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490 East 51st St, Brooklyn

BBL 3-04722-0015

Built
1920
Floors
3
Residential units
6
Building type
Walk-up building
Zoning district
R5
Lot area
3,000 sq ft
Floor area
5,412 sq ft
Last transfer
Recorded at $10

En español: 6 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 18 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 9 años abierta, desde el 7 de noviembre de 2016.

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  1. 6

    Class C, immediately hazardous. Most often Lead Paint.

    13 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 11

    Class B, hazardous

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  3. 1

    OATH/ECB summons still active

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Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 6 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days.

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 3 Class C violations: 1 by the original certify-by date, 2 after it. How certification works

The original certify-by dates on the 17 open HPD violations have all passed. The latest was June 1, 2026. The report prints the date beside each one.

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6 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed November 7, 2016.

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OATH/ECB summonses
1 DOB summons here since January 1, 2019, with $250 in penalties imposed. It is still active, the one listed under OATH/ECB.
  • December 16, 2024, DOB: Miscellaneous violations. In violation, $250 penalty imposed.
DOB violations
10 active DOB violations, most of them for low-pressure boilers. The newest was issued June 30, 2023.
Boiler inspection
Inspected February 10, 2026. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year.
Bedbug report
Filed July 9, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2024. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumber
Class C6 open most often Lead Paint
Lead PaintDefect letter sent18172644
Lead PaintDefect letter sent18172643
Lead PaintDefect letter sent18136339
Fire SafetyNotice sent18130694
Fire SafetyCertified late16688773
Certified late16688772
Class B11 open
Notice sent18775068
Notice sent18775067
Notice sent18172591
Notice sent18172590
Notice sent18130695
Notice sent18130693
Notice sent18130692
Notice sent18130691
Notice sent18130690
Notice sent17160332
The report lists all 11, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
OATH/ECB1 open
Construction, Class 3Found in violation39133020J

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The most common category among the open records here is lead paint.

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Questions about this building

Does 490 East 51 Street, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 490 East 51 Street, Brooklyn had 18 open violations on October 10, 2026: 17 from HPD and 1 from OATH/ECB. 6 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 9 years, since November 7, 2016.

Is 490 East 51 Street, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 6 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days. That window ends October 10, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

When were certifications filed on Class C violations at 490 East 51 Street, Brooklyn?

Since October 12, 2023, certifications were filed on 3 Class C violations: 1 by the original certify-by date, 2 after it. A certification is the filing, dated when it was made, not HPD's acceptance of it. It is compared with the original certify-by date on the notice. A granted postponement moves that date and the city's data keeps only the first, so a certification counted after it may still have met a postponed date.

Does 490 East 51 Street, Brooklyn have active DOB violations?

Yes. 10 active DOB violations, most of them for low-pressure boilers. The newest was issued June 30, 2023. The Department of Buildings writes these separately from HPD's housing violations, for things like boilers, elevators, facades, construction and energy filings. Each one stays active until DOB resolves or dismisses it.

When was the boiler at 490 East 51 Street, Brooklyn last inspected?

On February 10, 2026. DOB requires a boiler in a building with 6 or more apartments to be inspected once every calendar year, with the report filed within 14 days of the inspection. Low-pressure boilers in residential buildings with 5 or fewer apartments are exempt.

When did 490 East 51 Street, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?

On July 9, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2024. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.

Is 490 East 51 Street, Brooklyn rent stabilized?

The building has rent-stabilized apartments on its 2024 registration. That comes from the Rent Guidelines Board's list of buildings with at least one stabilized apartment registered that year. Buildings that registered late are left off, and a 421-a or J-51 building can leave stabilization when its tax benefit ends. A particular apartment's status is for NYS HCR to say.

When was 490 East 51 Street, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1920 as the year 490 East 51 Street, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up building with 3 floors.

How many apartments does 490 East 51 Street, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 6 residential units at 490 East 51 Street, Brooklyn. The count is for the whole tax lot.

Where do these numbers come from?

From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. This page is current through October 10, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.

Sources. HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, plus OATH/ECB summonses from DOB and FDNY, DOB violations, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. Counts cover HPD Class B and C violations from the last 3 years that HPD still shows open, and OATH/ECB summonses from the same 3 years that the city still shows active. The city's own pages can show more, never fewer.

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ViolationScout, 490 East 51st St, Brooklyn: 6 units, 6 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/490-east-51-street-brooklyn

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