Permit stats · Brooklyn

New building permits in Brooklyn: real approval times

New Building filings in Brooklyn, measured across every DOB filing on record. These are the real numbers, not the published targets.

59,021
filings on record
117 days
median to approval
448 days
worst case (p90)
8.2%
of all filings disapproved
21.6%
professionally certified

Brooklyn vs citywide, median days to approval

Brooklyn
117d
NYC
67d
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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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