18 TO REPAIR BUILDING. AS OF 4/24/19 NO PERMIT HAS BEEN OBTAINED. COMPLY WITH COMMISSIONER'S ORDER # 334061 IMMEDIATELY
Fail to certify class
Issued Oct 31, 2018 — FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION
Construction
Issued Sep 4, 2018 — FTM 2 STRY+CELL SEMI ATTACH MASONRY WALLS&WOODFRAMED FLRS RESID BLDG IN DISREPAIR.SEVERE WATER DAMAGE THROUGHOUT.AT REAR 2NDFL HAS COLL ONTO 1STFL.SEVERE ROT DAMAGE NOTED&ROOF&1STFL FRAMING.REMEDY:OWN ENGAGE PE&CONT'R EVAL BLDG&REPAIR UNDER PERMIT.FILE FOR PERMIT NO LATER THAN 9/28/18.START WORK BY 10/15/18
1 further open notice is 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.

Nov 1, 2019
Application filed
DOB received filing B00214879-I1.
01
Nov 6, 2019
Application approved
The application reached an approved status in the DOB record.
02
Nov 7, 2019
First permit date recorded
DOB lists a first permit date. This does not by itself confirm current construction activity.
03
Mar 3, 2021
Current status updated
The latest recorded filing status is “Permit Entire.”
04

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: B00214879-I1
BIN: 3082997 · building record
BBL: 3036390032
Postal code: 11212 · 2180 filings
Review type: Professional Certification
Existing stories: Empty in the source
Proposed stories: Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units: 2
Proposed dwelling units: 2

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