NYC DOB record · B00537078-P1

740 Empire Boulevard

740 Empire Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11213

Alteration filing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. The latest DOB status is approved.

A plan examiner has approved the application. A permit still has to be issued before work can begin. What every status means

ApprovedAlteration filing

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NYC DOB RECORD · B00537078-P1

740 Empire Boulevard

Brooklyn, NY 11213

Alteration filing · status dated Dec 9, 2021

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
96
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 B00537078-P1 as a alteration filing at 740 Empire Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11213. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Dec 9, 2021. The filing records 96 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
Dec 9, 2021
Proposed scale
96 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingEvery filing at BIN 3038438, with the parcel and violation recordApplicant of recordSee the 1629 filings that name Paul Perdek, PROF. ENG. PLLC
FiledDec 7, 2021
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale96 units
Recorded cost$1

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Installation of temporary sidewalk shed as per plans. 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 6-story elevator apartment building built in 1920, with 96 homes, on a 20,100 sq ft lot.

Built
1920
Last altered
1977
Floors
6
Residential units
96
Building type
Elevator apartment building
Land use
Mixed residential and commercial
Zoning district
R7-1
Lot area
20,100 sq ft
Building area
83,856 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 57 notices on file; the most recent was issued Apr 25, 2023.

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Apr 25, 2023 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • Hazardous condition (facade)

    Issued Jun 23, 2021 — CYCLE 9A UNSAFE REPORT FILED

  • Failure to correct swarmp conditions (facade)

    Issued Jun 22, 2021 — CYCLE 9A FAILURE TO CORRECT SWARMP CONDITIONS

  • 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 B00537078-P1.

    01
  2. Application approved

    The application reached an approved status in the DOB record.

    02
  3. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Approved.”

    03

For scale: half of DOB filings are permitted within 20 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 66,798 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
B00537078-P1
BBL
3014260040
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
96
Proposed dwelling units
96
Sidewalk shed