496 Van Buren Street, Brooklyn

Small Bed-Stuy walk-up with administrative open violations and commercial air quality signals nearby.

A four-unit Bed-Stuy walk-up built in 1931 that carries three open code violations, including administrative compliance gaps. Three things to know:

Open administrative violations show missing filings on paper. The building carries three open violations, including an invalid property registration statement from late 2025 alongside two missed annual bedbug reporting filings from 2025 and 2026. An invalid registration prevents the owner from legally certifying repairs.

Surrounding blocks show air quality and food establishment signals. Within three blocks, residents logged 5 indoor air quality calls and 7 food establishment reports over the last year. Commercial kitchen exhaust and vapor signals can travel through shared risers or light wells, making air quality a key check during walk-throughs.

Heavy block-level noise and sanitation reports surround the address. Within three blocks over the last 12 months, 257 residential noise calls (mostly loud music and party pounding) and 146 unsanitary condition reports were logged. While the building's own record carries no noise complaints, the surrounding block is active.

Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:

• 108 dirty condition complaints within three blocks in the last 12 months, mostly garbage storage issues
• 69 street encampment calls in the surrounding three-block radius over the last year
• The building remains relatively low-volume on internal complaints, but administrative filings and block activity need verification.

496 Van Buren Street is a 4-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3016170029). This building is associated with Gianluca Cavaleri. Brix tracks 3 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.

Built in 1931, this walk-up apartment building sits in Brooklyn and is tracked by Brix using public NYC records from HPD, DOB, ACRIS, and 311.

Conditions cited on open violations at this address:

• (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPDS WEBSITE, WWW
• §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO CIVIL PEN

The building last changed hands on December 23, 2019 for $1,183,000, according to recorded deeds.

Brix score: 49/100. View the Building Report on Brix.

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