781 Ocean Avenue
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
Top insights
- More open HPD violations than ~69% of buildings in this ZIP (86 open)
- 51 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1913) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
- Rent-stabilized: 24 of 24 units
About this building
City records list 1913 as the year built — older than 90% of the 499 buildings we cover in ZIP 11226. The building’s floor space is 2.9 times the size of its lot: 23,380 sq ft of building on an 8,060 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of November 7, 2026.
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- City records show 86 open HPD violations, 51 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 2002 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- DHCR’s most recent registration lists 24 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: Rules and regulations. remove the encumbrance obstructing egress from fire escapes….
- 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.
781 Ocean Avenue sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11226. The closest subway is Beverley Rd (Q) (5-minute walk), served by the Q line.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: July 2002 · 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.
- 2026-05-05
- 2026-04-14
- 2026-04-14
- 2026-04-14
- 2026-04-14
- 2025-03-22
- 2024-08-08
- 2024-08-08
- 2024-01-31
- 2024-01-31
- Class C · 51 open · penalty 765 · (15/ea)
- Class I · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- Class B · 26 open · penalty 130 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 8 open · penalty 8 · (1/ea)
- 2026-01-29 · Apt 12 · EMERGENCY · HEAT/HOT WATER
- 2026-01-03 · Apt 5 · IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2026-01-03 · Apt 5 · EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2025-04-03
- 2025-04-03
- 2024-08-12
- 2024-08-12
- Feb 22, 2024 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
- Dec 1, 2023 "FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3"
- Nov 2, 2023 "FAILURE TO FILE BENCHMARKING REPORT OF ENERGY USE AS PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-309.4"
18 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2018). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.
9 earlier hazards cited and remediated.
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 1913). 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: 2 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2023) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 42
- HARRASSMENT 2: 24
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 16
- PETIT LARCENY: 12
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF & RELATED OF: 12
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 256
- Noise - Residential: 248
- UNSANITARY CONDITION: 92
- PLUMBING: 90
- PAINT/PLASTER: 75
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- Erasmus Campus - Science/Math
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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 980 Mbps down · 880 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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