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498 Broadway

MANHATTAN, NY 10012 BBL 1004830005 4 units · 5 floors · 1859

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HPD violations vs. neighborhood

Class B/C violations on record vs. a typical building in SoHo

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12-Month Maintenance Forecast

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Estimated probability of major maintenance failures in the next 12 months.

7-YEAR TREND —

Historical Data (The Model's Inputs)

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HPD violations

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Open now

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311 calls

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DOB complaints

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ECB penalties

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Permits (7 yr)

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Bedbug units

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Rodent 311 calls

Heat/Hot Water — No heat, apt 3B · Class C · Open11/12/2024

Pests — Mice/rodents observed, apt 2A · Class B09/03/2024

Water Leak — Ceiling leak, apt 5D · Pending07/15/2024

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Rent & eviction protection

Is 498 Broadway rent-stabilized?

Rent stabilization caps how much your rent can rise and protects your right to renew. Here's how this building scores on the four signals that usually point to it.

Built before 1974

Built 1859

6 or more units

4 units

Registered with RGB

Not found

421-A / J-51 abatement

None found

Likely not rent stabilized. This building doesn't show the typical signals — but confirm with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) if you suspect otherwise.

Based on public NYC records. Not legal advice — verify with the DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) at apps.hcr.ny.gov.

Augrented Insights

AI summary · updated June 2026

498 Broadway is a historic five-story Residential Class A building located in SoHo, constructed in 1859 and currently owned by Gregory Karas. The building has undergone regular safety inspections, with the most recent tenant safety inspections in early 2024 showing compliance, and previous inspections from 2020-2021 also finding no violations. The property has maintained a clean record of pest control, with no bedbug infestations reported in the past seven years (2018-2025), and has consistently passed rodent inspections from 2012 through 2024.

Recent events include a December 2023 complaint regarding indoor air quality and construction dust, which resulted in an advisory to the property management. The building's maintenance history shows regular permit activity, with multiple work permits issued between 2018-2020 for various projects, though specific details of the work performed are not provided in the records. The property has experienced three Department of Buildings violations between 2019-2021, all of which were resolved promptly, with no specific violation details provided. While there have been multiple 311 complaints regarding various issues, including a pattern of construction-related complaints in 2023, most have been resolved or closed without serious implications for resident safety or habitability.

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How we score buildings

How 498 Broadway's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of city inspection data — HPD violation filings, tenant complaints, and owner track records across their entire portfolio. It estimates the probability that HPD inspectors will find serious or dangerous violations at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Neighborhood percentile

70th percentile

Out of 389 buildings in this neighborhood, 272 have a higher predicted risk.

RiskiestSafest

Predicted violation outcome

87.4%

No serious
violations

11.1%

Some violations
(1–9)

1.5%

Many violations
(10+)

Risk factors

What's driving this score

These are the three data points that most influenced this building's score — ranked by how much weight the model placed on each one.

311 call rate, landlord's portfolio

Average 311 housing complaints per building across everything this landlord owns.

DOB complaints, property manager's portfolio

Building complaints logged against properties under this manager.

Building size

Total residential square footage — a proxy for building scale and the number of systems (plumbing, HVAC, etc.) that can fail.

Building characteristics

Total units	4
Floors	5
Year built	1859
Gross area	8,107 sq ft
Building class	—
Tax abatement	None

Issue trend & model projection

Violations & complaints per year — solid line is historical record, dashed line is AI projection.

Who's behind the building

498 Broadway's landlord & ownership

The people and companies registered to this building, the other properties they run, and their court record. A landlord's wider portfolio is often the best predictor of how your building will be treated.

Corporate Owner

Registered contact for this building.

Name

Only Properties, LLC

Address

70 Lafayette Street 5th Fl
New York, NY 10013

Landlord portfolio

Other properties owned.

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