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Case study · 2022–2026

Residential conversion, 501 President Street, Brooklyn

Concord designed HVAC, plumbing and sprinkler work for the conversion of a three-story residential building at 501 President Street in Brooklyn into a four-story residential building with commercial space in the cellar, and took the backflow filings through NYC DEP.

The challenge

The conversion added a story and commercial space in the cellar. The building also got two new water services from the street, one domestic and one for the sprinklers, and each needed a backflow device approved by NYC DEP.

What Concord did

  • HVAC, plumbing and sprinkler design for the conversion.
  • Plumbing and sprinkler riser drawings, included in the DEP submission.
  • Engineering report for water use: a new 1-1/2 in. domestic service with a 1-1/2 in. lead-free RPZ, and a new 2 in. sprinkler service with a 2 in. DCDA and bypass meter.
  • The existing water service abandoned at the main, as DEP requires.

Outcome

  • NYC DEP approved both backflow devices, and the converted building has a protected domestic service and a protected sprinkler service.
  • The conversion work was completed in 2026.

Project facts

Location
501 President Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Years
2022–2026
Sector
Residential conversion: three stories to four, with commercial space in the cellar
Trades
HVAC, plumbing, sprinkler, backflow prevention (RPZ and DCDA)

From Concord's site visits

Backflow assemblies and two water meters on new domestic and sprinkler services, below red automatic sprinkler valve signs, in a cellar at 501 President Street, Brooklyn
Backflow assemblies and meters on the new domestic and sprinkler services. Photo: Concord Consulting Engineering, June 2026.

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