2940 Ocean Avenue
Top insights
- 1 open hazardous (Class C) violation
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1930) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
The building’s floor space is 2.8 times the size of its lot: 52,500 sq ft of building on an 18,750 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 15, 2026.
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
A difference between the DHCR rent-stabilized count and the PLUTO total is common and does not, on its own, indicate a violation: units can leave rent stabilization legally, the two datasets count units differently, some units may be non-residential, and a registration can be filed incompletely. To check your own apartment, see how to request your rent history from DHCR.
2940 Ocean Avenue
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- City records show 6 open HPD violations, 1 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 no rent-stabilized units in this building. If anyone tells you this unit is stabilized, ask to see the registration — and if it was deregulated, ask on what grounds and in what year.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Adm code - correct the lead-based paint hazard - paint that tested positive for lead….
- 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.
2940 Ocean Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11235. The closest subway is Sheepshead Bay (B,Q) (6-minute walk), served by the B and Q lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: March 2008 · Most recent: August 2017. 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.
- 2017-08-11 "§ 27-2046.1 HMC: REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE(S). MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT A…"
- 2017-08-11 "§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT D12, 4th STORY, 3…"
- 2008-04-13 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR WALLS AND CEILINGS IN…"
- 2008-04-13 "§ 27-2046.1, 2046.2 HMC: PROVIDE AN APPROVED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTING DEVICE, INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE W…"
- 2008-04-13 "§ 27-2045 ADM CODE REPAIR OR REPLACE THE SMOKE DETECTOR MISSING IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT A11, 1st STORY, 2…"
- Class C · 1 open · penalty 15 · (15/ea)
- Class B · 5 open · penalty 25 · (5/ea)
- 2026-05-15 · Apt A7 · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2026-02-01 · Apt A2 · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-01-31 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- Jun 30, 2023 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- Jun 20, 2023 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2018 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- Apr 25, 2023 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2022 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
1 open lead-paint hazard violation on record (most recent 2008). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
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 1930). 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.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- PETIT LARCENY: 7
- HARRASSMENT 2: 5
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 5
- GRAND LARCENY: 5
- OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINI: 1
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 448
- Illegal Parking: 179
- Traffic Signal Condition: 54
- Noise - Residential: 31
- Blocked Driveway: 28
- 2590 E 21ST ST
- 2892 OCEAN AVE
- 2457 E 19TH ST
- P.S. 254 Dag Hammarskjold
- P.S. 206 Joseph F Lamb
- P.S. 052 Sheepshead Bay
- I.S. 98 Bay Academy
- P.S. 206 Joseph F Lamb
- P.S. K811 Connie Lekas School
- P.S. K811 Connie Lekas School
Levels add up to 7 because a school serving K-8 is listed under both Elementary and Middle. 5 distinct schools are within range.
- Sheepshead Bay
- Neck Rd
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Ny Career Training Institute
- Edp School Of Computer Programming
- St Mark Catholic Academy
- P.s. 254 Dag Hammarskjold
- Edp School Of Computer Programming,
- Jerzee Triangle
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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