NYC DOB record · B00047535-I1

656 Metropolitan Avenue

656 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211

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 · B00047535-I1

656 Metropolitan Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11211

Alteration filing · status dated Dec 28, 2020

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
Not stated
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 B00047535-I1 as a alteration filing at 656 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Dec 28, 2020. The published record does not state proposed stories or 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
Dec 28, 2020
Proposed scale
Not stated in this filing
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, what it sold for, apartment sizes and every filing at BIN 3068839Applicant of recordSee the 68 filings that name Com-ex Engineering Of NY, PLLC
FiledDec 7, 2018
Current recordApproved
Proposed scaleNot specified
Recorded cost$23,800

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Existing sprint antenna site. replacing (3) antennas with related rrh units, installing (3) new antennas with related rrh units, replacing (1) equipment cabinet, and installing (2) new cabinets on the roof. all work is in conformance with #5/98. no change in 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 5-story walk-up apartment building built in 1920, with 29 homes, on a 5,000 sq ft lot.

Built
1920
Floors
5
Residential units
29
Building type
Walk-up apartment building
Land use
Walk-up apartments
Zoning district
R7A
Lot area
5,000 sq ft
Building area
21,750 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 21, 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 17 notices on file; the most recent was issued Oct 31, 2025.

  • Construction

    Issued Oct 31, 2025 — FTC W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#348287 VIO#091125PI30102HZ DATED 09/11/25 REQUIRING OWNER TO PROVIDE A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN BY/ 09/23/25. AS OF 10/31/25 THE CAP DOCUMENTS WAS NOT REC'D. IMMED COMPLY W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER UNDER 348287 VIO#091125PI30102HZ TO PROVIDE A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN,SUBMIT ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

  • Construction

    Issued Oct 31, 2025 — FTC W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#348286 VIO#091125PI30101HZ DATED 09/11/25 REQUIRING OWNER TO PROVIDE THE ANNUAL PARAPET OBSERVATION REPOT AS REQ'D FOR 2024.AS OF 10/31/25 THE ANNUAL PARAPET OBSERVATION REPORT WAS NOT REC'D BY 09/25/25. IMMED COMPLY W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#348286 VIO#091125PI30101HZ

  • Construction

    Issued Sep 11, 2025 — CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN REQ'D-OBSVD @ FRONT FACADE ORNAMENTAL STOME WORK MISSING MORAR IN BTWN CRACKED STONE WORK DISLODGMENT OF STONE WORK @ 4TH&5TH FLRS REAR PARAPET WALL IN DISREPAIR,DISLODGEMENT BRACING AROND CHIMNERY. OWNER TO IMMED RETAIN REG DESING PROF TO EVAL THE ENTIRE BLDG & TO SUBMIT A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN BY 9/23/2025

  • 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 Oct 20, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B00047535-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 22 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 84,915 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
B00047535-I1
BBL
3027630014
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
Empty in the source
Proposed dwelling units
Empty in the source
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