497 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn

Fourteen immediately hazardous violations are currently open against this building.

For a pre-war walk-up, the active violation footprint is heavily weighted toward severe, immediately hazardous issues like mice and lead paint. The record shows deep friction across multiple apartments, paired with persistent neighborhood noise. Three things to know:

Fourteen immediately hazardous violations remain open and unresolved. A building of this scale typically averages only a few minor issues, but here the most severe Class C violations are active. These include an open mouse infestation in Apartment 5B, a failure to certify lead-paint remediation upon unit vacancy, and damaged bathroom enamel.

Nine food establishment complaints have been filed within three blocks in the last year. The most recent call was logged on July 19, 2026. This pattern typically signals restaurant venting, kitchen fumes, or food odors bleeding through building shafts and HVAC risers, which is tough to notice until you move in.

73 calls about construction starting before or after legal hours within three blocks. The surrounding blocks are active, with 102 total construction-related noise complaints last year. These concentrate heavily around early-morning and late-night drilling permits rather than daytime equipment hums.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 17 heat and hot water complaints, including a building-wide outage in March 2026.
• 11 door and window complaints, with a recent broken counter balance in Apartment 1A.
• 159 illegal parking complaints within three blocks, mostly sign violations and blocked sidewalks.
• The Eastern Parkway blocks stay busy with street activity and construction.

497 Eastern Parkway is a 16-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3012610045). This building is associated with Flgsp 481 Eastern Parkway LLC. Brix tracks 34 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1920, this walk-up apartment building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Tenants have filed 163 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about heat/hot water.

What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:

• Heat/hot Water: 40 complaints
• Paint/plaster: 23 complaints
• Door/window: 23 complaints
• Flooring/stairs: 18 complaints

The most recent complaint on this building was filed May 7, 2026.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT EAST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5B, 2nd STORY, 1st
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE EAST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5B, 2nd
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ENAMEL GLAZE AT BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 5B, 2nd STORY, 1st APART
• § 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE SOUTH WALL IN THE 4th ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5B, 2n

The building last changed hands on March 31, 2026 for $4,327,888.78, according to recorded deeds.

Brix rating: Concerning (6/100). View the Building Report on Brix.

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