A 1930 East New York HDFC co-op where annual administrative filings keep surfacing on the building's housing record.
A 32-unit prewar building operating under an HDFC affordable housing cooperative structure on Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York. Because this is a regulated HDFC co-op, board administration and corporate compliance shape everyday living far more than traditional market-rate dynamics. Three things to know:
Administrative filings dominate the building's open violations. The building carries seven open class A code violations, five of which are administrative items for missing annual bedbug reports stretching back to 2023. The record also shows open notices for failing to file a valid annual property registration statement in late 2024 and late 2025. While these are low-severity administrative matters rather than structural hazards, they point to recurring paperwork gaps under current management.
A four-complaint spike hit on a single day in July 2026. Four unsanitary condition complaints hit on the exact same day in July 2026, all flagging pests inside an apartment alongside a general rodent report. All four were closed by inspectors, but a four-call spike on a single date usually signals an active problem moving through a line of units.
Curb space and residential noise drive activity on the surrounding blocks. Within three blocks, street-level complaints are heavy on sidewalk parking and residential noise. 330 illegal parking calls were logged in the last year — mostly sidewalk blockages — alongside 183 residential noise complaints, with banging and pounding being the main driver.
Quieter signals on this building and the blocks around it:
498 Pennsylvania Avenue is a 32-unit building in Brooklyn, New York City (BBL 3038050041). This building is associated with NYC HPD. Brix tracks 7 open HPD violations for this property, along with inspection history, DOB filings, tenant complaints, and rent stabilization status.
Built in 1930, 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 31 HPD complaints about this building over the last five years, most often about water leak.
What tenants have called the city about here over the last five years:
The most recent complaint on this building was filed July 1, 2026.
Conditions cited on open violations at this address:
The building last changed hands on June 9, 2016 for $5,000, according to recorded deeds.
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Unit 32 at 498 Pennsylvania Avenue has 1 open violation.
Unit 21 at 498 Pennsylvania Avenue has no violations, last sold in 2016 for $5K. Owner on the latest deed: 498 Pennsylvania Avenue HDFC.
Unit 26 at 498 Pennsylvania Avenue has no open violations (3 past violations).
Unit 18 at 498 Pennsylvania Avenue has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 16 at 498 Pennsylvania Avenue has no open violations (4 past violations).
Unit 10 at 498 Pennsylvania Avenue has no open violations (3 past violations).
Unit 7 at 498 Pennsylvania Avenue has no open violations (1 past violation).
Unit 1 at 498 Pennsylvania Avenue has no open violations (3 past violations).
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