444 Ocean Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05080-0013BIN 3116535Plain-text version

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0132 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) across 47 apartments
0220 of those issued in the last 3 years
0310 open rent-impairing violation(s)
041 active DOB violation(s)
052 evictions executed in the last 3 years
061 OATH/ECB fine lost by default (unpaid)

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 OATH/ECB 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 41 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 47 apartments.

2018 — 45 units registered2023 — 41

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1914

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. HPD writes a separate violation for each room or spot, so one inspection can produce several near-identical entries; those are grouped below by apartment and date. This tax lot has 3 buildings; these counts are for this building only.

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4FIssued 2022-11-302 violations

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4F, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH
HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4F, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4FIssued 2022-06-27

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4F, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4FIssued 2020-06-225+ YRS OLD

§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... AT CEILING APPROX. 10 SQ. FT IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT 4F, 4th STORY, APARTMENT AT NORTH , SECTION AT NORTH ORIGINAL VIOLATION 13556143 ISSUED 17-JAN-20 HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO CLASS C PER ADMINISTRATIVE CODE §27-2017.3a(5)(a) or (b).

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 4FIssued 2020-06-045+ YRS OLD

HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4F, 4th STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM WEST AT NORTH

Status: HPD couldn't get in to re-inspect

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

223

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition54

Heat/Hot Water32

Paint/Plaster32

Water Leak25

Plumbing19

Door/Window19

Flooring/Stairs14

General10

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

2764

Noise reports · last 12 mo

230

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential2244

Street/Sidewalk350

Unspecified80

Commercial60

Vehicle28

Helicopter2

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

Much higher than averagevs. NYC apartment blocks

615

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony159

Misdemeanor342

Violation114

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

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

Violations issued by the Department of Buildings that the owner must correct. Most don't carry a fine on their own; summonses that go to a hearing and can be fined are listed separately under OATH/ECB.

ACTIVE · LL6291-LOCAL LAW 62/91 - BOILERS BOILER REQUIRED1993-08-16

DOB building violations

OATH/ECB violations and fines

$6,250

Balance due (active)

Active violations

Lost by default

These are separate from DOB violations. They are summonses written by DOB inspectors and decided at a hearing before OATH, the city's administrative court (formerly the Environmental Control Board), and they can carry a fine. "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.

DEFAULTConstructionClass 12025-10-27$6,250 due

OATH/ECB violations and fines

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-10-06Apt 4Iresidential

2023-11-17Apt 2Kresidential

2020-12-07Apt BASEMENT ROOMresidential

2017-06-19Apt 1Gresidential

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: repair & harassment cases

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 2025-08-15

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2025-05-28

Heat / hot water

CLOSEDOpened 2017-01-03

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2015-11-23

Tenant action

These are cases HPD is a party to, mostly tenants suing to force repairs or stop harassment. Eviction cases landlords file against tenants are not in the city's open data, so they don't appear here; the Evictions section shows only evictions a marshal carried out.

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

PROSPECT 446, LLC

Head officer

SCOTT SILVERMAN

Managing agent

BRONSTEIN PROPERTIES LLC

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

11-14 46 AVENUEQUEENS 118 POST AVENUEMANHATTAN 122-04 METROPOLITAN AVENUEQUEENS 1261 ST NICHOLAS AVENUEMANHATTAN 1271 ST NICHOLAS AVENUEMANHATTAN

Landlord and related buildings

Ownership & money

Recorded sales

Mortgages / refinances

Last recorded sale2006-12-20 · $4,242,000

Most recent mortgage2020-07-28 · $901,742.04

Mortgage2020-07-28$901,742.04

borrower CLARKSON 135 LLC, PROSPECT 21ST LLC, DITMAS PARK 2212 LLC, DITMAS PARK 18 LLC, PROSPECT 446 LLC, DITMAS PARK 19 LLC, CATON 6064 LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2015-12-03$1,150,000

borrower PROSPECT 446 LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2013-06-27$1,642,066.83

borrower PROSPECT 446 LLC · lender CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Mortgage2011-02-01$618,500

borrower PROSPECT 446 LLC · lender SIGNATURE BANK

Sale2006-12-20$4,242,000

446 OCEAN LLC → PROSPECT 446 LLC

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