555 Ocean Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

BBL 3-05101-0017BIN 3117139

Concern level4 of 4

Severe

0137 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 2 apartments
0229 of those issued in the last 3 years
032 open rent-impairing violation(s)
0410 active DOB violation(s)
053 evictions executed in the last 3 years
062 DOB fines 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 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 84 stabilized units with New York State for 2023 — of about 85 apartments.

2018 — 84 units registered2023 — 84

No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized.

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Rent regulation

The building

1910

Built

Floors

Residential units

Elevator apartments

Type

The building

This building and the landlord's others

This building

HPD housing-maintenance violations

Open now

1273

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 2026-10-08

§ 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE MARBLE FLOOR TILES IN THE VESTIBULE AT PUBLIC HALL, 1st STORY

Status: Nov Certified On Time

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6NIssued 2026-07-10

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE AT THE LOWER SASH WINDOW FIRST FROM EAST AT NORTH IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT 6N, 6th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSApt 6NIssued 2026-07-10

§ 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SPRING BALANCE LOWER SASH AT WINDOW TO FIRE-ESCAPE IN THE 2nd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED AT APT 6N, 6th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUTH AT WEST , SECTION AT NORTH

Status: Notice issued, not yet certified

CLASS C · IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUSIssued 2026-06-22

§ 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 LATCH SET AT VESTIBULE DOOR , 1st STORY

Status: Landlord hasn't certified a fix

HPD housing-maintenance violations

311 complaints from tenants

302

All time

Last 12 months

Unsanitary Condition57

Heat/Hot Water54

Paint/Plaster40

Water Leak38

Flooring/Stairs33

Door/Window26

Plumbing22

General14

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

2085

Noise reports · last 12 mo

174

≈ per month

% from neighbors

Residential1556

Street/Sidewalk368

Vehicle68

Unspecified66

Commercial27

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

649

NYPD reports · last 12 mo

≈ per month

Felony203

Misdemeanor335

Violation111

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

No bedbugs reported

The owner filed 2 annual bedbug reports and reported no infested units. Filing with zero infestations is the compliant, reassuring case.

Bedbug history

DOB building violations

Active

On record

Active, last 3 yrs

ACTIVE · IMEGNCY-IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY ANYTHINGOPTIONAL2025-01-14

ERECT APPROX 90LF OF SIDEWALK SHED COVERING THE ENTIRE FRONT DOOR AND COURT YARD AREA, AND ANOTHER 40LF AT RIGHT-SIDE OF EXP #1

ACTIVE · EGRADE-FAILURE TO POST ENERGY GRADE/SCORE NONE2023-12-01

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

ACTIVE · EARCX-FAILURE TO SUBMIT EER NONE2022-08-21

FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN EER PER AD. CODE SEC. 28-308.4 IN 2021

DOB building violations

Evictions

Executed, all time

Last 3 years

2026-01-16Apt 5Mresidential

2025-05-09Apt 4Eresidential

2025-05-02Apt 2Fresidential

2019-11-26Apt 5Aresidential

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 2023-08-01

Tenant action

CLOSEDJUDGMENTOpened 2023-04-05

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2021-11-04

Tenant action

CLOSEDOpened 2019-08-05

Harassment case

Housing court

Landlord and related buildings

Registered owner

555 O LLC

Head officer

DAVID SCHORR

Managing agent

CESAR MORALES

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

Landlord and related buildings

Unpaid city fines

$1,250

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.

Local LawClass 22026-04-20$1,250 due

DEFAULTLocal LawClass 22024-01-16$10,000 penalty

ElevatorsClass 12022-01-21$3,125 penalty

Local LawClass 22021-10-08$1,250 penalty

Unpaid city fines

Ownership & money

Speculation watch

·Changed hands in 2024 — 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 sale2024-03-05 · $10,350,000

Most recent mortgage2025-07-03 · $505,000

Mortgage2025-07-03$505,000

borrower 555 O LLC · lender JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

Sale2024-03-05$10,350,000

THREE NICKELS LLC → 555 O LLC

Mortgage2018-11-16$1,056,550.5

borrower THREE NICKELS, LLC · lender RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK

Mortgage2015-04-08$3,392,658.33

borrower THREE NICKELS, LLC · lender AMALGAMATED BANK

Mortgage2013-06-18$700,000

borrower THREE NICKELS, LLC · lender AMALGAMATED BANK

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