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497 Chester St, Brooklyn

BBL 3-03614-0032

Built
1930
Floors
3
Residential units
12
Building type
Walk-up building
Zoning district
R6
Lot area
4,000 sq ft
Floor area
9,960 sq ft

En español: 2 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato). La más antigua del HPD lleva 4 años abierta, desde el 27 de octubre de 2021.

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    Class C, immediately hazardous

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Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 2 open Class C, with nothing filed or new in the last 180 days.

Since October 12, 2023, a certification was filed on 1 Class C violation, after the original certify-by date. How certification works

The original certify-by date on the 2 open HPD violations, October 29, 2025, has passed. The report prints the date beside each one.

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2 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed October 27, 2021.

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DOB violations
3 active DOB violations, most of them for boiler filings under Local Law 62/91. The newest was issued February 27, 2001.
Boiler inspection
Inspected March 18, 2026. Boilers in buildings with 6 or more apartments are inspected every calendar year.
Bedbug report
Filed June 3, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).
Tax exemption
Has a 420-c tax exemption (DOF 2026/27 roll).

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

FiledCategoryStatusNumberRegistered party when filed
Class C2 open
Not complied with18306988MHANY 2002 HDFC
Not complied with18306986MHANY 2002 HDFC

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Questions about this building

Does 497 Chester Street, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 497 Chester Street, Brooklyn had 2 open violations on October 10, 2026: 2 from HPD. 2 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 4 years, since October 27, 2021.

Is 497 Chester Street, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 2 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 497 Chester Street, Brooklyn?

Since October 12, 2023, a certification was filed on 1 Class C violation, after the original certify-by date. 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 497 Chester Street, Brooklyn have active DOB violations?

Yes. 3 active DOB violations, most of them for boiler filings under Local Law 62/91. The newest was issued February 27, 2001. 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 497 Chester Street, Brooklyn last inspected?

On March 18, 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 497 Chester Street, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?

On June 3, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. 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 497 Chester 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.

Does 497 Chester Street, Brooklyn have a property tax exemption?

The building has a 420-c tax exemption on DOF's 2026/27 roll. An exemption lowers a property's tax bill by reducing its assessed value.

When was 497 Chester Street, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1930 as the year 497 Chester 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 497 Chester Street, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 12 residential units at 497 Chester 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 DOB violations, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOF's exemption rolls, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. 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 DOB violations, the Rent Guidelines Board's stabilized-building lists, DOF's exemption rolls, DOB boiler inspection reports, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. 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, 497 Chester St, Brooklyn: 12 units, 2 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/497-chester-street-brooklyn

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