491 16 STREET is a prewar 1905 building, 5 floors, 2 units in Park Slope, NYC. Owned by NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Public records show 33 open violations on file.
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Brooklyn · February 2026
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South Park Slope and the Gowanus borderlands offer the brownstone beauty of Park Slope with slightly more edge — the Gowanus Canal is being cleaned up, Old Stone House park hosts community events, and Fifth Avenue's bar and restaurant scene is unpretentious and local.