# 494 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3016540003/494-jefferson-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3016540003 · BIN 3045659 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: severe

- 6 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 8 apartments
- 9 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 5 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction 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

Not on the rent-stabilized lists (DOF tax-bill records, DHCR building list). Absence is not proof a unit is unregulated.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1910, 4 floors, 8 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

60 open (class C immediately hazardous: 6, class B hazardous: 40, class A non-hazardous: 14); 70 on record.
9 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

5 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 5 on record.

## 311 housing complaints

1 in the last 12 months; 21 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (4), PLUMBING (4), HEAT/HOT WATER (3), ELECTRIC (3), APPLIANCE (2).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

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

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 494 JEFFERSON AVENUE HDFC
- Agent: LANDLORD MANAGEMENT LLC
- HeadOfficer: COLETTE FORD
- SiteManager: COLETTE FORD

The same owner is linked to 7 other buildings (COLETTE FORD at 44 COURT STREET).

## 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/3016540003/494-jefferson-avenue-brooklyn