491 3 Avenue, Brooklyn has 16 open city records on file, 2 of them Class C (immediately hazardous), and no balance recorded as due on OATH/ECB summonses. No marshal evictions are on record for this building. It last sold on Mar 1, 2006 for $600,000. The most recent record is dated Nov 19, 2025.
Scored from all 30 public records for this building
Scored from city records as published, which lag reality by a day or two, and closed violations rest on owner self-certification. A grade summarizes the public record, not the building itself. Full methodology · report a problem
No balance is recorded as due across the 4 summonses below, out of $1,860.00 in penalties imposed. Balances are as the city publishes them; a settlement or write-off that never reached the dataset will not show here. New to these? How an OATH summons becomes a penalty, explained.
OATH and ECB summonses for 491 3 Avenue
398554
Nov 12, 2002
FAILURE TO PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO MEANS OF EGRESS FROM ROOM OR SPACE WHERE REQUIRED NOTE: AT 2 AND 3 STORIES NO SPRINKLER SYSTEM OR FIRE ESCAPE INSTALL OR ERECTED THROUGHOUT BUILDING TO PROVIDE A SECOND MEANS OF
May 12, 2003
Found in violation
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412423
Nov 12, 2002
WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT. NOTE . FULL PARTITION WALLS ILLEGALLY ERECTED ON 1ST FLOOR CONVERTING STORE TO AN ILLEGAL CLASS "A" APARTMENT. REMEDY: OBTAINA PERMIT.
May 12, 2003
Found in violation
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412425
Nov 12, 2002
OCCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT RECORDS. NOTE COMPUTER FINANCE OCCUPANCY CODE INDICATED "S2 RESIDENCE MULTI-U" NOW 1ST FLOOR IS ILLEGALLY CONVERTED AND OCUPIED FROM A STORE TO A CL
May 12, 2003
Found in violation
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347180
Dec 31, 2001
FAILURE TO PROVIDE REQUIRED MEANS OF EGRESS FOR SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. REMEDY: PROVIDE REQUIRED MEANS PF EGRESS.
Dec 16, 2002
Found in violation
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Ownership history for 491 3 Avenue
Every deed the City Register has recorded against this building’s tax lot (BBL 3010150002), newest first. A price is the consideration stated on the deed; transfers between related parties, into an LLC, or by a referee often record none, shown as “—”. Each row links to the document in ACRIS.
Mortgages recorded against this building’s tax lot, with the satisfactions that paid them off and the assignments that moved them between lenders, from the City Register (ACRIS). A satisfaction usually records no amount, shown as “—”.