NYC DOB record · B01438827-S1

85 Somers Street

85 Somers Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233

New building filing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. The latest DOB status is objections.

The examiner raised objections. The applicant has to resolve them before the filing can be approved. What every status means

Under reviewNew building

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NYC DOB RECORD · B01438827-S1

85 Somers Street

Brooklyn, NY 11233

New building · status dated Sep 1, 2026

Current record
Under review
Proposed scale
8 stories
Dwelling units
21
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 B01438827-S1 as a new building at 85 Somers Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233. Its latest published status category is Under review, dated Sep 1, 2026. The filing records 8 proposed stories and 21 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
New building
Latest status
Under review
Latest status date
Sep 1, 2026
Proposed scale
8 proposed stories and 21 proposed dwelling units
Applicant of recordSee the 155 filings that name Wexler Associates
FiledAug 6, 2026
Current recordUnder review
Proposed scale8 stories
Recorded costNot published

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

New 9-story concrete building with a cellar

Street Futures classifies this record as a new building 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 1910, with 3 homes, on a 3,750 sq ft lot.

Built
1910
Floors
3
Residential units
3
Building type
Walk-up apartment building
Land use
Walk-up apartments
Zoning district
R6
Lot area
3,750 sq ft
Building area
3,213 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 18, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 6 open notices on record for this building, out of 8 notices on file; the most recent was issued Apr 15, 2024.

  • Structurally compromised

    Issued Apr 15, 2024 — FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN ACCEPTABLE INSPECTN RPT FOR STRUCTURALLY COMPROMISED BLDG.

  • Construction

    Issued Mar 14, 2024 — STRUCTURE RENDERED NON COMPLIANT. AT TIME OF INSPECTION OBSERVED EXTENSIVE FIRE,WATER AND SMOKE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT. ROOF IS OPEN,WINDOWS ARE OUT.

  • Fail to certify class

    Issued Sep 1, 2021 — FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION

  • 3 further open notices are 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 17, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B01438827-S1.

    01
  2. Current status updated

    The latest recorded filing status is “Objections.”

    02

For scale: half of DOB filings are permitted within 21 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 70,325 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
B01438827-S1
BIN
3041929
BBL
3015390063
Review type
Standard Plan Examination
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
8
Existing dwelling units
Empty in the source
Proposed dwelling units
21
Structural work