NYC DOB record · B01318245-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 · B01318245-I1

656 Metropolitan Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11211

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 16, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
5 stories
Dwelling units
31
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 B01318245-I1 as a alteration filing at 656 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 16, 2026. The filing records 5 proposed stories and 31 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
Oct 16, 2026
Proposed scale
5 proposed stories and 31 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, what it sold for, apartment sizes and every filing at BIN 3068839Applicant of recordSee the 31 filings that name Chk Plus Inc
FiledNov 12, 2025
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale5 stories
Recorded cost$30,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Repairing facade of all exposures including restoring cracked or displaced ornamental stonework. pointing work and secure chimney bracing tocomply ecb violation no.#35719032j .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 18, 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 18, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B01318245-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. Sign-off date recorded

    DOB lists a sign-off date for this filing.

    04
  5. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Permit Entire.”

    05

For scale: half of DOB filings are permitted within 22 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 83,050 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
B01318245-I1
BBL
3027630014
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
5
Proposed stories
5
Existing dwelling units
31
Proposed dwelling units
31
General construction