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ViolationScout75 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 1 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.Is this your building?
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494 Sheffield Ave, Brooklyn

BBL 3-03804-7501

En español: 75 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 207 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 4 años abierta, desde el 8 de abril de 2022.

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 75 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 1 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction.

The oldest open HPD violation has been open 4 years, since April 8, 2022.

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75 open Class C and a facade rated SWARMP. The oldest open HPD violation was filed April 8, 2022.

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DOB violations
3 active DOB violations. The newest was issued October 16, 2024.
DOB facade
Rated SWARMP in the latest facade report, filed March 7, 2024 (inspection cycle 9). SWARMP means safe with a repair and maintenance program. Need this filed?
Certificate of occupancy
Final, issued January 17, 2017.
Local Law 97
Covered under Article 321, the path for certain affordable housing and houses of worship (DOB's list, March 1, 2026).
Bedbug report
Filed December 31, 2024, for the year to October 31, 2024. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.
Rent stabilization
Has rent-stabilized apartments (2024 registration).
HPD emergency repair orders
3 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $2,578 in total. The most recent of the 3, a general construction order, was opened January 14, 2026.

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 C75 open most often Vermin / Infestation
Fire SafetyNotice sent19231701LIVONIA COMMONS LP
Fire SafetyNotice sent18681128
Fire SafetyNotice sent18681127
Fire SafetyNotice sent18607282
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18594711
Fire SafetyNotice sent18566926
Fire SafetyNotice sent18566925
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18566924
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent18551999
Vermin / InfestationNotice sent to tenant18445105
The report lists all 75, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B128 open most often Fire Safety
Notice sent19231699LIVONIA COMMONS LP
Notice sent18646064
Notice sent18607283
Notice sent18607281
Notice sent18607280
MoldNot complied with18969238
Notice sent18566927
Notice sent18566923
Notice sent18445104
Notice sent18445103
The report lists all 128, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
OATH/ECB4 open most often Elevators
Elevators, Class 2Found in violation39191313Z
Elevators, Class 2Found in violation39191312R
Elevators, Class 1Found in violation39101053J
Elevators, Class 1Found in violation39101052H

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Questions about this building

Does 494 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 494 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn had 207 open violations on September 27, 2026: 203 from HPD and 4 from OATH/ECB. 75 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 4 years, since April 8, 2022.

Is 494 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

Open violations are sitting, with little movement either way. 75 open Class C, with 0 certifications filed and 1 new Class C in the last 180 days, too few to call a direction. That window ends September 27, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

Does 494 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn have active DOB violations?

Yes. 3 active DOB violations. The newest was issued October 16, 2024. 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.

Are any HPD emergency repair orders at 494 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn marked completed?

Yes. 3 completed HPD emergency repair orders since September 29, 2023, awarded for $2,578 in total. The most recent of the 3, a general construction order, was opened January 14, 2026. HPD orders an emergency repair when a hazardous condition cited in a violation, or in another agency's emergency order, is not corrected, and does the work itself or through a contractor. The amounts are what the orders were awarded for, not a bill: this page does not show what was charged to the property or whether it was paid. Orders for lab tests, such as dust-wipe and asbestos samples, are not counted.

What did the latest facade report find at 494 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn?

Rated SWARMP in the latest facade report, filed March 7, 2024 (inspection cycle 9). SWARMP means safe with a repair and maintenance program. Buildings taller than six stories must have their exterior walls inspected once in every inspection cycle under the city's Facade Inspection Safety Program (every five years under DOB's current rule), and each inspection report is filed with DOB as Safe, SWARMP (safe with a repair and maintenance program) or Unsafe. No Report Filed means DOB has no report for that cycle. The rating is from the latest filing and does not describe the facade today; DOB's page for the building shows anything filed since.

Does 494 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn have a certificate of occupancy?

Its latest certificate of occupancy is a final one, issued January 17, 2017. A certificate of occupancy says how a building may be used and occupied. A temporary one lets people move in while work finishes and has to be renewed until DOB issues the final one. DOB's records here start in July 2012, so an older certificate may not show.

When did 494 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?

On December 31, 2024, for the year to October 31, 2024. 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 494 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn covered by Local Law 97?

Yes. It is on DOB's Local Law 97 covered buildings list. Covered under Article 321, the path for certain affordable housing and houses of worship (DOB's list, March 1, 2026). Local Law 97 sets greenhouse gas limits for most New York City buildings over 25,000 square feet, and DOB's covered buildings list says which path each building is on. The list reflects DOB's records, which owners can ask DOB to correct. This page never estimates a penalty or says whether a building complies.

Is 494 Sheffield Avenue, 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.

When was 494 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 2015 as the year 494 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a condominium with 8 floors.

How many apartments does 494 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 84 residential units at 494 Sheffield Avenue, 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, DOB facade filings, DOB certificates of occupancy, HPD emergency repair orders, HPD's annual bedbug reports, DOB's Local Law 97 covered buildings list and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. This page is current through September 27, 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, DOB facade filings, DOB certificates of occupancy, HPD emergency repair orders, HPD's annual bedbug reports, DOB's Local Law 97 covered buildings list 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, 494 Sheffield Ave, Brooklyn: violations, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through September 27, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/494-sheffield-avenue-brooklyn

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