# 490 New York Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3013210034/490-new-york-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3013210034 · BIN 3035096 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 8 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 5 apartments
- 5 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 1 active DOB violation(s)
- 3 evictions executed in the last 3 years

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 36 stabilized units for 2023, of about 36 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 36, 2019: 36, 2020: 36, 2021: 36, 2023: 36.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1967, 6 floors, 36 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

39 open (class C immediately hazardous: 8, class B hazardous: 26, class A non-hazardous: 5); 201 on record.
5 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 29 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 5 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

4 in the last 12 months; 132 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (91), WATER LEAK (12), PLUMBING (10), UNSANITARY CONDITION (9), PAINT/PLASTER (3).

## Bedbugs

10 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

3 executed in the last 3 years; 3 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

6 cases on record, 0 open, 5 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2020 (30-day notice), water/sewer debt only.

## Landlord

- Agent: OWEN DIAZ
- HeadOfficer: CHANA SHEMTOU
- Officer: OWEN DIAZ
- Shareholder: CHANA SHEMTOU
- SiteManager: ALLAN PINEDA
- CorporateOwner: FOUR NINETY LLC

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3013210034/490-new-york-avenue-brooklyn