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493-495 Monroe Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn • Block 01634 • Lot 0065 • Zip: 11221

Condition

What the city currently has open against this building, counted from its own records.

Address

Primary address: 493-495 Monroe Street, Brooklyn
Borough: Brooklyn
Zip code: 11221
Block: 01634
Lot: 0065
BBL: 3016340065
Unified address ID: 3016340065

Land use and zoning

Land use: Public Facilities & Institutions
Zoning: R6B (Residential)
Lot type: Inside
Lot area: 5,400 sq ft
Lot dimensions: 54 ft x 100 ft
Built FAR: 1.85
Max residential FAR: 2
Max facility FAR: 2
School district: 16

Building

Building class: Churches, Synagogues, etc. - Church, Synagogue, Chapel (M1)
Year built: 1932
Last altered: 1932
Floors: 2
Total units: 1
Residential units: 0
Building area: 10,000 sq ft
Building dimensions: 50 ft x 100 ft
Basement: None/No Basement
Owner: ST MARYS CH OF CHRIST

Latest assessment

Assessment year: 2018/19
Tax class: All Others
Market value: $1,061,000
Total assessment: $477,450
Land assessment: $30,600
Exempt total: $477,450
Assessment owner: ST MARYS CH OF CHRIST

Neighborhood

The area this lot falls inside, and the commute Hoodkit measures from it.

Neighborhood Bedford-Stuyvesant
District Brooklyn

Getting around

Estimated 33 minutes ago
Nearest station

About 13 minutes on foot · 874 m

  • Downtown Brooklyn 31 min 13 walking, 18 riding
  • Fulton Street 36 min 13 walking, 23 riding
  • Union Square 37 min 13 walking, 24 riding
  • Grand Central 44 min 13 walking, 31 riding
  • Times Square 47 min 13 walking, 34 riding
  • Penn Station 48 min 13 walking, 35 riding

Around this address

Transit and places within 0.5 miles of the lot.

Activity

Sales, filings, permits and violations from every dataset, in one order.

2026

  1. ECB violation Jan 5, 2026 $25,000

    CLASS - 1

    FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MATTER. NOTED: FACADE IN STATE OF DISREPAIR WITH STEP CRACKS, DETACHIN...

2025

  1. DOB violation Nov 14, 2025

    LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED

    VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  2. ECB violation Nov 10, 2025 $6,250

    CLASS - 1

    FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#350233 VIO#402225PI303032T DATED 10/22/2025.NO COMPLIANCE ON ...

  3. DOB violation Oct 22, 2025

    C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL

    FTC W/COMMISSIONER'S ORDER CONTROL#341569 VIO#062525PI30302SB DATED 06/25/25 REQUIRING OWNER TO PROV A CORRECTIVE ACT...

  4. DOB NOW filing Sep 24, 2025 $470,350

    Alteration

    Approved

  5. DOB NOW filing Jul 9, 2025 $34,675

    Alteration

    Permit Entire

  6. DOB violation Jun 27, 2025

    IMEGNCY-IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY ANYTHINGOPTIONAL

    INSTALL A SIDEWALK SHED ALONG THE FULL WIDTH OF EXPOSURE 1 APPROX 50 FEET. ADDITIONALLY 5 FEET EXTENSION ON EITHER SI...

  7. ECB violation Jun 25, 2025 $12,500

    CLASS - 1

    FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER. CHURCH IS A 2 STORY BRICK MASONRY INTERIOR LOT. OBSERVED AT EX...

  8. DOB violation Jun 25, 2025

    C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL

    CORRECTION ACTION PLAN REQ'D. OBSVD @ EXO1 MASONRY BULGING/STEP CRACKS @ MULT LOCATIONS, DETERIORATED LINTELS & DETER...

2024

  1. DOB violation Sep 23, 2024

    LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED

    VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

2023

  1. DOB violation Jun 20, 2023

    LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED

    VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

2011

  1. ECB violation Nov 2, 2011 $1,000

    CLASS - 1

    B154,51,32A,16,3B,C,50A,B,C,D. 50A- FUSABLE LINK FIRE DAMPER DEFECTIVE. 50B- BOILER ROOM NOT A STORAGE ROOM. 50C- FLU...

2000

  1. Permit issued May 3, 2000

    EW / FP

    LUND FIRE PROD. CO. INC

  2. DOB filing May 3, 2000 $3,000

    Alteration Type II

    INSTALLATION OF KITCHEN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. NO CHANGE IN USE, EGRESS OR OCCUPANCY.

1991

  1. Permit issued Oct 15, 1991

    EW / MH

    ITEMECA CORP

  2. Permit issued Oct 15, 1991

    PL / PL

    JOSEPH HARRIS PLUMB & HEAT CO.

The most recent 6 events from each dataset, so no one source takes the axis. Each tab holds the full record.

Property Contacts

Contact information aggregated from multiple government sources

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Building Permits

Owner information from Department of Buildings filings

Owner
ST. MARY CHURCH
OSCAR JOHNSON
3

Recent Building Permits

Owner information from recent DOB NOW filings

Owner
Housing Preservation & Development
RUTHERFORD, NJ, 07070
4

Deed Records

Parties from ACRIS deed and mortgage records

MORTGAGEE/LENDER
MORTGAGOR/BORROWER
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Property Records

Owner information from assessment and PLUTO records

Assessment Owner
PLUTO Owner