# 491 Forbell St, Brooklyn

What New York City's public records say about this building. Page: https://blueflo.tech/b/491-forbell-street-brooklyn

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Also known as 2781 Linden Blvd, 2783 Linden Blvd, 2785 Linden Blvd, 495 Forbell St, 499 Forbell St, 796 Drew St: one building, several doors, and this card covers all of them.

## In one line

19 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and doors and windows and fire safety and heat or hot water and walls, floors and stairs (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-23)

## The building

- **Year built:** 1964 (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)
- **Stories:** 2 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)
- **Homes:** 24 (Buildings Subject to HPD Jurisdiction, as of 2026-08-12)

## Worth knowing

- 19 open immediately hazardous (class C) HPD violations about pests and doors and windows and fire safety and heat or hot water and walls, floors and stairs
- 1 hazardous (class 1) building code violation from 2026 is still open
- City stormwater map shows deep flooding (1 ft+) at this building in a moderate storm today
- Basement on record, and the city's stormwater map shows flooding here in at least one storm scenario
- 3 open major (class 2) building code violations from 2025–2026
- 108 open HPD violations about building conditions

## Also on record

- City stormwater map shows deep and contiguous flooding at this building in the Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels scenario

## Clean in the records

- Boiler inspection filed Aug 2026 with no defects reported (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-22)
- Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-23)

## Building systems

- **Boiler inspection filings:** Latest accepted inspection Aug 2026, defects reported: no (DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-22)
- **Facade rating:** Not required: facade inspections apply only to buildings taller than 6 stories (DOB NOW: Safety – Facades Compliance Filings, as of 2026-10-22)
- **Water service line:** Non-Lead (statistical analysis/predictive model) (Lead Service Line Location Coordinates, as of 2026-01-30)
- **FEMA flood zone:** Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X (FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-23)
- **Stormwater flooding:** Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Deep and contiguous flooding (1 ft+); Moderate storm, 2050 sea levels: Deep and contiguous flooding (1 ft+); Moderate storm, today's sea levels: Deep and contiguous flooding (1 ft+); Limited storm, today's sea levels: Not loaded (file format unreadable) (NYC Stormwater Flood Maps, as of 2024-07-03)
- **Basement:** No basement (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)

## Violations and complaints

- **HPD violations:** 118 open: 108 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (34), smoke or CO detectors (20), doors and windows (15), leaks (14); 19 immediately hazardous (class C), 10 about paperwork or notices. Also 35 older records from 1996–2016 never closed. 9 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 213 violations on record in all, 1994–2026 — the 162 most recent are listed here (Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-23)
- **DOB violations:** 13 open: 4 about building conditions, 8 about filings or paperwork, 1 older than 10 years (DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-22)
- **Heat and hot water complaints:** 1 heat or hot water complaint (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-23)
- **Resident complaints to the city:** 17 safety, 16 doors or windows, 16 pests, 15 paint or plaster, 10 general repairs, 6 plumbing, 5 appliances, 5 floors or stairs, 5 leaks, 4 electrical, 2 heat or hot water, 2 mold, 1 outside the building, 1 unsanitary conditions (Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-23)

## More systems

- **Rent stabilization:** Not on the state's 2024 list. Owners who register late or not at all are missing, so ask HCR about a specific apartment (Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30)
- **Heat source:** Boiler burning natural gas (Hb Smith 19HE-S/W-10), registration current since Apr 2025 (Clean Air Tracking System (boiler registrations), as of 2026-10-23)
- **Boiler work permits:** Latest boiler work permit 2013 (DOB Permit Issuance (BIS), as of 2026-10-23)
- **Elevators:** No elevators registered to this building (DOB NOW Elevator Safety Compliance, as of 2026-10-22)
- **Gas piping:** Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2025) (DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-22)
- **Energy:** No energy score on record (Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84), as of 2025-11-25)

## Permits and work

- **Permit history:** 6 permits since 1990 (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-22)
- **Sales:** No recorded sale since 2016 (NYC Citywide Annualized Calendar Sales, as of 2026-06-09)
- **Sidewalk shed and scaffolding:** No sidewalk shed permits on record (DOB NOW: Build – Approved Permits, as of 2026-10-22)
- **Landmark status:** Not in a historic district on record (PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24)

## By apartment

11 of 24 apartments named in a city record:

- Apt 1A: https://blueflo.tech/b/491-forbell-street-brooklyn/unit/1a
- Apt 4C: https://blueflo.tech/b/491-forbell-street-brooklyn/unit/4c
- Apt 491D: https://blueflo.tech/b/491-forbell-street-brooklyn/unit/491d
- Apt 495B: https://blueflo.tech/b/491-forbell-street-brooklyn/unit/495b
- Apt 2781B: https://blueflo.tech/b/491-forbell-street-brooklyn/unit/2781b
- Apt 2783C: https://blueflo.tech/b/491-forbell-street-brooklyn/unit/2783c
- Apt 2785A: https://blueflo.tech/b/491-forbell-street-brooklyn/unit/2785a
- Apt A: https://blueflo.tech/b/491-forbell-street-brooklyn/unit/a
- Apt B: https://blueflo.tech/b/491-forbell-street-brooklyn/unit/b
- Apt C: https://blueflo.tech/b/491-forbell-street-brooklyn/unit/c
- Apt D: https://blueflo.tech/b/491-forbell-street-brooklyn/unit/d

## Registered with the city

- BROOKLYN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HOME (Agent, Registration Contacts)
- BROOKLYN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HOME (CorporateOwner, Registration Contacts)
- BROOKLYN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HOME (TaxLotOwner, PLUTO (tax lot data))

## More

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