491 Lincoln Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-04202-0006BIN 3094386

Concern level3 of 4

High

013 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
021 open rent-impairing violation(s)

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 6 stabilized units with New York State for 2019 — essentially all of the building's 6 apartments.

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1925

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building1 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-10-02RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE FIRE ESCAPE DEFECTIVE. PROPERLY SECURE 7 AND 11 TREADS FROM BOTTOM TO TOP TO LANDING AREA AT WEST AT FIRE ESCAPE, 2nd STORY

Status: Certified late

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 2019-06-115+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 2012-08-065+ YRS OLD

SECTION 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIORATED SUBSURFACE - USING WORK PRACTICES SET FORTH IN 28 RCNY ?11-06(B)(2) NORTH WALL IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS B · HAZARDOUSApt 1RIssued 2019-06-115+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED LOCK AT DOOR LEADING OUT TO REAR YARD IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 1R, 1st STORY, APARTMENT AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Appliance2

General1

Paint/Plaster1

Unsanitary Condition1

ApplianceRefrigerator2023-09-23 · closed

Unsanitary ConditionMold2023-09-23 · closed

GeneralCabinet2023-09-23 · closed

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

317

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential135

House of Worship69

Street/Sidewalk60

Unspecified34

Commercial10

Vehicle9

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly residential) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

292

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony93

Misdemeanor146

Violation53

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 7 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

No active DOB violations.

DOB building violations

Evictions

No executed evictions on record for this building.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDJUDGMENTOpened 2013-04-03

Heat / hot water

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

491 LINCOLN AVENUE

Head officer

RAMKESHWA PALTOO

Managing agent

RAMKESHWA PALTOO

1 other building share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

617 QUINCY STREETBROOKLYN

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Bought and resold within a few years — rapid turnover is a common speculation signal

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2015-12-16 · $890,000

Most recent mortgage2015-06-26 · $465,000

Sale2015-12-16$890,000

LINCOLN AVE PLAZA LLC → 491 LINCOLN AVENUE LLC

Mortgage2015-06-26$465,000

borrower LINCOLN AVE PLAZA LLC · lender MELROSE CREDIT UNION

Sale2015-02-06$620,000

491 LINCOLN GOLD LLC → LINCOLN AVE PLAZA LLC

Sale2013-12-20$495,000

CYPRESS HILLS MANAGEMENT, INC → 491 LINCOLN GOLD, LLC

Mortgage2011-02-16$55,000

borrower CYPRES HILLS MANAGEMENT, INC. · lender TEDCO REALTY CORP.

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale