NYC DOB record · B01486180-I1

85 Varet Street

85 Varet Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206

Alteration filing in East Williamsburg, 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 · B01486180-I1

85 Varet Street

Brooklyn, NY 11206

Alteration filing · status dated Nov 10, 2026

Current record
Approved
Proposed scale
Not stated
Dwelling units
27
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 B01486180-I1 as a alteration filing at 85 Varet Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Its latest published status category is Approved, dated Nov 10, 2026. The filing records 27 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
Nov 10, 2026
Proposed scale
27 proposed dwelling units
The building, not the filingopen housing violations, the owner of record and every filing at BIN 3071527Applicant of recordSee the 5 filings that name Zenith Engineering
FiledNov 9, 2026
Current recordApproved
Proposed scale27 units
Recorded cost$1,000

What the filing says

A public-record reading of the proposed work.

Proposed construction fence. 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 2-story store building built in 1931, on a 4,175 sq ft lot.

Built
1931
Floors
2
Residential units
0
Building type
Store building
Land use
Commercial and office
Zoning district
R6
Lot area
4,175 sq ft
Building area
7,200 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Nov 12, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not this filing.

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 2 open notices on record for this building, out of 26 notices on file; the most recent was issued Jun 1, 2016.

  • Non-residential elevator periodic

    Issued Jun 1, 2016 — FAILURE TO PERFORM CATEGORY 5 INSPECTION

  • High pressure boiler

    Issued Feb 18, 2015

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 Nov 12, 2026.

Recorded timeline

Dates published by the Department of Buildings.

  1. Application filed

    DOB received filing B01486180-I1.

    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 22 days of being filed and a quarter take longer than 4 months, measured across 95,944 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
B01486180-I1
BBL
3031060035
Review type
Professional Certification
Existing stories
Empty in the source
Proposed stories
Empty in the source
Existing dwelling units
0
Proposed dwelling units
27