494 Seneca Avenue
Queens · 11385 · BBL 4034330039 · 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, May 7, 2026
494 Seneca Avenue is a commercial or office building in Ridgewood, Queens, ZIP 11385. City records date it to 1931 and count 7 apartments, inside 8 units in all. The city's property file lists the owner of record as SCOTTY REALTY GROUP LLC. Its total assessed value is $351K, for the 2026 tax year.
No DHCR registration is on file for this address, which is a gap in the record rather than an answer about 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 3433 in Queens, the block 494 Seneca Avenue is on. It lists what was filed there that month, then where the block stands. As of today, that part reads:
- 1 building changed hands in the last twelve months.
- 1 marshal eviction executed here in the last twelve months.
- The block holds 29 parcels and 192 residential units.
Anything filed on 494 Seneca Avenue itself comes the next morning.
Taxes and assessed value for 494 Seneca Avenue
The city's Department of Finance assessed this lot at $351K for the 2026 tax year. That works out to $50K 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.
No executed evictions at 494 Seneca Avenue
No executed eviction is on record at 494 Seneca Avenue in the citywide marshal file, which runs from April 2024.
Rent stabilization at 494 Seneca Avenue
No DHCR rent-stabilization registration is on file for 494 Seneca Avenue in the years PulseCities holds. Absence is not proof: an owner who stops registering leaves the same gap as a building that never had stabilized units. 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 494 Seneca Avenue
HPD and DOB inspectors have written 9 violations against this building, of which 9 remain unresolved. That is more than 8 in 10 buildings its size in 11385. 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 494 Seneca Avenue
| Violation | Issued | Class |
|---|---|---|
| File annual bedbug report in accordance with hpd rule as described on the back of this notice of violation or…Nov Sent Out | May 7, 2026 | A |
| Post notice, in form approved by the department, stating the name and location of the person designated by the…Nov Sent Out | Feb 27, 2026 | C |
| Post and maintain a proper notice on wall of the entrance story in english and spanish on the availability of…Nov Sent Out | Feb 27, 2026 | A |
| Post, in a form approved by the commissioner, and maintain a notice in a common area of the building regarding…Nov Sent Out | Feb 27, 2026 | A |
| Post a proper notice of carbon monoxide detecting device requirements, in a form approved by commissioner, in…Nov Sent Out | Feb 27, 2026 | A |
| Post a proper notice of smoke detector requirements, in a form approved by the commissioner, at or near the ma…Nov Sent Out | Feb 27, 2026 | A |
| And dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame readily acces…Nov Sent Out | Feb 27, 2026 | A |
| Owner failed to file a valid registration statement with the department as required by adm code §27-2097 and i…Info Nov Sent Out | Nov 21, 2025 | I |
The 8 most recent violations written against this building, newest first, 8 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 494 Seneca Avenue
8 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 494 Seneca Avenue compares in 11385
PulseCities tracks 14,685 lots in 11385, of which 224 carry an executed eviction from the marshal record, which starts in April 2024, and 937 carry a deed from the shorter ACRIS window. 11385 scores 33.9 out of 100 for displacement pressure, 64 of 177 scored NYC ZIP codes. The full signal breakdown for Ridgewood →
Other buildings on this block
The city's files carry a record for 7 other addresses on tax block 3433 in Queens. They run in lot order, which is roughly the order you would walk them:
Questions about 494 Seneca Avenue
Who owns 494 Seneca Avenue?
The city's property file lists SCOTTY REALTY GROUP LLC as the owner of record for 494 Seneca Avenue. 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 494 Seneca Avenue changed hands recently?
No deed for 494 Seneca Avenue 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 494 Seneca Avenue?
No executed eviction at 494 Seneca Avenue appears in the NYC evictions dataset, which PulseCities holds from April 2024 forward. Executed evictions are the end of the process, so a building with none may still have active housing court cases.
Is 494 Seneca Avenue rent stabilized?
No DHCR registration for 494 Seneca Avenue appears in the years PulseCities holds. That is a gap in the registration record rather than an answer about any apartment, and the free rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal is what settles it.
What is 494 Seneca Avenue assessed at for property taxes?
The Department of Finance assessed the lot at $351K 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 494 Seneca Avenue?
11385 (Ridgewood) scores 33.9 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.