NYC DOB record · B00161811-I1

720 Washington Avenue

720 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Alteration filing in Prospect 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 · B00161811-I1

720 Washington Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11238

Alteration filing · status dated Dec 27, 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 B00161811-I1 as a alteration filing at 720 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Dec 27, 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 27, 2020
Proposed scale
Not stated in this filing
The building, not the filingwhat it sold for and every filing at BIN 3028878Applicant of recordSee the 1374 filings that name Syed Engineering, P.C.
FiledMay 1, 2019
Current recordApproved
Proposed scaleNot specified
Recorded cost$3,500

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Proposed installation of heavy duty sidewalk shed as per plans. live load 300 lbs per square feet. sidewalk shed shall comply with chapter #33 of the NYC building code. no change in use, occupancy, or egress 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 2-story store building built in 1931, on a 12,286 sq ft lot.

Built
1931
Floors
2
Residential units
0
Building type
Store building
Land use
Commercial and office
Zoning district
R6A
Lot area
12,286 sq ft
Building area
23,000 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 1 open notice on record for this building, out of 15 notices on file; the most recent was issued Aug 16, 1993.

  • Local law 62/91 - boilers

    Issued Aug 16, 1993

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 B00161811-I1.

    01
  2. First permit date recorded

    DOB lists a first permit date. This does not by itself confirm current construction activity.

    02
  3. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Permit Entire.”

    03

For scale: half of DOB filings are permitted within 21 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 74,561 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
B00161811-I1
BBL
3011600037
Review type
Professional Certification
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
Sidewalk shed