NYC DOB record · B00238236-I1

717 40 Street

717 40 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232

Alteration filing in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. The latest DOB status is loc issued.

DOB has issued a Letter of Completion, which records that the work in this filing is finished. What every status means

Recorded as completedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · B00238236-I1

717 40 Street

Brooklyn, NY 11232

Alteration filing · status dated May 10, 2021

Current record
Recorded as completed
Proposed scale
3 stories
Dwelling units
6
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 B00238236-I1 as a alteration filing at 717 40 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232. Its latest published status category is Recorded as completed, dated May 10, 2021. The filing records 3 proposed stories and 6 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
Recorded as completed
Latest status date
May 10, 2021
Proposed scale
3 proposed stories and 6 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingwhat it sold for, apartment sizes, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 3017920Applicant of recordSee the 75 filings that name Becker Engineering, P.C.
FiledOct 2, 2019
Current recordRecorded as completed
Proposed scale3 stories
Recorded cost$7,502

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Installation of new flowable fill, and a new slab on grade as per drawings. there is no change to the 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 3-story walk-up apartment building built in 1923, with 6 homes, on a 2,504 sq ft lot.

Built
1923
Floors
3
Residential units
6
Building type
Walk-up apartment building
Land use
Walk-up apartments
Zoning district
R6B
Lot area
2,504 sq ft
Building area
4,592 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 10 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jun 20, 2023.

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Jun 20, 2023 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Jun 20, 2023 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Apr 6, 2018 — VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2016 INSPECTION REPORT

  • 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.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B00238236-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 “LOC Issued.”

    04
  5. Sign-off date recorded

    DOB lists a sign-off date for this filing.

    05

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
B00238236-I1
BBL
3009150059
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
3
Proposed stories
3
Existing dwelling units
6
Proposed dwelling units
6
Structural work