255 Ocean Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05026-0339BIN 3114669

Concern level3 of 4

High

019 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
029 of those issued in the last 3 years
033 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB violation(s)

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 40 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — essentially all of the building's 40 apartments.

2018 — 40 units registered2023 — 40

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

Registration counts apply to the building, not to unit numbers. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from New York State Homes and Community Renewal — it is free and takes a few weeks.

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Rent regulation

The building

1921

Built

Floors

Residential units

Walk-up apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building85 others linked to the same owner

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

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 HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-10-13

§ 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( C) MDL AND 28 RCNY §25-171: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE HINGES TO DOOR AT 1st PUBLIC HALL BULKHEAD FROM NORTH, 4th STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 3JIssued 2026-09-21

§ 27-2026 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE CONNECTION RADIATOR VALVE ( ACTIVE LEAK IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT NORTH LOCATED AT APT 3J, 3rd STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM NORTH AT EAST , SECTION ''SOUTH''

Status: Civ14 Mailed

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-07-13RENT-IMPAIRING

567 (C) § 27-2017, 27-2017.1, 27-2017.4, 27-2017.5, 27-2017.8, 27-2019, 27-2021 HMC: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF EVIDENCE OF RATS AND ALL UNDERLYING CAUSES CREATING THE PEST INFESTATIONS, BY USING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM), ELIMINATE ALL BURROW ENTRY AND PASSAGEWAYS, PEST NESTS, HOLES, GAPS OR CRACKS IN WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORS, FIXING LEAKS AND MANAGING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC AREAS. EVIDENCE FOUND AT THROUGHOUT YARD

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-07-13RENT-IMPAIRING

§ 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE THE ILLEGAL FASTENING CONSISTING OF UNACCEPTABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICE INSTALLED AT VESTIBULE DOOR , 1st STORY

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

All time

Last 12 months

Heat/Hot Water26

Unsanitary Condition10

Water Leak9

Plumbing8

Door/Window7

Paint/Plaster6

General4

Appliance3

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

1381

Noise reports · last 12 mo

115

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential904

Street/Sidewalk346

Commercial64

Unspecified44

Vehicle20

Park3

311 noise complaints within about 1,000 ft (a few blocks) in the last year. Most reports here are about noise from inside buildings — neighbors, not the street. 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

Higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

335

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony115

Misdemeanor155

Violation65

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

2024–20250 infested · 0 eradicated

2023–20240 infested · 0 eradicated

2022–20230 infested · 0 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 · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2023-01-20Apt 2Hresidential

2018-01-31Apt 3Aresidential

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 2006-03-08

Tenant action

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

SONOMA OCEAN LLC

Head officer

MICHAEL NIAMONITAKIS

Managing agent

MERIDIAN PROPERTIES LLC

85 other buildings share this owner's registration contacts. Shared contacts suggest common control, but they are not proof of ownership.

1 PARADE PLACEBROOKLYN 101 MARINE AVENUEBROOKLYN 1110 BERGEN STREETBROOKLYN 112 AVENUE SBROOKLYN 114 ALBEMARLE ROADBROOKLYN

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

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2025 — new owners sometimes move to raise rents or deregulate units

A pattern, not a prediction — many transfers are ordinary or between related companies.

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2025-04-01 · $4,225,000

Most recent mortgage2025-04-01 · $840,412.28

Sale2025-04-01$4,225,000

ESP OCEAN ASSOCIATES LLC → SONOMA OCEAN LLC, CT 255 OCEAN LLC

Mortgage2025-04-01$840,412.28

borrower CT 255 OCEAN LLC, SONOMA OCEAN LLC · lender ALMA BANK

Mortgage2014-12-29$932,057.98

borrower ESP OCEAN ASSOCIATES LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA

Mortgage1987-10-09$1,808,000

borrower ESP OCEAN ASSOCIATES · lender NYC COMMUNITY PRESERV.CP

Mortgage1987-10-09$557,000

borrower ESP OCEAN ASSOC · lender NYC COMMUNITY PRESER.CP

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