NYC DOB record · B01388950-I1

72 Orange Street

72 Orange Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Alteration filing in Brooklyn Heights, 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 · B01388950-I1

72 Orange Street

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Alteration filing · status dated Oct 8, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
6 stories
Dwelling units
41
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 B01388950-I1 as a alteration filing at 72 Orange Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Oct 8, 2026. The filing records 6 proposed stories and 41 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 8, 2026
Proposed scale
6 proposed stories and 41 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, what it sold for, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 3001695Applicant of recordSee the 22 filings that name Dean Mendez RA
FiledMay 12, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale6 stories
Recorded cost$165,200

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Exterior facade renovations including but not limited to brick replacement, lintel replacement, mortar joint pointing, sealant replacement among other work as per plans filed herewith. 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 1937, with 41 homes, on a 7,726 sq ft lot.

Built
1937
Floors
6
Residential units
41
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Elevator apartments
Zoning district
R7-1
Lot area
7,726 sq ft
Building area
32,418 sq ft
Historic district
Brooklyn Heights Historic District

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Oct 11, 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 18 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jan 3, 2017.

  • (other bldgs types) - elevator affirmation of

    Issued Jan 3, 2017 — VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2015 CAT 1 INSP/TST

  • (other bldgs types) - elevator affirmation of

    Issued Nov 14, 2016 — VIO ISSUED TO ELEVATOR - FAIL TO CORRECT DEFECTS ON 2014 CAT 1 INSP/TST

  • Elevator annual inspection /

    Issued Mar 31, 2014 — VIOLATION ISSUED TO ELEVATOR-FAILURE TO FILE CATEGORY 1 2012 INSPECTION/TEST

  • 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 10, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B01388950-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 21 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 79,348 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
B01388950-I1
BBL
3002260018
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
6
Proposed stories
6
Existing dwelling units
41
Proposed dwelling units
41
General construction