A five-story residential building with a cellar is headed for 1515 Carroll Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, under a foundation and general-construction permit the city Department of Buildings issued November 5.
New York Major Construction is the contractor of record on the job, which carries an estimated construction cost of $3,430,600, according to the permit. The filing describes the project as a proposed residential five-story new building with cellar, built under a Board of Standards and Appeals approval — meaning the project needed a zoning variance or special permit before it could reach this stage.
That BSA approval detail matters more than the square footage does. A straight as-of-right building doesn't need a BSA sign-off; this one did, which means someone fought for extra height, density, or use on this lot before the Department of Buildings would even take a foundation filing. For a sub bidding the job, that history is worth a call to the GC before pricing — a site that needed a variance sometimes carries site constraints (lot shape, setback, adjacent structures) that show up in the field, not just the approval letter.
No architect or owner is named in the permit beyond the contractor. The filing is for foundation work only, which is the first physical phase after a new building clears Department of Buildings review — excavation and footings come next, then the superstructure.
A Crown Heights five-story ground-up with foundation permits now in hand is a live job, not a filing on a shelf. Site-work, foundation, and structural subs working north-central Brooklyn have a real target to call on.