1532 Ocean Avenue
Top insights
- 11 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1923) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 35 of 35 units
About this building
City records list 1923 as the year built — older than 89% of the 206 buildings we cover in ZIP 11230, and the oldest of the 6 buildings we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 2.3 times the size of its lot: 30,260 sq ft of building on a 13,400 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 13, 2026.
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
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1532 Ocean Avenue
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- City records show 17 open HPD violations, 11 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 2008 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 35 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.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Abate the infestation consisting of roaches 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.
1532 Ocean Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11230. The closest subway is Avenue J (Q) (4-minute walk), served by the Q line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: September 2008 · Most recent: May 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.
- 2026-05-20 "HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4K, 4th STO…"
- 2026-05-20 "§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSI…"
- 2026-05-20 "§ 27-2045(B)(1)(B) HMC, § 12-06, § 12-07, § 12-09 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MON…"
- 2026-05-20 "§ 27-2045(B)(1)(A) HMC, § 12-01, § 12-03 RCNY REPAIR, REPLACE OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL SMOKE DETECTING DEV…"
- 2026-05-20 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR THE CEILING AND EAST W…"
- 2026-05-20
- 2026-05-20
- Class C · 11 open · penalty 165 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 6 open · penalty 30 · (5/ea)
- 2026-03-07 · Apt BLDG · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-03-07 · Apt BLDG · NON EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2026-02-12 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2023-12-21
16 lead-paint hazards cited and later remediated (most recent 2026); no open hazards on record. Remediation addresses the cited conditions, not necessarily every painted surface.
Under NYC Local Law 1 (Admin Code §27-2056.5), lead paint is presumed present in common areas and in apartments where a child under 6 resides, in multiple dwellings built before 1960 (this building: built 1923). The presumption stands unless the owner obtained a lead-free or lead-safe exemption from HPD. Those exemption records aren’t published as open data, so we can’t confirm one either way.
Also on record: 15 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2026) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 28
- PETIT LARCENY: 23
- GRAND LARCENY: 14
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 9
- PETIT LARCENY OF MOTOR VEHICLE: 5
- Noise - Residential: 297
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 186
- GENERAL: 62
- PAINT/PLASTER: 53
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 44
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- P.S. 193 Gil Hodges
- P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov
- School of Science & Technology
- Andries Hudde
- I. S. 381
- P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov
- Edward R. Murrow High School
- Midwood High School
- Avenue J
- Avenue H
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Touro University - Flatbush
- Masores Bais Yaakov High School
- Urban Dove Team Charter School
- Midwood Library
- Congregation Ohr Shlomo
- Yeshiva Of Flatbush-Joel Braverman H
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Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
- Optimum Cable Up to 940 Mbps down · 35 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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