# 491 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3038060008/491-pennsylvania-avenue-brooklyn).
BBL 3038060008 · BIN 3084653 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: severe

- 3 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 3 apartments
- 3 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 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

Likely rent-stabilized: on the DHCR 2024 registered building list.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 2005, 3 floors, 3 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

4 open (class C immediately hazardous: 3, class B hazardous: 1, class A non-hazardous: 0); 44 on record.
3 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

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

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 4 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 19 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (11), PLUMBING (2), HEAT/HOT WATER (2), SAFETY (1), PAINT/PLASTER (1).

## Bedbugs

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

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 4 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- Agent: Chinyere Ajah
- SiteManager: Chinyere Ajah
- CorporateOwner: PROGRESSIVE TUA LLC
- HeadOfficer: CHINYERE AJAH

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (CHINYERE AJAH at 159-15 HILLSIDE AVE).

## 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/3038060008/491-pennsylvania-avenue-brooklyn