75 Ocean Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05024-0006BIN 3114553

Concern level3 of 4

High

0118 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 6 apartments
022 of those issued in the last 3 years
038 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0421 active DOB violation(s)
051 eviction executed in the last 3 years

How this is set: open hazardous violations measured against the building's size, then raised by strong distress signals — HPD's enforcement program, court harassment findings, recent evictions, unpaid DOB fines, open housing-court cases, and a sold tax lien. Neighborhood noise and crime are not part of it. It describes the public record, not the condition of any one apartment, and a quiet record is not proof of a good building.

Rent regulation

Likely rent-stabilized

The owner registered 104 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 106 apartments.

2018 — 104 units registered2023 — 104

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1925

Built

Floors

106

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

318

On record

Open Class C

Open Class B

Open Class A

Class C is immediately hazardous, Class B is hazardous, Class A is non-hazardous. A violation stays open until HPD certifies the repair, so some open items may already be fixed.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4NIssued 2025-03-03

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE & 309 M/D LAW ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF KEY OPERATED LOCK AT DOOR LEADING TO FIRE ESCAPE IN THE 4th ROOM FROM NORTH LOCATED AT APT 4N, 4th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION AT EAST

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4NIssued 2025-02-10

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MECHANICAL STOPPER AT BATHTUB IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4N, 4th STORY, 3rd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''EAST''

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-07-03RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF AN UNACCEPTABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCKING DEVICE INSTALLED AT BUILDING FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2023-03-06

§ 27-2033 ADM CODE PROVIDE READY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS HEATING SYSTEM LOCKED DOOR AT CELLAR AT BOILER ROOM

Status: Certification rejected by HPD

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

389

All time

128

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water92

Unsanitary Condition70

Flooring/Stairs60

Paint/Plaster49

Door/Window38

Plumbing25

General14

Water Leak13

Complaints record what a tenant reported, not a finding by the city. "Closed" often means the inspector could not gain access.

311 complaints from tenants

Neighborhood noise

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

603

Noise reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Street/Sidewalk257

Residential228

Commercial45

Unspecified42

Vehicle30

Helicopter1

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about outdoor noise (mostly street/sidewalk) — street life and traffic more than neighbors. This counts how often people call 311, which tracks how densely populated and busy an area is as much as how loud it is — it is not a sound measurement.

Neighborhood noise

Neighborhood crime

About averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

206

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony64

Misdemeanor119

Violation23

NYPD complaints reported within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year, by severity. This reflects what gets reported and where police are active as much as actual safety, and busier, denser, higher-foot-traffic blocks log more. Locations are approximate — the NYPD shifts each report to the nearest corner for privacy — so read this as rough context, not a safety score.

Neighborhood crime

Bedbug history

Infested, latest filing

Annual filings

2024–20252 infested · 104 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 104 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 104 eradicated

Self-reported by the owner for the year ending each filing. Counts are building-wide and do not say which apartment was affected.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2024-12-01

FAILURE TO DISPLAY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCORE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRADE AS PER ADCODE SEC. 28-309.12.3

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2023-06-20

VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2019 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

ACTIVE · LBLVIO-LOW PRESSURE BOILER BOILER REQUIRED2009-12-31

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2025-05-08Apt 4Nresidential

2023-07-11Apt 2Oresidential

2023-07-06Apt 3Iresidential

2023-03-16Apt 10residential

Executed by a city marshal. An eviction can be lawful; a high or rising count is a displacement signal, not proof of wrongdoing.

Evictions

Housing court

Cases on record

Open now

Tenant-brought

Harassment found

With a judgment

Most cases are tenants taking the owner to court to force repairs. A case is not proof of wrongdoing; a harassment finding or judgment is a court ruling against the owner.

CLOSEDOpened 2025-04-23

Harassment case

CLOSEDOpened 2023-05-19

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2023-02-15

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2022-02-01

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

75 OCEAN EMPIRE LLC

Head officer

JOSEPH HERTZ

Managing agent

75 Ocean Empire LLC

No other buildings found sharing this building's registered contact.

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

DOB violations adjudicated by OATH carry money penalties. "Lost by default" means the owner never appeared at the hearing. An unpaid balance is a stronger "ignoring the city" signal than a raw violation count.

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale1999-05-19 · no recorded price

Most recent mortgage2020-10-28 · $219,605.35

Mortgage2020-10-28$219,605.35

borrower 75 OCEAN EMPIRE LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2015-07-28$814,184.68

borrower 75 OCEAN EMPIRE LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Mortgage2012-04-26$1,080,048.77

borrower 75 OCEAN EMPIRE LLC · lender JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NA

Mortgage2002-12-20$1,124,233.72

borrower 75 OCEAN EMPIRE LLC · lender INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY BANK

Mortgage1999-08-06$361,238.09

borrower 75 OCEAN AVENUE EMPIRE LLC · lender ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION

From ACRIS recorded documents. Amounts are often $0 or nominal for transfers between related parties, and LLCs can obscure who is really involved — treat this as public-record context, not a valuation.

Ownership & money

City debt & tax-lien sale

Not on the city's tax-lien sale list (2019–2025). The owner has not fallen far enough behind on property tax or water charges to be flagged for a lien sale.

City debt & tax-lien sale