1256 Ocean Avenue
Class B
Class C
12 months to Oct 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- 18 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built in 2014 (city records)
- Rent-stabilized: 26 of 26 units
1256 Ocean Avenue
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- City records show 41 open HPD violations, 18 immediately hazardous (Class C) at this building. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2020 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 26 rent-stabilized units here. Ask whether this specific unit is one of them, and ask the landlord for its legal regulated rent and lease history.
- City Buildings Department records show an open life-safety condition (e.g. unsafe building / hazardous facade) — what is it, and has it actually been resolved, not just re-filed?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Abate the infestation consisting of mice in the entire apartment.
- Confirm in person that the immediately-hazardous (Class C) conditions — typically heat, hot water, leaks, mold or pests — are genuinely fixed, not just marked closed.
1256 Ocean Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11230. The closest subway is Avenue H (Q) (5-minute walk), served by the Q line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: December 2020 · Most recent: August 2026. HPD marks a violation open until it is certified as corrected, so an old date can mean an unresolved condition or a repair that was never certified.
- 2026-08-30 "§ 27-2005 HMC: REFIT DOOR IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATED AT APT 5D, 5th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM EAST AT SOUTH"
- 2026-08-30
- 2026-08-30
- 2026-07-06 "§ 27-2011 ADM CODE CLEANSE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE COMPACTOR ROOM AT PUBLIC HALL, 5th STORY"
- 2025-10-24
- 2026-08-30
- 2025-06-23
- 2025-05-12
- 2025-01-19
- 2023-12-21
- Class C · 18 open · penalty 270 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 21 open · penalty 105 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 2 open · penalty 2 · (1/ea)
- 2026-09-10 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · DOOR/WINDOW
- 2026-08-27 · Apt 7B · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-08-17 · Apt 5D · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2025-11-14 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2025-11-14 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 2014, after the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in residential use. Owners must still address any lead hazard that is later identified.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 26
- HARRASSMENT 2: 26
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 17
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 12
- MISCELLANEOUS PENAL LAW: 12
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 109
- Noise - Residential: 107
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 90
- PAINT/PLASTER: 71
- Illegal Parking: 52
- 740 E 23RD ST
- 1375 OCEAN AVE
- 1606 AVENUE H
- School of Science & Technology
- P.S. K315
- P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
- Midwood High School
- Avenue H
- Newkirk Plaza
- Avenue J
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Flatbush Malls
- Masores Bais Yaakov High School
- Hebrew Institute For The Deaf
- Flatbush Mall
- Coalition To Preserve Reggae Music, Inc.
- Ged - P2g - Brooklyn College - Ahsep
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Optimum Cable Fiber Up to 8,000 Mbps down · 8,000 Mbps up
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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