Permit stats · Brooklyn

Alt-1 permits in Brooklyn: real approval times

Alteration Type 1 (major, change of use/occupancy) filings in Brooklyn, measured across every DOB filing on record. These are the real numbers, not the published targets.

67,986
filings on record
90 days
median to approval
390 days
worst case (p90)
14.9%
of all filings disapproved
18.5%
professionally certified

Brooklyn vs citywide, median days to approval

Brooklyn
90d
NYC
65d
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Methodology: computed from DOB Job Application Filings (ic3t-wcy2) via NYC Open Data, refreshed with each data build. Median and p90 measure pre-filing date to approval on approved jobs. Full methodology on the Intelligence page.

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