397 East 49 Street
Brooklyn · 11203 · BBL 3046750045 · look up another building
One open class I violation here, the grade the city uses when it orders part of a building vacated.
Most recent filing on this building: a violation, September 2, 2026
397 East 49 Street is a multi-family walk-up in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, ZIP 11203. City records date it to 1927 and count 34 apartments. The city's property file lists the owner of record as 397 E 49TH ST LLC. Its total assessed value is $900K, for the 2026 tax year.
DHCR registration lists 34 rent-stabilized units here in 2023, but that is the building and not your apartment. The state will send you your own rent history free, and it is the only binding answer on what you should be paying.
The November 1 report on this block
On the first of every month we email one page about tax block 4675 in Brooklyn, the block 397 East 49 Street is on. It lists what was filed there that month, then where the block stands. As of today, that part reads:
- 3 buildings changed hands in the last twelve months.
- 1 marshal eviction executed here in the last twelve months.
- The block holds 41 parcels and 197 residential units.
Anything filed on 397 East 49 Street itself comes the next morning.
Taxes and assessed value for 397 East 49 Street
The city's Department of Finance assessed this lot at $900K for the 2026 tax year. That works out to $26K per residential unit. Assessed value is what the city taxes, not what the building would sell for, and the two routinely differ by a wide margin. The bill itself turns on the tax class rate and on any exemptions or abatements attached to the lot, neither of which is published here.
The 2020 sale of 397 East 49 Street
HPD tracks sales of rent-regulated buildings under Local Law 7 of 2018, and it recorded this one on February 4, 2020, for $2.9 million. It puts the capitalization rate on this sale at 8.1%, against a median of 5.1% for Brooklyn sales in the same quarter. The building is not on HPD's Speculation Watch List.
Source: HPD's Local Law 7 sales list and its Speculation Watch List, via NYC Open Data, last pulled on October 4, 2026.
1 marshal eviction at 397 East 49 Street
City marshals executed 1 eviction at 397 East 49 Street in the record PulseCities holds, the most recent on Jun 25, 2026. That is about typical for buildings its size in 11203. Holding the marshal docket number or the court index number from one of these? Look up that case →
Marshal evictions at 397 East 49 Street
| Type | Executed | |
|---|---|---|
| Residentialdocket 60795 | Jun 25, 2026 |
Marshal-executed residential evictions from the NYC evictions dataset, past 12 months. Source: NYC marshal eviction records, current through October 9, 2026.
Rent stabilization at 397 East 49 Street
DHCR registration records list 34 rent-stabilized units at this building in 2023, the most recent year PulseCities holds. That is up from 33 units in 2018. Registration is building-level and does not settle the status of any single apartment; the rent history does. Checking your own apartment starts with the free rent history from the state. That is the only binding answer, and it takes time to come back. While you wait, you can get an email when the record here moves: a deed, an eviction, a permit or a violation filed on this building. How to check rent-stabilized status →
Open code violations at 397 East 49 Street
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 124 violations against this building, of which 77 remain unresolved. That is more than 8 in 10 buildings its size in 11203. The most serious open grade here is class I, immediately hazardous, with 1 open violation.
If you own or manage this building, violationscout.com shows what it takes to clear these, from the date each one has to be certified by to how a correction gets filed. It is a paid site, built by the same person as this one.
Classes run A (non-hazardous) to C (immediately hazardous); DOB class I carries a vacate order. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.
Violation history at 397 East 49 Street
| Violation | Issued | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the garbadge bags at buildi…Violation Closed | Sep 2, 2026 | B |
| And department rules and regulations. provide a shoe properly secured to bottom of string of dropladder at cou…Nov Sent Out | Aug 14, 2026 | A |
| Abate the nuisance consisting of plexi-glass used at building front entrance door at public hall, 1st storyNot Complied With | Aug 4, 2026 | C |
| Fire egress defective. remove the obstruction in fireproof passageway consisting of construction material at f…Violation Closed | Aug 4, 2026 | B |
| Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartmentNot Complied With | Aug 4, 2026 | C |
| Properly repair or replace the broken or defective sink base cabinet in the kitchenNot Complied With | Aug 4, 2026 | C |
| Provide a safe and adequate supply of electric service to the fixtures at celing in the 1st room from northNot Complied With | Aug 4, 2026 | B |
| Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective ceramic floor tiles in the bathroomNot Complied With | Aug 4, 2026 | B |
The 8 most recent violations written against this building, newest first, 6 of them still open. Each row is the inspector's own wording with the statute citation removed. Source: NYC HPD violations, current through October 10, 2026.
311 complaint history at 397 East 49 Street
36 complaints in the past 12 months
NYC 311 housing and building complaints logged for this address. Source: NYC 311, current through October 10, 2026.
How 397 East 49 Street compares in 11203
PulseCities tracks 11,054 lots in 11203, of which 281 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 784 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. This building is in that second group, which is 2.5% of the ZIP. 11203 scores 47.5 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 22 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for East Flatbush →
Other buildings on this block
The city's files carry a record for 6 other addresses on tax block 4675 in Brooklyn. They run in lot order, which is roughly the order you would walk them:
Questions about 397 East 49 Street
Who owns 397 East 49 Street?
The city's property file lists 397 E 49TH ST LLC as the owner of record for 397 East 49 Street. No deed for this lot appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds, so that name comes from the tax roll rather than from a recorded transfer.
Has 397 East 49 Street changed hands recently?
No deed for 397 East 49 Street appears in the ACRIS records PulseCities holds. That means no transfer has been published for this lot in the current window, not that the building has never been sold.
Have there been evictions at 397 East 49 Street?
Yes. One marshal-executed eviction at 397 East 49 Street appears in the NYC evictions dataset, the most recent on Jun 25, 2026. The dataset covers executed evictions only, so it undercounts housing court activity: cases that settle or end in a move-out never reach a marshal.
Is 397 East 49 Street rent stabilized?
DHCR registrations list 34 stabilized units at this building in 2023. Registration is building-level, so it does not settle whether one apartment is stabilized. The free rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal does.
What is 397 East 49 Street assessed at for property taxes?
The Department of Finance assessed the lot at $900K for the 2026 tax year. That is the figure the city taxes rather than a sale price, and the bill depends on the tax class rate and on any exemptions on the lot.
What is the displacement risk around 397 East 49 Street?
11203 (East Flatbush) scores 47.5 out of 100 on the PulseCities displacement index. The score reads five ZIP-level signals: LLC acquisition rate, permit intensity, 311 complaint volume, executed evictions, and serious HPD violations. It describes the area around the building, not the building itself.
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Sourced from NYC public records: ACRIS deeds, DOB permits, the NYC evictions dataset, and 311. Records reflect what agencies have published and can lag events.