400 Ocean Avenue
Top insights
- Fewer open HPD violations than ~95% of buildings in this ZIP (6 open)
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (15 vs ~31)
- Built in 1963
- Rent-stabilized: 39 of 39 units
Class B
Class C
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DHCR (most recent year)
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12 months through June 2026
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400 Ocean Avenue
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- City records show 6 open HPD violations 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 2018 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 39 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: Properly repair or replace the broken or defective mechanical ventilation system at ceiling….
400 Ocean Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11226. The closest subway is Parkside Av (Q) (3-minute walk), served by the Q line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: May 2018 · Most recent: July 2024. 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.
- 2024-07-25 "§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM AT CEILING IN THE BATHRO…"
- 2020-03-04 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE 1st…"
- 2020-03-04 "§ 27-2011 ADM CODE CLEANSE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CERAMIC TILES WITH GROUTED JOINTS OF VISIBLE MOLD…"
- 2020-03-04 "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED LOCK INSTALLED ON ENTRANCE DOOR AT ROOM L…"
- 2020-03-04 "§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT EAST WALL , WOOD TRI\M AT 1ST WI…"
- Class B · 4 open · penalty 20 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 2 open · penalty 2 · (1/ea)
- 2026-04-13 · Apt BLDG · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-02-11 · Apt 5F · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-02-11 · Apt 5F · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2020 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2022-08-02 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
- 2019-10-01 "FAILED TO FILE CYCLE 1 TECHNICAL REPORT BY 12/31/2018 PER RCNY 103-09"
No HPD lead-paint violations on record. Built 1963. For buildings built between 1960 and 1978, Local Law 1 applies where the owner knows lead-based paint is present — there is no automatic pre-1960 presumption. Lead paint in residential use was federally banned in 1978.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 120
- PETIT LARCENY: 107
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 89
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 59
- FELONY ASSAULT: 43
- 73 SAINT PAULS PL
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- Success Academy Charter School - Flatbush
- Norma Adams Clemons Academy
- Academy for College Preparation and Career Explora
- Science, Technology and Research Early College Hig
- Achievement First Voyager Charter School
- Erasmus Campus - Science/Math
- Erasmus Campus - Humanities
- Erasmus Campus - Business/Tec
- Parkside Av
- Church Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
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- Grade A
- Grade A
- Umma Park
- Flatbush Learning Center
- Flatbush Library
- Immigrant Adult Support Center
- High School For Youth And Community Development At Erasmus
- Duane Joseph Plaza
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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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